News

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Professor Joseph Slaughter, Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, delivered the keynote speech for the 2024 MA Convocation. The full Convocation Ceremony, including recognition of ISHR’s newest graduates, can be seen here: MA Convocation. Congratulations to ISHR classes of 2024!

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Congratulations to 2018 Advocate Lenny Emson who has been appointed to the board of OutRight International. Lenny is the Executive Director of Capital Rainbow Refuge

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University is looking for qualified human rights instructors to teach the following courses during the 2024-2025 academic year. Please note that these are part-time, adjunct appointments, with the possibility of continued teaching in subsequent semesters. 

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates the following human rights students who received departmental honors and prizes: 

Phi Beta Kappa Inductees 

Alisha Arshad, Columbia College

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

On April 25, eight graduate and undergraduate human rights students gathered on Zoom to participate in ISHR's annual Human Rights Thesis Competition. During the event, students took hundreds of hours of thesis research in the human rights discipline and transformed it into 5-minute presentations. The faculty judges were Joseph Slaughter, Mila Rosenthal, and Glenn Mitoma.

Mallory Springstead (Human Rights Studies M.A. '24)

Thesis Title: Human Rights Greenwashing: Understanding the Impact of Fast Fashion on Labor Rights