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.
Ariella Kissin, who is pursuing the MA in Human Rights Studies, is one of three students participating in ISHR’s Student Volunteer Program (SVP) this summer.
Vanessa Fiuza shares her experience as a student in the Human Rights Studies M.A. Program and about the research she undertook while in Chile on a Field Research Grant. Vanessa was the first recipient of the Santiago Global Center’s Field Research Grant.
ISHR received an update from 2022-23 Advocate Antonia Moreira of Brazil.
The 2025 International Program on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Policy was completed on 6 June 2025
The 2025 immersion Program (27 May to 6 June 2025) was successfully completed on June 6th.
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates the human rights students who received departmental honors and prizes.
On Thursday, May 1, 2025, ISHR hosted an event for its graduating students. Faculty, staff, returning and graduating students enjoyed an evening celebrating student accomplishments and were treated to special performances by graduating students.
On May 5, ISHR hosted a farewell luncheon for the 2024-25 Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) cohort at Faculty House.