On February 26, 2026, Qin Gao, member of ISHR’s Steering Committee, was interviewed on “The U.S.-China Fight to Understand and Address Inequality,” by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR).
As part of an Alliance project between Columbia, Sciences Po and Paris-1 universities on 'Women in Crisis', Jackie Dugard (ISHR, Columbia) and Angela Greulich (Sciences Po) produced a 4-minute video on the relationship between fertility and climate change, surveying the literature on whether having fewer or no children should be a (voluntary) consideration in Global North countries.
On the afternoon of March 27th, students at the Center for Human Rights & Global Justice at NYU Law School welcomed the HRAP participants for an afternoon of conversation, alliance building and solidarity.
Katherine Beall, Human Rights Studies MA, ‘15, shares an update with ISHR including the publication of her new book "New Regional Authorities: Self-Determination and the Global South."
Two participants in Columbia University's Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) played central roles in a recent forum examining transnational solidarity, economic justice, and the well-being of Black women and girls from the Global South and the African diaspora.
On March 4, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, with support from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, hosted a reunion for graduate and undergraduate human rights alumni.
Congratulations to 2013 Advocate Geoffrey Mayamba, the Executive Director of the Prisoners Future Foundation in Zambia. He was chosen to participate in the 2026 Marianne Initiative for Human Rights Defenders.
Graduate and undergraduate human rights students and recent alumni are invited to participate in the 2026 Human Rights Thesis Competition on Thursday, April 23.
Read our interview with Skylar (Sky) Lingo, Human Rights Studies M.A. ‘24.
The 2025–2026 cohort of the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) traveled to Washington, D.C. for a dedicated networking visit with leading human rights partners and funders.
On Wednesday, February 4, 2026, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights hosted its annual Winter Reception, welcoming the 2025-26 cohort of the Human Rights Advocates Program.
2016 Advocate Aeshatou Manu concludes her assignment as Senior Indigenous Fellow with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section.