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.
The second in ISHR's interviews with the participants in the 2023-24 HRAP is Samira Asghari, a consultant with Equality League.
First up in ISHR's interviews with the participants in the 2023-24 HRAP is Andrea Tock, the Director of Learning and Impact at the Women's Justice Initiative in Guatemala.
In honor of HRAP’s 35th anniversary, ISHR has asked Columbia University alumni to share their recollections of the program. The second alumnus to be featured is Rose Anderson who earned the HRSMA from ISHR in 2014.
During the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March (CSW68), 2023-24 Advocate Esther Kimiri of the Zamara Foundation in Kenya spoke at the session "Leaking through the Cracks: Unprotected by the Social Systems."