Events & WCM Community

WCCHR Holiday Party!

December 10, 2025 - 6:30pm

Instead of our typical GBM format, please join us for a casual holiday party on Wed 12/10 at 6:30 pm in the Student Hearth! We'll celebrate all the amazing work our student board/volunteers have completed this year, welcome our new board, and get ready for the New Year. All WCCHR volunteers and interested students are welcome! We'll have snacks and warm beverages to share:) If you are able, please bring a fun mug so we can avoid single-use cups. Thank you!

WCCHR Speaker Series: Toppling Chad’s Dictator

November 10, 2025 - 6:00pm

Join WCCHR for a powerful conversation with Souleymane Guengueng and Reed Brody, the courageous duo whose relentless pursuit of justice brought down Chadian dictator Hissène Habré.

Souleymane Guengueng, a survivor of Habré’s prisons, founded the Association of Victims of the Crimes of Hissène Habré (AVCRP) and mobilized hundreds of survivors to document atrocities and demand accountability. Working alongside him, human rights lawyer Reed Brody of Human Rights Watch, also known as the “Dictator Hunter,” helped uncover secret police archives and led the international legal campaign that culminated in Habré’s historic 2016 conviction in Senegal for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and torture.

Together, they will share the inside story of how survivors and advocates achieved Africa’s first successful trial of a former head of state by another country’s courts, offering rare insight into how persistence, documentation, and grassroots mobilization can overcome impunity and inspire global movements for justice.

Event Details:
Belfer Building Third Floor, 302-C and D
November 10
6-7 PM

Please RSVP so we can get an accurate headcount for food!

WCCHR x SHAIP Speaker Event: Immigration Detention Centers

October 30, 2025 - 1:00pm

WCCHR and SHAIP are partnering for a speaker event featuring Dr. Chanelle Diaz, who will be discussing healthcare in the setting of immigration detention centers.

Information about the speaker:
Dr. Diaz is committed to using health care to fight for social justice, racial equity, and human rights. She trains physicians to provide immigration detention evaluations through the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest’s Medical Providers Network, and leads the multidisciplinary Montefiore Immigration Working Group, which is advocating for hospital policies to improve access & quality of care for undocumented patients.

Movements in Resilience: WCCHR 15th Anniversary Soirée

October 25, 2025 - 6:30pm

Please join the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights in celebrating its 15th anniversary at our annual soiree, titled “Movements in Resilience.” We are excited to host the dance group Movement Migration for a special performance at the Theatre at St. Jean’s on Saturday, October 25th from 6:30-9:00 PM. Proceeds will support the Center’s mission. Enjoy light refreshments and a special performance by Music and Medicine before the show, and be part of an evening honoring resilience, community, and the work that makes it all possible. Schedule is as follows: 6:30 PM: Doors open 6:45-7:45 PM: Light bites and refreshments with WCCHR, featuring a special performance by Weill Cornell's Music and Medicine 8:00-9:00 PM: Movement Migration performance Event details: Saturday, October 25th from 6:30-9:00 PM The Theatre at St. Jean’s 150 E 76th St New York, NY 10021 Cocktail attire encouraged. Please register for the event here: https://engage.weill.cornell.edu/weill-cornell-center-for-human-rights-1... Registration will close on Friday, 10/24 at 4 pm, after which tickets will be sold at the door. If you’d like to learn more about our work and ways to support us, please visit our website https://humanrights.weill.cornell.edu/

The Theatre at St. Jean's

Event Details

WCCHR Soiree: Movements in Resilience

October 25, 2025 - 6:30pm

Proceeds will support the Center’s mission. Enjoy light refreshments before the performance, and be part of an evening honoring resilience, community, and the work that makes it all possible.

Schedule is as follows:

6:30 PM: Doors open

6:45-7:45 PM: Light bites and refreshments with WCCHR

8:00-9:00 PM: Movement Migration performance

Event details:

Saturday, October 25th from 6:30-9:00 PM

The Theatre at St. Jean’s

150 E 76th St

New York, NY 10021

Cocktail attire encouraged.

Please register for the event here: https://engage.weill.cornell.edu/weill-cornell-center-for-human-rights-15th-anniversary-soiree

If you’d like to learn more about our work and ways to support us, please visit our website https://humanrights.weill.cornell.edu/

Movements in Resilience Flyer

WCCHR Events

WCCHR Pods

WCCHR Pods is a monthly discussion group discussing cases. WCCHR Pods session has ~5 clinician evaluators with ~10-15 students to learn about human rights advocacy, build skills for conducting forensic medical evaluations, and foster mentorship and community. We meet on the first Thursday of the month from 6-7 pm throughout the year. Please email wcchr@med.cornell.edu if you would like to be added to the listserv.

WCCHR Speaker Series

WCCHR Speaker Series are our monthly speaker events. In the past, we have invited speakers to discuss ethics in human rights and reproductive justice.

WCCHR Training

We hold Spring and Fall training sessions, once a semester, to train new evaluators and student volunteers.

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