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Mary Akrami
Advocate Mary Akrami Pushes for Women's Rights at UN
Monday, March 28, 2016

2009 Advocate Mary Akrami of Afghanistan (left) was in New York for the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations.

Felipe Michelini
HRAP Alunmus Felipe Michelini meets with OAS Secretary General
Thursday, February 25, 2016

1990 Advocate Felipe Michelini of Uruguay (left) was in Washington, D.C., this month in his capacity as a member of the Trust Fund for Victims.

2015 HRAP
2015 HRAP Program Report Now Available
Thursday, February 11, 2016

The Human Rights Advocate Program's 2015 Annual Program Report is now available upon request by emailing ishr@columbia.edu. The 2015 cohort—which represented the 27th class of HRAP—hailed from Albania, Australia, Belarus, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Kenya, Myanmar, South Sudan and Turkey.

Bakary Tandia
Alumni Highlight
Bakary Tandia
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

2010 Advocate Bakary Tandia was recently featured in the Voice of America article "African Diaspora Makes Its Voice Count in US Election." The article highlights Bakary's voter mobilization efforts in the 2008 US presidential election and his work in the field of human rights.

Mary Akrami
2009 Advocate Mary Akrami with Front Line Defenders
Monday, January 11, 2016

2009 Advocate Mary Akrami, Director of the Afghan Women's Skills Development Centre in Kabul, attended the international launch of Human Rights Defenders - Lives in the Balance, the Front Line Defenders 2015 Annual Report.

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