ISHR interviewed 2023-24 Advocate Imani Kimiri, an unwavering Queer human rights defender who champions equality for sexual and gender minorities.
Congratulations to 2016 Advocate Aehshatou Manu of Cameroon who sent us the following update.
On Tuesday, April 23rd, ISHR’s Executive Director, Professor Joseph Slaughter, was interviewed by Democracy Now!.
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights issued the following statement.
The Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) is now open for applications to the Spring 2026 program.
In honor of HRAP’s 35th anniversary, ISHR asked Columbia alumni to reflect on their experience with HRAP. Victor Jandres Rivera, who graduated from Columbia in May 2024, wrote about serving as the most recent HRAP program coordinator.
In honor of HRAP’s 35th anniversary, ISHR has asked Columbia University alumni to share their recollections of the program. The fourth alumnus to be featured is Jaclyn Sawyer, who earned a MSW in Social Work and Policy Practice from the Columbia School of Social Work in 2015.
ISHR hosted two advocates from Kenya in the 2023-24 Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP).
ISHR congratulates the winners of the 2024 Human Rights Essay Contest.
The latest in ISHR's interviews with participants in the 2023-24 Human Rights Advocates Program features Amisha Adhikari of Advocacy Forum Nepal.
Congratulations to 2021-22 Advocate Danniel Alejandro Pinilla Cadavid of Colombia, who has been appointed Director of Communications and Press of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
In honor of HRAP’s 35th anniversary, ISHR has asked Columbia University alumni to share their recollections of the program. The third alumnus to be featured is Nicholas Anthony Perez who earned a master’s degree in human rights and humanitarian policy from the School of International and Public Affairs in 2018.