On International Migrants Day, 18 December, 2018 Advocate Marijana Savic (center, back row), the Executive Director of NGO Atina welcomed H.E. Anne Lugon-Moulin, the Swiss Ambassador to Serbia, to a conversation about power, protection, and whose voices shape migration policies.
The Templeton Freedom Award was given to 2022-23 Advocate Mari Kapanadze, the executive director of Georgia’s Future Academy, for her organization’s efforts with nationwide youth mobilization, election observation, and civic education work under increasingly repressive conditions in Georgia.
In a recent presentation at ISHR, 2012 Advocate Kemal Pervanic, the founder and director of Most Mira in Bosnia, opened with his feedback on HRAP: “I had no expectations when I came to HRAP but it was brilliant in so many ways. I hoped that I would not only learn from others but that I could share some of my experiences. I was not very much aware of all the benefits I was receiving while I was in the program.
2000 Advocate Tolulope Lewis Tamoka, the United Nations Global Compact Chief of Government Relations and Africa shared their experience.
Past participants and hosts from ISHR’s Student Volunteer Program (SVP) spoke to current students about their experiences in mid November.
2025-26 Advocate Christopher Rutledge was recently interviewed about global mining giant Anglo American's exit from the country.
ISHR is sorry to report that 2016 Advocate Mulshid Eleas Muwonge, Jr., of Uganda died in October 2025.
On October 21, ISHR and the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law co-hosted the 2nd Annual HRAP Memorial Lecture, "The Struggle for the Realization of the Principle of 'Nunca Mas' in the Life and Legacy of Felipe Michelini.”
2004 Advocate Lilian Keene Mugerwa shared a reflection about her experience in the Human Rights Advocates Program.
Congratulations to 2022-23 Advocate Antonia Moreira who was recently recognized as one of this year's Innovators Under 35 by MIT's Technology Review - Brazil.
Congratulations to 1993 Advocate Kutjim Çashku, founder and executive director of the International Human Rights Film Festival Albania, on the festival’s 20th anniversary.