Conferences
The History of Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones Conference
Although sexual violence in conflict zones (SVCZ) is as old as warfare, the international community has granted it serious attention only since the 1990s. NGOs, activists, academics, medical professionals, and lawyers now devote considerable attention to sexual violence in contemporary conflicts. This conference will explore the role of sexual violence in conflicts around the globe from the ancient world to the late twentieth century.
The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, in conjunction with the UI Department of History, hosted an international conference examining the history of SVCZ from a variety of perspectives on April 27-29, 2006.
In 2007, the UICHR and the UI History Dept. co-sponsored a teaching workshop intended to assist faculty and graduate students in the development of course materials for teaching about SVCZ. The resulting teaching modules are available to the public for use and adaptation.
The Iowa City Appeal on Advancing the Human Right to Health
Adopted 22 April 2001 by The Global Assembly on Advancing the Human Right to Health
A gathering of more than 275 persons organized by The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, The University of Iowa Global Health Studies Program, and the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights of the Harvard University School of Public Health. The Global Assembly was comprised of US and foreign health care providers, legal professionals, and community activists together with faculty and students in public health, medicine, law, and the social sciences from The University of Iowa and other US-based academic institutions.
Co-sponsors at The University of Iowa included the Office of the Associate Provost for International Programs (Stanley Major Projects and the National Resource Center), the Office of the Associate Provost for the Health Sciences, the College of Medicine, the College Public Health, the Department of Anthropology, and Students Against Sweatshops. Other co-sponsors included Doctors for Global Health, the Global Health Corps of the University of Northern Iowa, Global Lawyers and Physicians and the Health Law Department of the Boston University School of Public Health, Physicians for Human Rights, and The Stanley Foundation.