Annual Meeting Sessions on Human Rights
- American Association of Geographers, Mainstreaming Human Rights, AAG Annual Meeting, 2017
- American Chemical Society, sessions on human rights, ACS Annual Meeting, 2016
- American Political Science Association, sessions on human rights, APSA Annual Meeting, 2016
- American Educational Research Association, sessions on human rights, AERA Annual Meeting, 2016
- American Psychological Association, sessions on human rights, APA Annual Convention, 2016
- American Sociological Association, sessions on human rights, ASA Annual Meeting, 2016
- American Statistical Association, session on gun violence, ASA Joint Meetings, 2016
- American Chemical Society, symposium on human rights, ACS Annual Meeting, 2015
- American Sociological Association, sessions on human rights, ASA Annual Meeting, 2015
- American Anthropological Association, sessions on human rights, AAA Annual Meeting, 2014
- American Association of Geographers, session on Geospatial Technologies and human rights, AAG Annual Meeting, 2014
- American Psychological Association, sessions on human rights, APA Annual Convention, 2014
- Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities, presentations on human rights and STEM education, SENCER Summer Institutes and Washington Symposium, 2014
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, sessions on human rights, SPSSI Biennial Convention, 2014
- American Sociological Association, session on human rights, ASA annual meeting, 2013
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, keynote address by Carolyn Miles, CEO of Save the Children, Child Survival: The Winnable Fight, 2012
- Sociologists Without Borders and American Sociological Association, pre-meeting conference on the theory and practice of human rights prior to the ASA annual meeting, 2012
- American Sociological Association, sponsored panels on human rights including rights of research subjects, 2012
- American Chemical Society, Forensic Chemistry, Science and the Law Presents: Innocence! The Work of the Innocence Project, 2012
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Psychology and Human Rights: Current Efforts and Future Prospects, 2012
- American Psychological Association, Psychology and Human Rights—Issues and Future Directions, 2012
- American Statistical Association, Repression of Statistics and Statisticians by the Argentine Government: Recent Developments, the Human Rights Context, and International Responses, 2012
- Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Psychology and the Occupy Movement: Synergies for Social Change, 2012
- International Studies Association, agenda includes several symposia and speakers that address human rights, for example, “MNCs and the Protection of Human Rights”, “Quantitative Analysis of Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention”, and “Security, Human Rights and the War on Terror”, 2012
- Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting human rights track, Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights lecture on Mapping the Future of Climate Change, 2012
- Association of American Geographers, Mobilities, Borders, and Imprisonment V: Conceptualizing Migration-related Detention, 2011
- American Society of Civil Engineers, American Chemical Society, and AAAS, panelists, Council of Engineering and Science Society Executives session on Science and Human Rights, 2011
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Emmett Till – Forensic scientists on the case that sparked America’s Civil Rights Movement, 2011
- American Public Health Association, Health as a Human Right, 2006
Public Events on Human Rights
- American Statistical Association, Statistics Without Borders, Capital Area Social Psychological Association, Human Trafficking Prevalence Estimation Methods in the United States: A Technical Evaluation, 2017
- American Satistical Association, Statistics Without Borders, Driving While Black in New Jersey, 2016
- American Chemical Society, Webinar on Maximizing Effectiveness with Multicultural Teams, 2016
- Council on Undergraduate Research, Webinar on Making the Connections between Undergraduate Research and Human Rights, 2016
- American Chemical Society, Webinar on Science Diplomacy in the Middle East: the Malta Conferences and their Lasting Impact, 2015
- Linguistic Society of America, Webinar on Making the Connections between Linguistics and Human Rights, 2015
- American Sociological Association, Sociologists without Borders, Webinar on Making the Connections between Sociology and Human Rights, 2014
- Ecological Society of America, Webinar on Making the Connections between Sociology and Human Rights, 2014
- American Chemical Society, Webinar series, Coffee for Justice – Chemistry in Service to Small-holder Coffee Producers, 2012
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Congressional hearing on technology and human trafficking, 2012
- Sigma Xi representative, Jeff Toney, Science and Human Rights: A Bridge Towards Benefiting Humanity, 2012
- Council on Undergraduate Research, plenary address on “Need of Niche? Advancing Education at the Intersection of Science and Human Rights”, 2012
- American Society of Civil Engineers, Webinar, Civil Engineering and Human Rights, 2011
- American Statistical Association, Post-Earthquake Efforts in Haiti, 2010
Awards for Human Rights Work
- American Physical Society, Leo Szilard Lectureship Award, 2015
- American Association of Geographers, Atlas Award, 2014
