Various academic institutions offer programs of study similar to the Oak Institute of Human Rights and are excellent resources for learning more about prominent human rights activists and major human rights issues in the world.

Australian Human Rights Center

Buffalo Human Rights Center at Suny Buffalo

Columbia University, Center for the Study of Human Rights

Carter Center

Center for Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School

Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law at American University

Harvard Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School

Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota

International Human Rights Exchange

International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University

Northwestern University Conference on Human Rights

University of Chicago Human Rights Program