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“How to: Indigenous Governance and Diplomacy for the NOW” A series of webinars
Monday, August 24, 2020

The Institute’s Indigenous Peoples Rights Program was pleased to participate in the initiative of indigenous leaders, media and support organizations in a series of webinars under the title “How to: Indigenous Governance and Diplomacy for the NOW”. The seminars have been organized for July and August 2020 by The Gomaluku Podcast in collaboration with Tuomas Aslak Juuso (President of the Saami Parliament in Finland), DOCIP (Center for Documentation of Indigenous Peoples), Drumbeat Media and TV Indigena.

Solidarity for racial justice in the USA
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

The UN Human Rights Council recently adopted a resolution on the promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers.

Meet the 2020-21 participants in the Human Rights Advocates Program
Monday, August 17, 2020

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights is pleased to welcome the eight participants in the 2020-21 Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) to Columbia University.

Fellow Highlight
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

AHDA alumnus (2014) Oriol Lopez Badell comments for The Guardian and Vilaweb on colonialism and slavery in Barcelona, Spain. Oriol López-Badell is a historian at the European Observatory on Memories at the University of Barcelona.

To read The Guardian article, "Columbus statue will stay, but slavery tour aims to address Barcelona’s past," please click here. 

Advocate Highlight
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

On July 23rd, HRAP 2015 participant, Sandra Creamer, moderated a webinar titled "Social and emotional wellbeing during the COVID-19 and the re-emergence #BlackLivesMatter: The leadership and experience of Indigenous women." The webinar was organized by The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance (NATSIWA) and the University of Queensland’s School of Public Health featuring the Healing Foundation, 1800Respect and two professional Aboriginal women in their fields of work. 

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