News

2016 Advocate Aehshatou Manu of Cameroon visited NYC during UN Climate Week in her capacity as a member of REALEAC, a network of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) in Central Africa.

We are very glad that Columbia now celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Congratulations to 2019 Advocate Nodjigoto Charbonnel and his organization Association Jeunesse pour la Paix et la Non-Violence (AJPNV) for winning the 2022 Rafto Prize.

2021-22 Advocate Daniel Villatoro recently traveled to Manchester to receive the "2022 Journalist of the Year Award."

It is with a heavy heart that ISHR must report the passing of 2016 Advocate Raoul Kitungano of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights is delighted to announce two new lecturers joining us this academic year. 

ISHR is pleased to announce that Joseph R. Slaughter has taken the role of Executive Director as of July 1, 2022.

Lawrence Robinson graduated from the HRSMA program in October 2019.

It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Felipe Michelini, 1990 Advocate from Uruguay, who passed away on April 19, 2020 after suffering from a domestic accident.