The Annual International Day Human Rights Conference is a one-day event and has been held annually since 1997. The conference is designed to educate 7th-9th graders on topics related to both local and global human rights issues.
Annual International Day Human Rights Conference
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA
2025 Theme:
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #3
Good Health and Well-Being
To ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Keynote speaker:
Dr. Maria Guadalupe Bruno
Assistant Vice President for Student Life, University of Iowa
International Day Archive
International Day Archive
- Fall 2024 Theme: The Right to Life, Liberty, and Security as a Person
- Fall 2023 Theme: Free and Equal
- 2020 Resources
- 2019 - The Human Right to an Adequate Standard of Living
- 2018 -Freedom from Discrimination
- 2017 - The Human Right to Education
- 2016 - The Human Right to Rest and Leisure
- 2015 - The Human Right to Life, Liberty, and Security of Person
Iowa students engage in global issues at 28th Annual International Day
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Middle school and high school students from across Iowa gathered on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the University of Iowa Memorial Union for the UI 28th Annual International Day.