The University of Connecticut awarded the 2013 Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice & Human Rights to Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.

• Video of award ceremony, including:
  00:00 Dr. Mun Choi, Provost, University of Connecticut – opening remarks
  02:35 Senator Christopher Dodd – remarks about Dodd Prize and the Resource Centre
  16:32 Presentation of Dodd Prize by Senator Dodd
  18:20 Remarks by Phil Bloomer, Executive Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
  32:10 Introduction of Chris Avery by Dr. Glenn Mitoma, Interim Director, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
  35:29 Keynote address by Chris Avery, Founding Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

• Text of keynote address by Resource Centre's Founding Director, Chris Avery [PDF]

• Text of acceptance speech by Resource Centre's Executive Director, Phil Bloomer [PDF]

• Award ceremony programme & invitation

• Media coverage:
  - "Connecticut center honors human rights business group", AP, 16 Nov 2013

  - "Fighting for Workers' Rights—and Winning—at Major Global Corporations - Organization's quest to help voiceless workers earns it human rights prize", Peter Zachariadis, Take Part, 12 Nov 2013

  - “Corporate Social Responsibility Group to Receive Dodd Human Rights Prize”, Tom Breen, UConn Today, University of Connecticut, 8 Nov 2013

• Announcement: “Business & Human Rights Resource Center to receive the 2013 Dodd Prize in Human Rights”, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, Univ. of Connecticut, 11 Jul 2013

The Dodd Prize is administered by the university's Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on human rights and its Human Rights Institute.