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Jillian Carson
Alumni Highlight
Jillian Carson
Monday, March 28, 2016

Congratulations to 2012 graduate Jillian Carson for her work on a Massachusetts bill to extend the statute of limitations for international human rights abuses. 

Carson currently in her second year at New England Law | Boston. She is also the research assistant at the school’s Center for International Law and Policy. The Center coordinates research projects for students in partnership with international organizations in various areas of international law.

Matthew Kennis
Alumni Highlight
Matthew Kennis
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Congratulations to 2012 alumnus Matthew Kennis on his new role as Program Director with the Libertas Center for Human Rights, a torture survivor’s treatment center at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens. 
 
ISHR Completes Second Myanmar Training
Monday, January 25, 2016

ISHR’s University Human Rights Education in Myanmar project has recently returned from Myanmar after completing its second in-person training at Yangon University from January 6-9, 2016.

Human Rights Graduate Group Completes Successful Charity Drive
Human Rights Graduate Group Completes Successful Charity Drive
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The Human Rights Graduate Group, in partnership with SIPA Spectrum, SIPA Gender Policy Working Group and Columbia University Students for Human Rights, hosted a charity drive to benefit New Alternatives, a organization dedicated to helping homeless LGBT youth.

Liz Ševčenko
ISHR's Liz Ševčenko wins 2015 CRL Award for Teaching
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Congratulations to Liz Ševčenko, Director, Guantánamo Public Memory Project, on receiving the 2015 Center for Research Libraries Award for Teaching.

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