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Ishita Rahul Petkar
Monday, April 17, 2017

Ishita is a 2017 graduate of the Human Rights Studies M.A. with a focus on the nexus between Indigenous rights and corporate responsibility.

by David L. Phillips
Friday, April 14, 2017

David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights, examines the legitimacy of the Turkish referendum to amend the constitution ahead of the April 16, 2017 vote.

By David L. Phillips
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights, writes in the Huffington Post that former New York mayor Rudy W. Giuliani is undermining US interests by defending an Iran sanctions evader Reza Zarrab. 

Phillips discusses the Zarrab's ties to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish efforts to intervene in the case.

RightsViews article by Claudia Kania
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

In a new RightsViews article, Claudia Kania examines discrimination against Roma communities in the European education system.

U Aung Myo Min of Myanmar Awarded Schuman Award
Monday, April 10, 2017

ISHR congratulates 1993 Advocate U Aung Myo Min of Equality Myanmar  who was awarded the first Schuman Award by the European Union in Myanmar for his " outstanding merits in promoting equality, non-discrimination and human rights" in the country.

The award was also granted to posthously to Burmese lawyer U Ko Ni and Daw Ja Nan Lahtaw, director of the Shalom Foundation.