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Research Update
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Last week, the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) launched a new research for the implementation of the Spanish case of reparation and memorialization, based on a project within the 

Seeking Web Developer
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

The Women and Gender in Global Affairs (WGGA) Network is seeking a company to develop a new website; ensure the migration of the site to a new server with an assured service level as set out in this TOR, as well as website maintenance and hosting on a secure platform.

 

Juneteenth - A Celebration of Freedom
Saturday, June 19, 2021

Today the Institute for the Study of Human Rights celebrates Juneteenth. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in all 50 states. Although President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863, it was not read to enslaved people in Texas until two and a half years later, on June 19th, 1865. On this day, Union soldiers alerted enslaved people in Galveston, Texas that the war was over and they were free. June 19th is sometimes referred to as “Juneteenth Independence Day,” “Freedom Day,” or “Emancipation Day”.

Congratulations and farewell Dr. Inga Winkler
Friday, June 18, 2021

ISHR would like to congratulate Inga Winkler on her new position as Associate Professor in International Human Right Law at the Central European University in Vienna. Professor Winkler joined ISHR in 2016 as one of our first two full-time lecturers. In addition to advising students and serving as Director of Undergraduate Studies, she taught International Human Rights Law, the Human Rights Senior Seminar, the Human Rights Thesis Seminar, UN Human Rights Bodies, Socio-Economic Rights, and Menstruation, Gender and Rights.

2016 Advocate Co-leads Workshop for Indigenous Women and Girls
Friday, June 11, 2021

In cooperation with the International Indigenous Women's Forum/Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas, 2016 Advocate Aehshatou Manu and her colleagues from AIWO-CAN led a capacity building workshop on the empowerment of indigenous women, girls and youth with a focus on leadership, rights, and the impact of COVID-19 on their communities in Cameroon.

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