Human Rights Archives Section

The Human Rights Archives Section aims to create a space for SAA members and other stakeholders (human rights advocates, scholars, government officials, and non-governmental organization workers) to increase dialogue and collaboration on issues related to the collection, preservation, disclosure, legal implications, and ethics of human rights documentation.

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Candidate Elections 2017: HRA Section Leadership

We will send out the ballot within the week! Per the Human Rights Archive Section Rules: "The section shall be lead by two co-chairs, one web liaison/newsletter editor, and at most four steering committee members. A co-chair shall be elected annually for a staggered two-year term. The web liaison/newsletter editor shall be elected for a two-year term. The steering committee members shall be elected annually for a one-year term. All officers and steering committee members may serve for an unlimited number of consecutive terms."

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NSA Records Languish at National Archives for Now (Federation of American Scientists)

Schomburg Center Retraces The Black Panthers In New Exhibition (NBC News)

The Aggressive Anti-Union Campaign at StoryCorps (The Nation)

One Book, Many Communities 2017 Event Roundup (Librarians and Archivists with Palestine)

Remembering Liu Xiaobo: Analyzing censorship of the death of Liu Xiaobo on WeChat and Weibo3 (Citizen Lab)

Pushing the Margins Symposium (UCLA)