Advocate Ana Maria Belique discussed efforts to forge a protective legal framework for human rights activism in light of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.
2011 Advocate Elvis Mbembe Binda has been appointed Dean of the School of Law of the University of Rwanda.
As Columbia’s new President, Dr Minouche Shafik, has taken up her important position, we are glad to share with all that Columbia now celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
ISHR is pleased to announce that our 2022-23 Year in Review report is now available.
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) is inviting faculty to submit proposals for the Human Rights Research Award.
ISHR highlights Claudia Sachs, a human rights undergraduate student at the School of General Studies.
On September 19th, Stephanie Grepo of ISHR attended a side event featuring 1996 Advocate Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, the Founder and ED of Nyaka in Uganda, as the keynote speaker.
2016 Advocate Aehshatou Manu and her colleagues from the African Indigenous Women Organization Central African Network (AIWO-CAN) continue their mission to eradicate gender-based violence.
2019 Advocate Mariano Ruiz of Argentina has founded Derechos Humanos y Diversidad Asociación Civil, an NGO that will offer communication skills training to LGBTIQ grassroots advocates in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights is delighted to welcome three new lecturers joining us this academic year.
2010 Advocate Gisèle Ngungua Sangua has been named the Provincial Minister of Gender, Women and Children of Haut-Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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 the Indigenous Peoples for dignity, justice and human rights and stands in solidarity with Indigenous human rights defenders.