The Human Rights Forum invites abstract submissions that are grounded in evidence-based practices and critically engage with the human rights framework in both analysis and research design. We welcome interdisciplinary contributions that explore pressing human rights issues through rigorous methodologies, including qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods approaches. Submissions should demonstrate how human rights principles—such as dignity, equity, accountability, and non-discrimination—inform the research questions, data interpretation, and proposed solutions. We particularly encourage work that bridges research and practice, offering insights that can inform policy, advocacy, and community-based interventions aimed at advancing justice, equity, and the protection of human rights at local, national, or global levels.

• Climate Crisis and Human Rights: Integrating Knowledge for Equitable Solutions
  This session explores the urgent intersection of climate change and human rights, focusing on how rising temperatures, extreme weather, and displacement disproportionately affect vulnerable communities. It invites abstracts that examine these impacts, advocate for equitable solutions, and consider the role of international law and governance in promoting climate justice and protecting human rights.
• From Margins to Power: Human Rights Approaches to Inclusion and Political Advocacy
  In a divided world, evidence-based solutions are vital. Using a human rights framework, this session explores strategies for empowering disenfranchised groups in political engagement. Contributions may include analyses of movements, policies, laws, or community-based approaches
• Violations of Human Rights: Analyzing Immigration Challenges in the United States.
  This session will analyze the disparities and human rights violations of immigration policies within the United States and its negative impacts in the areas of health, violence, inequalities, and more. The session invites studies that examine public health ethics, barriers to equitable healthcare for immigrants, human rights violations, allocation of public health resources, access to medical care, the needs and vulnerabilities of immigrants among other interconnections of this complex issue through the Human Right framework.

Abstracts should be no more or less than 250 words and clearly outline the research question, methodology, key findings, and relevance to human rights applied framework. An extended abstract of up to 500 words is optional and may provide additional detail on the research design, theoretical framework, and implications. All submissions should align with the forum’s emphasis on evidence-based practices and the human rights framework.

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Program Planner Contact Information:

Meredith Gaffney, MPH
mgaffney@bridgeport.edu


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Arduizur Richie-Zavaleta, DrPH, MAIPS, MASP
arichiezavaleta@gmail.com