The Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley Law School was recognized by the MacArthur Foundation a Creative and Effective Institution this month, and will receive a grant of $1m.
The nine nonprofit organizations chosen as the foundation’s 2015 honorees were announced on February 5. The Human Rights Center's inclusion was a testament to the assistance it has provided in the investigation of human rights violations and war crimes. Graduate students from Berkeley have visited numerous countries performing scientific tests and conducting interviews to uncover and publicize these issues.
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An example of the center’s work was its collaboration with Human Rights Watch, an advocacy group, in the discovery of a mass grave of Kurds, which led to the successful prosecution of Saddam Hussein for war crimes. The center’s research was also instrumental in the prosecution of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
One investigation focused on forced labor. Research carried out by students uncovered the slave-like conditions many who have been brought to this country illegally have suffered. Their work led to legislation in California protecting victims of forced labor from being deported, thereby making it easier for them to escape their captors.
