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Advocate Highlight
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

2015 Advocate Hakan Ataman of Turkey recently led presentations as part of the United Nations Development Program project in Turkey “Strengthening the Civilian Oversight of Internal Security Forces.” Funded by the European Union, the project aims to facilitate transparent, participatory and citizen-oriented public security. The target groups are the Ministry of Interior, governorates, district governorates, Turkish National Police, the Coast Guard Command, the Gendarmerie General Command , and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

 

Slides from Ahin Visuta's Presentation on Response of Myanmar's Religious Communities panel
Wednesday, July 7, 2021

 

ISHR says farewell and thank you to Elazar Barkan and welcomes Yasmine Ergas in the role of Interim Director
Friday, July 2, 2021

Elazar Barkan will be stepping down as Executive Director of the Institute on June 30th and on behalf of faculty, staff, students, and affiliates, ISHR would like to thank him for his many contributions. Professor Barkan joined the Institute in 2006 as Co-director and continued to lead as Director starting in 2008.

1993 HRAP Alumni Aung Myo Min on PBS Newshour
Thursday, July 1, 2021

Last week, 1993 HRAP Alumni Aung Myo Min was featured on PBS' Newshour program, explaining the human rights approach of the National Unity Government (NUG) in Myanmar. Aung Myo Min currently serves as Minister of Human Rights for the NUG. Find the full Newshour segment here.

AHDA Alumna Update
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Last month, an article entitled 'The past in our art: confronting the contemporary in an ancient society' by AHDA alumna (2015) Hasini A. Haputhanthri from Sri Lanka has been highlighted in the special issue of the Journal of the British Academy. Find the full article at the following link:

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