Tetiana (Tanya) Kotelnykova, a first-year student in the Human Rights Studies M.A. (HRSMA) Program and a recipient of Columbia University’s Scholarship for Displaced Students, has launched a mentorship program for Ukrainian youth called “Mentor Ukraine.”
Join ISHR in welcoming the 2022-23 HRAP cohort to Columbia University!
Meryem Bahadir shares her experience as a student in the Human Rights Studies M.A. Program so far.
2021-22 Advocate Mario D'andrea Cañas, the Director of Civilis Derechos Humanos in Venezuela, was a participant in the 2022 Defenders’ Days Conference sponsored by Civil Rights Defenders.
Cristiana Grigore, founder of the Roma Peoples Project at Columbia University, was invited to be part of an advisory group assembled by the National Gallery to examine and reframe the narratives around depictions of Roma people.
Aviâja Egede Lynge, Spokesperson for Children’s Rights in Greenland, gave a talk at Columbia on the above-mentioned topic on October 17th, 2022.
The 2022 Program (3 to 21 October 2022) was successfully completed on October 21st.
Exit, Africa’s largest LGBTQIA+ newspaper, has selected 2016 HRAP Advocate Samuel Matsikure as one of its 2022 Queer Warriors.
Julie Ciccolini graduated from the Human Rights Studies M.A. (HRSMA) program in 2018 and was selected for the 2022 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award.