Alumni News at the Institute

Kosovo’s Framework for Dealing With the Past at a Turning Point
2015 Fellow Nora Ahmetaj Co-authors Report
Friday, May 5, 2017

Congratulations to 2015 AHDA Fellow Nora Ahmetaj who co-authored a report examining the role and work of Kosovo’s Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Dealing with the Past and Reconciliation (IMWG).

Raising Indigenous Voices
Advocate Sandra Creamer at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Rights
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Sandra Creamer, who participated in the 2015 Human Rights Advocates Program, hosted a side event called Raising Indigenous Voices during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Staff from WITNESS, Human Rights Watch and Theatre of the Oppressed shared their ideas, strategies and tools with more than 20 participants.

Advocate Bakary Tandia Joins Anti-Slavery Delegation to UN
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Bakary Tandia, a graduate of the 2010 Human Rights Advocates Program, recently coordinated the New York visit of Biram Dah Abeid, the president of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania, who was named as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.

Ishita Rahul Petkar
Alumni Highlight
Ishita Rahul Petkar
Monday, April 17, 2017

Ishita is a 2017 graduate of the Human Rights Studies M.A. with a focus on the nexus between Indigenous rights and corporate responsibility.

HRAP Alumnus Recognized by the European Union
U Aung Myo Min of Myanmar Awarded Schuman Award
Monday, April 10, 2017

ISHR congratulates 1993 Advocate U Aung Myo Min of Equality Myanmar  who was awarded the first Schuman Award by the European Union in Myanmar for his " outstanding merits in promoting equality, non-discrimination and human rights" in the country.

The award was also granted to posthously to Burmese lawyer U Ko Ni and Daw Ja Nan Lahtaw, director of the Shalom Foundation.

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