2017 Graduates Presented Theses

ISHR celebrated the end of another successful academic year with the annual end of year reception on Thursday, April 27th. Four graduating students presented their theses:

Grace Beya, Human Rights Studies M.A. Program

• Sexual Violence Beyond the War: Dismantling and Addressing Domestic Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo 

Iva Gumniska, Human Rights Major

• The Right to Work of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Bulgaria: Rethinking Integration

Marijke Kremin, Human Rights Studies M.A. Program

• To be Out and In: Influencing Factors in the Recognition of SOGI-Based Asylum Claims in South Africa and Kenya

Nadine Talaat, Human Rights Major

• “License to Kill”: The United States’ Illegal Drone Program and the Dark Legacy of Collective Punishment

ISHR congratulates all our 2016-17 graduating students and thank the faculty and thesis advisers for their many contributions to the program.