The deadline for the 2004 best book award has passed; please check back soon for information regarding the 2005 award.
The 2004 Winner was Rhoda Howard-Hassmann for her Outstanding Book Compassionate Canadians: Civic Leaders Discuss Human Rights, published by University of Toronto Press.
The 2003 Winner was Richard Pierre Claude for his pioneering work "Science in the Service of Human Rights," published by University of Pennsylvania Press.
The deadline for the 2004 best dissertation award has passed; please check back soon for information regarding the 2005 award.
The 2004 Winner was Dr. Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, for her dissertation titled, "Globalizing Human Rights? How International Trade Agreements Shape Government Repression." The thesis visits an important and vigorously debated topic within human rights studies, namely one that asks “to what extent and in what ways do international trade agreements influence government observance of human rights?" Dr. Hafner-Burton received her Ph.D. in political science in 2003 from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
The 2003 Winner was Dr. Claudio A. Fuentes, for his dissertation entitled, "Contesting the Iron Fist: Advocacy Networks and Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and Chile". It was supervised by Professor Jonathan Hartlyn at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Congratulations to Dr. Fuentes and Professor Hartlyn!