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Image credits
We acknowledge the sources of visual material used across the institute website.
Homepage Earth visualization
The rotating Earth visualization is adapted from NPP Blue Marble, NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. It uses satellite imagery from the Suomi NPP mission. Its appearance on this site does not imply NASA endorsement.
History of Human Rights
Historical images are identified and credited beside their entries on the History of Human Rights timeline. The introductory image is an original AI-assisted illustration created for this timeline.
Institute illustrations and copyright
The illustrations identified below were generated with AI for Global Human Rights Institute. They are conceptual images and do not document actual institute staff, scholars, learners, activities or historical events.
© 2026 Global Human Rights Institute in any protectable human-authored contributions, selection and arrangement. No exclusive copyright is asserted over purely AI-generated elements.
- History of Human Rights introductory image: hands examining an old book and documents; created October 30, 2026.
- Earlier architectural and reading-room concepts: retained as legacy theme assets, not used as the current homepage hero.
AI-only material may not qualify for copyright protection. This notice identifies the institute’s creative involvement without claiming rights that the law does not recognize. For reuse of institute-authored material or any questions about these images, contact the institute. See our terms of use.
Course photographs and illustrations
Each of the twelve original course subjects has a distinct image created with AI on October 31, 2026, for the institute’s educational website. They depict fictional people and scenes. They are conceptual illustrations, not photographs of actual scholars, enrolled learners, medical consultations or institute activities.
© 2026 Global Human Rights Institute in any protectable human-authored contributions, selection and arrangement. No exclusive copyright is asserted over purely AI-generated elements.
- Foundations of Universal Human Rights: People of different ages and backgrounds crossing a city street in morning light.
- Conservative Traditions and Human Rights: An older man and a young woman repairing a community garden gate together.
- Religious Liberty and Freedom of Conscience: A woman in a blue headscarf reflecting quietly in a sunlit place of worship.
- Free Expression and Academic Freedom: A woman addressing an outdoor public forum at dusk.
- Constitutional Government and the Rule of Law: An attorney addressing attentive jurors in a modest courtroom.
- Property Rights and Economic Freedom: A ceramics workshop owner carrying handmade cups through turquoise shop doors.
- Family, Education, and Children’s Rights: A mother and daughter exploring a hands-on science activity together at home.
- Sovereignty, Migration, and Humanitarian Obligations: A family carrying luggage toward a bus beside an open landscape at dawn.
- Human Dignity and Bioethics: An older patient practicing with a prosthetic hand alongside an occupational therapist.
- Human Rights Research and Academic Writing: A researcher examining an archival letter and comparing it with a contemporary document.
- Human Dignity: A High School Introduction: Three teenage friends sharing a basketball-court break, one seated in a wheelchair.
- Liberty and Responsibility: A High School Seminar: Teenage volunteers collecting litter safely along a riverside.
The full compositions are retained in the supplied web images. Course cards may show a responsive crop. An editor can replace these images with appropriately licensed photographs or select another supplied illustration in the course editor. Earlier course illustrations remain available only where an editor explicitly selected them; their AI-generated status and the same copyright notice apply. Replacement images remain subject to their own creators’ rights and credit requirements.
Membership benefit illustrations
Four original vector illustrations represent research briefings, online learning, member conversations and the personal research notebook. Created October 31, 2026, with AI assistance. These are conceptual representations of available tools, not screenshots, event photographs, participant portraits or promises of specific content.
Conceptual vector illustration of implemented GHRI tools. Not a screenshot, event photograph, or representation of named members. © 2026 Global Human Rights Institute in any protectable human-authored contributions, selection and arrangement. No exclusive copyright is asserted over purely AI-generated elements.
About-page documentary photographs
These photographs belong to their credited creators and are used under the stated Creative Commons licenses. They depict the places and dates in their captions. They do not imply a relationship with, or endorsement of, Global Human Rights Institute.
Rebuilding lives and hope in Pakistan, a year on from the floods
A family rebuilding after the floods. Sindh, Pakistan, 2011.
Vicki Francis / UK Department for International Development. CC BY 2.0.
Original photograph and attribution · CC BY 2.0
Full frame preserved; resized for web delivery where needed and converted to WebP.
Refugee Children 001
Children playing in a tented settlement. West Bekaa, Lebanon, 2021.
SamerofNyx. CC BY 4.0.
Original photograph and attribution · CC BY 4.0
Full frame preserved; resized for web delivery where needed and converted to WebP.
Helping families sow the seeds of recovery
A seed and fertilizer shop supporting recovery after flooding. Sindh, Pakistan, 2011.
Vicki Francis / UK Department for International Development. CC BY 2.0.
Original photograph and attribution · CC BY 2.0
Full frame preserved; resized for web delivery where needed and converted to WebP.
Historical archive images
Credits for the Declaration of Independence, Thirteenth Amendment, women’s suffrage parade and Eleanor Roosevelt photograph appear with their corresponding history timeline entries. Their original archive rights statements apply. These are not institute-owned photographs.