Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley

Get ready for our next summer fellow ! Join us in welcoming Madeline Adee, a PhD Student in Health Policy UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

Madeline Adee (She/Her/Hers) is partnering with American Friends Service Committee to conduct research to describe the planning, purchasing, training, implementation, and after-effects of the use of force within California prisons. The use of force—and military weapons in particular—against incarcerated people within California state prisons has the potential to have significant health impacts for this population. Madeline seeks to help advocate for decarceration efforts, diverting state funding away from weapons purchasing, and reducing the ability of the prison system to respond to incidents with military weapons.

Madeline will be taking over our Instagram from July 6–7 from California. Be sure to follow along!

Get ready for our next summer fellow #InstagramTakeover! Join us in welcoming @madeline_adee, a PhD Student in Health Policy @berkeleypublichealth. Madeline Adee (she/her/hers) is partnering with @afsc_org to conduct research to describe the planning, purchasing, training, implementation, and after-effects of the use of force within California prisons. The use of force—and military weapons in particular—against incarcerated people within California state prisons has the potential to have significant health impacts for this population. Madeline seeks to help advocate for decarceration efforts, diverting state funding away from weapons purchasing, and reducing the ability of the prison system to respond to incidents with military weapons. Madeline will be taking over our Instagram from July 6–7 from California. Be sure to follow along!

"Health workers in conflict zones are dealing with a triple whammy," said HRC research fellow, emergency physician, and UC Berkeley lecturer Rohini Haar in a new NPR Goats & Soda piece on the historic levels of violence and threats against health workers, care facilities, and hospitals in conflict zones last year:

2022 was the worst year on record for attacks on health care workers A new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition documents almost 2,000 incidents in 2022: "a shockingly violent year against health care, especially in Ukraine and in Myanmar."

Participate | RightsCon Costa Rica Whether you plan to join us in-person in San José or online, we’ve put together guidance to help you prepare for your participation.

Don't miss our hybrid RightsCon session on Cyberwar in Ukraine, co-sponsored by Microsoft! Moderated by US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack and Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley Director of Technology, Law & Policy Lindsay Freeman, this panel will explore the roles, responsibilities & accountability required by international law in the cyber sphere.

Our panelists include John Hering, Senior Government Affairs Manager at Microsoft; Gavin Wilde, Senior Fellow with the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Francesca Bosco, Senior Advisor of Strategy and Partnerships at the CyberPeace Institute; and Talita Dias, Senior Research Fellow of the International Law Programme at Chatham House.

This will be a hybrid in-person and virtual event. Both in-person and virtual attendees will need to register for RightsCon; free and discounted tickets are available at the link below. Upon registration, participants can add the event titled, “Cyberwar in Ukraine: The Roles, Responsibilities, and Accountability Required by International Law,” to their personalized schedule. We'll see you there!