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ISHR Peacebuilding Program Director on Afghanistan in the Boston Globe
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Last week the director of ISHR's Program on Peacebuilding and Human Rights - David L. Phillips - wrote an op-ed in The Boston Globe entitled "Biden faces vexing questions about counterterrorism". In it, he analyzes what the Biden administration can take away from the developments in Afghanistan.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: an account of 10 months of life and next cycle
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

The Massive Open Online Course on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights prepared by the Institute for the Study of Human Rights thanks to a Provost’s award just completed its first cycle after 10 months (November 2020 to August 2021). The course was created in collaboration with Indigenous experts from around the world as well as Columbia’s CTL team.

 

2020-21 Advocate Elected Chair of The PACT
Monday, August 30, 2021

2020-21 Advocate Itoro Douglas Ekanem of Nigeria has been elected Chair of The PACT, an international coalition of 128 youth-led and youth-serving organizations and networks working “to advance  sexual and reproductive health and rights and reach the end AIDS by 2030.” The PACT pursues “youth-led advocacy and accountability at all levels, fighting for SRHR for all young people.”

2018 Fellow's NGO Releases Video on Human Trafficking
Thursday, August 19, 2021

NGO Atina, led by 2018 Advocate Marijana Savic, and the Child Rights Centre and created a video "Between Dreams and Reality" to raise awareness among chil

AHDA Alumna Update
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability alumna Dilpreet Bhullar (2020-2021) recently published a book review on 'Cups of Nun Chai' by Alana Hunt. The book features centers on conversations about Kashmir. Bhullar writes of the book: 

The book holds promise for a discerning mind keen to walk through the kaleidoscopic history of Kashmir, beyond the banal lens of divisive policies on the two-nation theory promoted by the (post)colonial history.

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