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2022-23 Advocate Jade Jacobs-Word sat down with the Arcus Foundation when she was in NYC for HRAP.

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights wishes to thank Dr. Theodorus G. Sandfort of the Mailman School of Public Health for his contributions to the development of HRAP participants over the years.

On the occasion of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Program of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights pays tribute to the struggles of Indigenous Peoples for dignity, justice and human rights, including the right to self-determination, the rights to lands, territories and resources and cultural rights.

The most recent annual report by the Arcus Foundation features Johannesburg-based Iranti, a media advocacy organization focused on the trans and intersex communities in South Africa.

Trisha Mukherjee, Human Rights major CC ‘21, has been chosen to receive Nicholas Kristof’s “Win a Trip” Award.

Glenn Mitoma is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Human Rights and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University.

Tetiana (Tanya) Kotelnykova, HRSMA 2023, was selected as a recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award.

The Human Rights Advocates Program's 2023-24 Annual Program Report is now available.

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.