The Klau Center for Civil & Human Rights

Notre Dame has received a generous gift from the Klau family, endowing the Center for Civil and Human Rights.

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The Klau Center is committed to education that transforms and enlightens, both inside and outside the classroom, by supporting excellent academic programs and intellectually challenging speakers and forums.

The Klau Center supports rigorous and innovative research into the root causes, systemic effects, and possible remedies for civil and human rights violations. This inquiry takes the form of faculty work, Center-led initiatives, and support for innovative writing.

The Klau Center seeks to provide leadership on critical issues of justice, helping to shape innovative, principled, and hopeful practices to promote human dignity and creative thinking on pressing issues.