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Thursday, April 29, 2021

On Saturday, April 10th, the African American Redress Network (AARN) held its first convening of the year, Reparations 2021. The African American Redress Network (AARN) is a collaboration among Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Howard University’s Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, and reparations organizations on the grassroots, regional and state levels. The Network works to promote reparations and addresses U.S.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

ISHR congratulates the following human rights students on being inducted in the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa:

Abigail Edwards, General Studies

Arina Karkhanis, Columbia College

Griffin Jones, General Studies

Julia Kepczynska, General Studies

Kendra Neumann, Columbia College

Lorenzo Lamo, General Studies

Thu Phuong To, General Studies

Rachel Gordon, General Studies

Safia Southey, General Studies

Monday, April 26, 2021

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

Monday, April 26, 2021

Submitted to the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

“The First Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights”

Thursday, April 15, 2021

The «Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights» for 2021 is awarded to the independent trade union movement in Belarus, represented by the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) and its affiliates. They receive the award for their fearless struggle for democracy and fundamental trade union rights in Europe's last dictatorship. 2010 Advocate Siarhei Antusevich Belarus is the Vice Chair of BKDP.

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