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New book "Historical Dialogue and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities" is now available
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

A new book By Elazar Barkan, Constantin Goschler and James E. Waller is now available. This book brings together a diverse range of international voices from academia, policymaking and civil society to address the failure to connect historical dialogue with atrocity prevention discourse and provide insight into how conflict histories and historical memory act as dynamic forces, actively facilitating or deterring current and future conflict.

Congratulations human rights students being inducted in the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

ISHR congratulates the following human rights students on being inducted in the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa:

Meghana Bharadwaj, Columbia College

Rowan Gossett, Columbia College

Rebecca Cai, Columbia College

Lucienne Paradis, General Studies
Emma Caragozian, General Studies
Noa Levy-Baron, General Studies
Advocate Highlight
Mary Akrami
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

2009 Advocate Mary Akrami is the executive director of Afghan Women Network, an organization dedicated to the advancement of women’s engagement in peacebuilding in Afghanistan. Mary initiated the use of community-based peace councils throughout Afghanistan to allow women to engage in conflict resolution at the local level. She is also the founder and former executive director of the Afghan Women Skills Development Center, an organization focused on the rights of women affected by violence. She established the first shelter for women at risk of violence in 2003.

2019 AHDA ANNUAL PROGRAM REPORT
Monday, May 4, 2020

The Alliance for Historical Dialogue's 2019 Annual Program Report is now available.

Click here to read the full report.

Click here to read past AHDA Program Reports.
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz completes her mandate after 6 years as UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Friday, May 1, 2020

By Elsa Stamatopoulou

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