2018 Advocate Marijana Savić from the Belgrade-based NGO Atina was recognized as a TIP (Trafficking in Persons) Report Hero by the US Department of State in a ceremony in Washington, DC.
Professor Stamatopoulou shared the news that, finally, after many years of work on Indigenous Peoples’ rights, her book Indigenous Peoples in the International Arena: The Global Movement for Self-Determination, published by Routledge, is coming out on July 12th.
Between September 24th, 2023 and January 7, 2024 the Metropolitan Museum of Art ran the popular and highly reviewed Manet/Degas exhibition. However, one of the Manet paintings that entered the Princeton University Art Museum’s collection in 1979 with the inherited title "Gypsy with a Cigarette" unintentionally perpetuated negative stereotypes.
2013 Advocate Absolom Shalakha of Kenya served on the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the 29 May 2024 General Elections in The Republic of South Africa.
In honor of HRAP’s 35th anniversary, ISHR has asked Columbia University alumni to share their memories of the program. The final alumnus to be featured in this series is Junghwa “Sam” Lee, who earned a master’s in International Development Education from Teachers College in 2012.
Professor Joseph Slaughter, Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, delivered the keynote speech for the 2024 MA Convocation.
Congratulations to 2018 Advocate Lenny Emson, who has been appointed to the board of OutRight International.
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University is looking for qualified human rights instructors to teach the following courses during the 2024-2025 academic year.
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates the following human rights students who received departmental honors and prizes.
On April 25, eight graduate and undergraduate human rights students gathered on Zoom to participate in ISHR's annual Human Rights Thesis Competition.
Learn more about 2023-24 Advocate Jamuna Tamang of the National Indigenous Disabled Women Association in Nepal by viewing this video.
ISHR spoke with 2023-24 Advocate Amir Mukambetov about his work promoting and protecting LGBTQI+ rights throughout Central Asia.