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2025 Human Rights Essay Contest Winners
Friday, April 18, 2025

ISHR congratulates the winners of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest.

Graduate Winners

ISHR faculty joined an Amicus Brief with International Law Professors, Experts, Practitioners, and Scholars in the case of Khalil v. Joyce.
Friday, March 28, 2025

ISHR faculty joined an Amicus Brief with International Law Professors, Experts, Practitioners, and Scholars in the case of Khalil v. Joyce.

ISHR hosted a panel discussion with Lucia Hulsether
Sunday, February 23, 2025

On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights hosted a book talk with Lucia Hulsether, author of Capitalist Humanitarianism (Duke UP, 2023), winner of the Cultural Studies Association’s First Book Award.

ISHR organized a panel discussing the recognition of ecocide as an international crime
Friday, February 21, 2025

On Thursday, February 6, 2025, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, in collaboration with the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute and Stop Ecocide International, hosted a panel titled “Ecocide: Anatomy of a Criminal Law in the Making.”

ISHR Welcomes New Deputy Director Gergana Halpern
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

We are delighted to announce that Gergana Halpern has been appointed to serve as Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR). Gergana brings to the job both enthusiasm and extensive experience in program management and academic administration, with a background in law, research, and advocacy. 

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