The Berkeley Human Rights Seminar invites distinguished scholars across disciplines to present their recent research on human rights. Hosting several lectures and a book roundtable each semester, the seminar brings these scholars into conversation with the Berkeley community. The theme for the 2012-13 seminar lectures is "The Recent History of Human Rights."

This seminar features Beth Simmons (Harvard) discussing the proliferation of new laws criminalizing the exploitative transshipment of people across borders.

Presented by the Human Rights Program and Townsend Center for the Humanities.