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Threatened Heritage: Why This Is a Human Rights Issue
Elsa Stamatopoulou Discusses Cultural Heritage as a Human Right
Monday, June 11, 2018

In March 2018, Columbia University’s Italian Academy sponsored a symposium titled Threatened Heritage: Bears Ears, Chaco and Beyond, which explored the implications – social, archaeological, environmental, spiritual, historical, artistic and legal – of the current threats to Bears Ears National Monument and Chaco Canyon.

Advocate Highlight
Alejandra Ancheita
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Alejandra Ancheita is a lawyer and one of the leading  voices in the human rights movement in Latin America. She leads the fight for the rights of the migrant, worker, and indigenous communities in Mexico.

Human Rights M.A. Student Receives Boren Fellowship
Congratulations Katie Beiter!
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates Human Rights Studies M.A. student, Katie Beiter, on receiving a Boren Fellowship to study in Jordan.

Apply to HRAP!
Now accepting applications for 2019.
Monday, June 4, 2018

Now accepting applications for 2019.

I Defend Rights
New project by Professor Louis Bickford
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Working with the Norwegian Human Rights Fund, ISHR Professor Louis Bickford, founder of Memria.org, has recently launched the I Defend Rights project to help create new narratives about human rights defenders.

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