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Thursday, December 4, 2025
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

In a recent presentation at ISHR, 2012 Advocate Kemal Pervanic, the founder and director of Most Mira in Bosnia, opened with his feedback on HRAP: “I had no expectations when I came to HRAP but it was brilliant in so many ways. I hoped that I would not only learn from others but that I could share some of my experiences. I was not very much aware of all the benefits I was receiving while I was in the program.

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Past participants and hosts from ISHR’s Student Volunteer Program (SVP) spoke to current students about their experiences in mid November. Since 2011, alumni of the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at ISHR have been hosting Columbia human rights students at their organizations for eight weeks during the summer.

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

2000 Advocate Tolulope Lewis Tamoka, the United Nations Global Compact Chief of Government Relations and Africa, shared the following: “The Group of Friends of the UN Global Compact, co-chaired by South Africa and Switzerland convened at the Permanent Mission of South Africa [in late November] ….

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

2025-26 Advocate Christopher Rutledge, Executive Director of Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) in South Africa, was recently interviewed about global mining giant Anglo American's exit from the country and the effect of its departure on mining communities and the economy.

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