The Cowan Fellows Human Rights Study Project (HRSP) is a student-run organization at the University of Virginia School of Law dedicated to promoting awareness of legal issues surrounding the development and protection of human rights in foreign countries.

Law student members will produce original academic research and provide the UVA Law community with presentations on contemporary developments in international human rights law.

Now entering its eighth year, this year’s Cowan Fellows have chosen to travel to Egypt. During the fall, each member of the group will develop an individual research project, while the team as a whole plans the logistics of a three-week trip to Egypt. During the trip, law students will conduct field research on the human rights law topic of their choice, working directly with organizations and individuals on the ground. The group will travel to Egypt in December and January of 2009-10.

If you have any questions, please contact HRSP president Daniel Perell (dep3u AT virginia DOT edu).

Statement of Non-Affiliation

Although this organization has members who are University of Virginia students and may have University employees associated or engaged in its activities and affairs, the organization is not a part of or an agency of the University. It is a separate and independent organization which is responsible for and manages its own activities and affairs. The University does not direct, supervise or control the organization and is not responsible for the organization’s contracts, acts or omissions.