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The Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) is now accepting applications to the Fall 2027 and Spring 2028 programs.
Congratulations to Maia Borchardt, Human Rights Studies M.A. '25, for publishing the article "Can the 'human rights economy' rebalance power in our politics?" in Open Global Rights.
Banu Pekol, a 2020 Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability (AHDA) Fellow at Columbia University’s ISHR, was recently recognized on the global stage when she was named a finalist—and the sole woman in the top three—for the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to Adequate Housing.