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Alumni Highlight
Victor Gout
Monday, October 16, 2023
Victor Gout shares his experience during his time as a student in the Undergraduate program at the School of General Studies.
In which program are you enrolled and when is your expected graduation date?
Undergraduate Human Rights Major at the School of General Studies, graduated in May 2023.
What is your research focus? What drew you to this particular issue/set of issues?
Advocate Highlight
Dr. Peter Gayflor Mulbah
Monday, October 16, 2023

Dr. Peter Gayflor Mulbah was a participant in the 2008 Human Rights Advocates Program. He currently works as a Country Representative for Conservation International. 

HRAP Advocate from the DR and UN Special Rapporteur Address Challenges Facing Defenders
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

On a panel held at Columbia Law School and co-sponsored by ISHR among others, 2023-24 Advocate Ana Maria Belique of Reconoci.do, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor and an advocate from Côte d'Ivoire discussed efforts to forge a protective legal framework for human rights activism in light of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.

2011 Advocate Appointed Dean of Law at University of Rwanda
Monday, October 9, 2023

2011 Advocate Elvis Mbembe Binda has been appointed Dean of the School of Law of the University of Rwanda. Elvis is a trained lawyer. At the School of Law of the University of Rwanda, he teaches Economic and Financial Law with an emphasis on the East African Community regional economic integration. He earned a PhD at the University of Utrecht. He is the president and a co-founder of the Initiative for Peace and Human Rights, which focuses on the rights of detainees, Indigenous People, women and children, the LGBT community, the disabled and people living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023: What can Columbia do better?
by Elsa Stamatopoulou*
Sunday, October 8, 2023
As Columbia’s new President, Dr Minouche Shafik, has taken up her important position, we are glad to share with all that Columbia now celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The University followed the appeal of Native American students and numerous other students, faculty and staff over the years asking for this Day to be honored. The celebration of the Day is a clear trend among various other universities as well as cities and states in this country. 
History of the Day

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