- American Political Science Association, Human Rights Section, 2014 Best Book Award. Campaigning for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Practice, 2014
- American Physical Society, Imprisoned Iranian Physics Student Awarded APS Andrei Sakharov Prize, 2013
- Association of American Geographers, Student Award for Rights Research, 2013
- American Orthopsychiatric Association (Now the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice), Marion Langer Award Lecture, Respect: On Witness and Justice, 2012
- American Sociological Association, Distinguished Career Award, 2012
- American Political Science Association, Human Rights Section, Best Dissertation Award
- American Political Science Association, Human Rights Best Book Award
- American Physical Society, Andrei Sakharov Prize
- Psychologists for Social Responsibility, The Anthony J. Marsella Prize
- International Studies Association, Human Rights Topic Paper Awards
Declarations, Letters, Resolutions, and Statements on Human Rights
- American Geosciences Institute, Geo Societies Respond to U.S. Exit from #ParisAgreement, 2017
- American Physical Society, Response to U.S. Withdrawal from Climate Agreement, 2017
- American Chemical Society, Comments on the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, 2017
- American Association of Geographers, Statement on the U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, 2017
- American Anthropological Association, A Just and Sustainable Climate for All, 2017
- American Psychological Association, APA Warns Against Reinstituting 'Enhanced' Interrogation, 2017
- Society for the Study of Social Problems, Statement on Recent Immigration Executive Order, 2017
- American Sociological Association, Statement Concerning the New Administration's Recent and Future Activities, 2017
- American Political Science Association, Statement on the White House Executive Order, 2017
- American Mathematical Society, AMS Board of Trustees Opposes Executive Order on Immigration, 2017
- American Educational Research Association, Statement on the White House Executive Order on Visas and Immigration, 2017
- American Chemical Society, Statement on the Presidential Executive Order: “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States”, 2017
- American Anthropological Association, AAA Calls for Immediate Reversal of Executive Order Banning Immigrants, 2017
- American Association of Geographers, Statement on President Trump's Executive Order, 2017
- Linguistic Society of America, New Guidelines for Inclusive Language, 2016
- Linguistic Society of America, Comments to the UN on the Linguistic Rights of Children, 2016
- American Educational Research Association, Statement on Terror Attack in Orlando, 2016
- American Statistical Association, Resolution on Discriminatory Laws, 2016
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Open Letter on Gun Violence Research, 2016
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Open Letter on University of Tennessee Office for Diversity and Inclusion, 2016
- Acoustical Society of America, U.S. Ratification of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2015
- American Educational Research Association, Statement on the Charleston Shootings and Racism in America, 2015
- American Physical Society, Letter to Supreme Court on Diversity in Physics, 2015
- American Psychological Association, APA Urges End to Persecution of Women, 2015
- American Psychological Association, Recommended Board Actions Related to the Report of the Independent Review Relating to APA Ethics Guidelines, National Security Interrogations and Torture, 2015
- American Statistical Association, Statement urging U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2014
- American Psychological Association, Letter urging President of Uganda to Reject Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2014
- American Statistical Association, Statement Urging Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2014
- Association of American Geographers, Statement on Potential Human Rights Issue in Tajikistan, 2014
- American Anthropological Association, Letter Concerning Indigenous Rights in Guatemala, 2013
- Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Letter to Secretary of Defense on Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strikes, 2013
- Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Letter to United Nations on the use of Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons, 2013
- American Chemical Society, Presidential statement, 2012
- American Sociological Association, Updated Statement Affirming and Expanding Commitment to Human Rights, 2009
- American Sociological Association, Statement on Human Rights, 2005
- American Industrial Hygiene Association, Statement on Sweatshops In Global Economy, 2001
- American Anthropological Association, Declaration on Anthropology and Human Rights, 1999
- American Physical Society, Human Rights Statements
- American Psychological Association, Strategic Plan (see Vision Statement)
Publications on Human Rights
- American Educational Research Association, amicus brief on Fisher vs. University of Texas, 2016
- American Physical Society, LGBT Climate in Physics: Building an Inclusive Community, 2016
- American Psychological Association, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, Special Issues on Psychology and Human Rights, 2015
- Council on Undergraduate Research, CUR Quarterly, Human Rights and Undergraduate Research, 2014
- Sociologists Without Borders, symposium on the implications of the American Sociological Association’s 2009 Human Rights Statement for Research, Teaching and Service, August 2012
