The Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) is pleased to welcome the 2024-25 HRAP cohort to campus this January.
Columbia University has a unique international reputation for human rights education and research, earned through decades of highly respected training of human rights professionals and a commitment to the interdisciplinary study and practice of human rights.
Shourideh C. Molavi is a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Human Rights at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights and the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University.
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) is creating a new website and we would like your feedback.
Belinda Cooper (Adjunct Assistant Professor at ISHR) was invited to Leipzig, Germany, to participate in celebrations of the 35th anniversary of a major demonstration there on October 9, 1989 that laid the groundwork for the fall of the Berlin Wall a month later.
The ISHR Human Rights Research Award will provide students with an opportunity to gain valuable research experience, while supporting the work of Columbia faculty conducting human rights-related research.
We are very glad that Columbia continues to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Elena Cata shares her experience as a student in the Human Rights Studies M.A. Program so far.
Daniil Alekseev, a recent graduate from the M.A. in Human Rights program, was awarded the Davis Fellowship.
1990 Advocate Tiawan Saye Gongloe of Liberia was the keynote speaker at a public forum in September hosted by the Liberia Massacre Survivors Association with support from the Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund.
Pornsuk 'Pim' Koetsawang was a participant in the 1999 Human Rights Advocates Program. Pim currently works as Chairperson for Friends Without Borders Foundation.