Truth & Reconciliation
“The University of Manitoba is committed to helping the Truth and Reconciliation Commission achieve its objectives in whatever ways we can,” says president David Barnard. What is the University of Manitoba doing?
Water Rights
The right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human
rights.
- United Nations General Assembly, July 2010
Reproductive and Sexual Rights
Individuals should be able to exercise control over their bodies, including reproductive decision-making and sexual and reproductive security.
Documenting Human Rights
For centuries, artists, writers, filmmakers, archivists and curators have explored human rights struggles in ways that inspire future generations to never forget and to forge ahead.
Events
Events
- ‘The commons’ and the collective: March 6
- Celebrating First Nations and Métis Research Partnerships: March 13
- Is There a Human Right to Food? March 9
- Languages and Cultures of Conflicts and Atrocities
- Gender Equality: Fact or Fiction: April 11
- Thinking about an ideas museum: U of M leads human rights conversations
- Is Water A Right? Feb. 9
Human Rights Expertise
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled including civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights.
More than 150 researchers at the University of Manitoba focus on human rights related issues in their research and there are numerous human rights related research projects.
See our list of U of M human rights experts.
Researcher of the Week
| Dr. Gerald Heckman |
Dr. Heckman teaches at the University of Manitoba's Robson Hall law school. His research interests include administrative and constitutional law, human rights law and refugee law. His recent publications have focused on the influence of international human rights norms on states' domestic legal systems. Heckman's Osgood Hall dissertation explored the gap between procedural rights guaranteed to refugee claimants by international human rights treaties and the domestic procedural protections provided claimants under the Canadian, American and Australian systems for refugee protection decision making. |
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