2004 Advocate Lilian Keene Mugerwa shared a reflection about her experience in the Human Rights Advocates Program.
Congratulations to 2022-23 Advocate Antonia Moreira who was recently recognized as one of this year's Innovators Under 35 by MIT's Technology Review - Brazil.
Congratulations to 1993 Advocate Kutjim Çashku, founder and executive director of the International Human Rights Film Festival Albania, on the festival’s 20th anniversary.
Carly Sandstrom graduated from the Human Rights Studies M.A. (HRSMA) program in 2024. She shares her experience during her time as a student at Columbia.
2013 Advocate Geoffrey Mayamba recently met with the French Deputy Head of Mission in Zambia Charlie Dubois to discuss potential areas for collaboration.
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) is inviting faculty to submit proposals for the Human Rights Research Award.
The Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) is now open for applications to the 2026-27 program.
2010 Advocate Siarhei Antusevich, the Vice-President of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions, met ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo at the 2025 International Labour Conference in Geneva.
Uni Valdivieso Wooldridge, a Master’s Student in Human Rights Studies at ISHR, is one of three students participating in ISHR’s Student Volunteer Program (SVP) this summer.
2013 Advocate Absolom Shalakha, a Kenyan national, is a Cofounder and the Executive Director at Change for Planet Foundation (C4P), an NGO registered in Kenya with regional operations.
2022-23 Advocate Marine Kapanadze sent the following reflection on her time in HRAP.
