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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Sarah Case, a 2015 graduate of Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights MA program, is a Program Manager for the Global Transitional Justice Initiative at the International Sites of Conscience (ICSC), a global network of historic sites, museums and memory initiatives that connects past struggles to today’s movements for human rights.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

ISHR congratulates the following winners of the 2020 Human Rights Essay Contest:

Undergraduate Student Winners: 
Noa Levy-Baron, General Studies, Essay title: "Art Therapy with Refugees:Overcoming Processes of Pathologization and Fostering Social Integration"
Lucienne Marie Paradis, General Studies, Essay title: "(Un)Dividing the Balkan City of Bridges: School Reform and Re-structuring in Post-Conflict Mostar as a Model of Positive Peace Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina"

Graduate Student Winners:

Friday, March 27, 2020

Madiha Choksi, Research Technologist at Columbia University and Master in Human Rights Graduate and Dr. Pierre Elias, Cardiology Fellow at Columbia University developed 3D printed face shields for health care workers amidst shortage due to COVID19 crisis. Dr.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

ISHR’s Human Rights Summer Program, developed in conjunction with the School of Professional Studies, emphasizes the interaction between human rights theory and practice and offers students the opportunity to explore human rights both inside and outside the classroom.

Monday, March 16, 2020

Amir Ashour, a Master in Human Rights graduate from Columbia University, is the Founder and Executive Director of IraQueer, Iraq’s first national LGBT+ organization. Founded in 2015, IraQueer has reached one million people offline and online through working on advocacy, education, and providing direct services like safe housing and medical services.