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Mourning the Loss of 2016 Advocate Mulshid Eleas Muwonge, Jr.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

ISHR is sorry to report that 2016 Advocate Mulshid Eleas Muwonge, Jr., of Uganda died in October 2025.

Remembering the Life and Legacy of 1990 Advocate Felipe Michelini
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

On October 21, ISHR and the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law co-hosted  the 2nd Annual HRAP Memorial Lecture, "The Struggle for the Realization of the Principle of 'Nunca Mas' in the Life and Legacy of Felipe Michelini.” NYU Professor David Donat Cattin delivered the lecture which focused on contributions that 1990 Advocate Felipe Michelini of Uruguay made as a human rights activist and practitioner to the promotion and protection of the rights of victims of crimes against humanity and gross violations of human rights.

Reflection from 2004 Advocate from Uganda
Monday, October 13, 2025
2004 Advocate Lilian Keene Mugerwa is an Ashoka Fellow, the founder and former executive director of Platform for Labour Action, and the managing partner of Kleeva Associated Advocates, a law firm in Uganda. She shared the following reflection about her experience in the Human Rights Advocates Program.
Advocate Recognized in Brazil as Innovator
Thursday, October 2, 2025

Congratulations to 2022-23 Advocate Antonia Moreira who was recently recognized as one of this year's Innovators Under 35 by MIT's Technology Review - Brazil. Antonia was chosen for her work promoting income-generation and empowerment projects for the trans community at Transmoras where she now serves as an advisor. 

Advocate Promotes Human Rights Through Film
Monday, September 22, 2025

Congratulations to 1993 Advocate Kutjim Çashku (center), founder and executive director of the International Human Rights Film Festival Albania, on the festival’s 20th anniversary. Çashku is a film director, screenwriter, and producer dedicated to expanding human rights through film in his country of Albania. Some of Çashku’s most notable works include Kolonel Bunker, a story about the communist regime in Albania, and Magic Eye, a story about manipulation in today’s media.

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