- American Political Science Association,Democratic Imperatives: Innovations in Rights, Participation, and Economic Citizenship, June 2012
- American Anthropological Association, Waging War, Making Peace: Reparations and Human Rights, (edited by Barbara Rose Johnston and Susan Slyomovics), 2009
- American Public Health Association, Human Rights: The Foundation of Public Health Practice, Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, Mohammad N. Akhter, 2000
Newsletter Articles on Human Rights
- Sigma Xi, President-Elect Trump and the Human Right to Water, 2016
- American Psychological Association, Psychology Teacher Network, How to integrate the teaching of psychology with concern for human rights, 2016
- American Sociological Association, ASA Footnotes, Human Rights and the Scholarly Society: What Is ASA’s Role? 2016
- American Physical Society, APS News, Andrew Sessler, 2014
- American Psychological Association, Upfront, On-call Scientists matches psychologists with human rights groups, 2014
- National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, SENCER Newsletter, Scientific Progress and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2014
- Sigma Xi, American Scientist, Science and Human Rights: A Bridge Towards Human Dignity, 2014
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, SPSSI Newsletter, AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition, March 2014
- American Physical Society, Forum on International Physics, AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition: a brief report, July 2013
- American Statistical Association, AMSTAT News, Statistics Without Borders at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative Retreat, July 2013
- American Statistical Association, Footnotes Newsletter, Human Rights Delegation as a Post-Retirement Venture, April 2013
- American Psychological Association, Psychology Benefits Society Blog, Reproductive Justice is Essential to Women’s Physical and Mental Health, April 2013
- Physicians for Human Rights, Independent Investigation and Forensic Protocols Are Key to Assessing Chemical Weapons Use, April 2013
- American Physical Society, The AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition, Forum on International Physics, March 2013
- Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER), Science, Human Rights and the Expanding Role of the Private Sector, March 2013
- Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER), The Art and Science of Human Rights, February 2013
- American Statistical Society, Statistics and Human Rights, AmstatNews, November 2012
- National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, series on science and human rights, SENCER, October 2012
- American Philosophical Association, Right to science?, October 2012
- American Psychological Association, Psychologists obtain training on human rights law and evaluation of torture survivors, June 2012
- Sociologists Without Borders, Human Rights and the Social Sciences, April 2012
- Ecological Society of America, Science as a Human Rights: ESA and the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition, ESA Bulletin, January 2011
- American Statistical Association, Statisticians Seen, Heard at Human Rights Coalition Launch, Amstat News, April 2009
- American Psychological Association, The debate continues: psychologists continue to discuss the field’s involvement in interrogations, APA Monitor, October 2008
- Association of American Geographers, Geography and Human Rights, AAG Newsletter, September 2008
Defending the Welfare of Scientists
- American Statistical Association, ASA Expresses Support for Ousted Statistics Officials, 2017
- American Physical Society, News article about Omid Kokabee's Release, 2016
- American Anthropological Association, Letter on behalf of Homa Hoodfar, 2016
- American Physical Society, Letter on behalf of Turkish scientists, 2016
- American Political Science Association, Letter on behalf of Turkish scientists, 2016
- American Sociological Association, Letter on behalf of Turkish scientists, 2016
- American Chemical Society, Science and Human Rights Network, launched 2015
- American Physical Society, Petition for Omid Kokabee, 2014
- American Physical Society, Letter on behalf of Omid Kokabee, 2014
- American Psychological Association, Letter urging President of Uganda to Reject “Anti-Homosexuality Bill,” 2014
- American Association of Geographers, statement on human rights issue in Tajikistan, 2014
- Linguistic Society of America, letter on behalf of detained Uyghur linguist, 2014
- Committee of Concerned Scientists, Advocacy on behalf of Bahraini health care professionals, 2012
- American Physical Society, Letter – Concern on behalf of scientists in Iran, 2012
- American Anthropological Associations, Committee for Human Rights Letter Responding to threats to Anthropologists in Guatemala, 2008
- American Physical Society, Committee for the International Freedom of Scientists Active Cases
- American Political Science Association, Statements on the Rights of Political Scientists
- American Sociological Association, Statement – Addressing Human Rights Violations of U.S. Scholars, 2001
- American Philosophical Association, Committee for the Defense of the Professional Rights of Philosophers
- International Studies Association, Academic Freedom Committee
- American Historical Association, Academic Freedom in the Age of Homeland Security; Letter of Concern over Denial of Visa
Human Rights Committees, Sections, Working Groups
Ethics Codes Incorporating Human Rights