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Haley Zovickian
Monday, June 19, 2017

Haley Zovickian is a 2017 graduate of Columbia College with a double major in Human Rights and Political Science. Prior to graduating, Zovickian discussed her experience as a student in the Undergraduate Human Rights Program.

By David L. Phillips
Friday, June 16, 2017

Following the announcement of a September 25. 2017 referendum on Kurdish independence in Iraq, David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights, lays out a possible path to Iraqi Kurdish statehood in the Huffington Post.

Friday, June 16, 2017

The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Program of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights extends its congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award - the Indigenous rights movement of Canada and artist and activist Alicia Keys. Amnesty International released the following statement:

Teaching Business and Human Rights Workshop
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

The Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum held its annual workshop at Columbia University May 22 - 23, 2017.

RightsViews article by Stephanie Ann Euber
Monday, June 5, 2017

In a new RightsViews article, alumni Stephanie Ann Euber questions the words we use to talk about women who have survived gender-based violence.