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Pro-Active Security
Finding the Balance between Preemption and Prevention
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

David L. Phillips delivered a TEDx Talk on countering violent extremism through pro-active security, balancing preemption and prevention, using both hard and soft power.

Phillips is currently Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. Phillips has worked as a senior adviser to the United Nations Secretariat and as a foreign affairs expert and senior adviser to the U.S. Department of State. 

ISSP
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The Indigenous Studies Summer Program is now accepting applications for 2017
Monday, November 14, 2016

The Indigenous Studies Summer Program (ISSP) is an annual, two-week summer program at Columbia University. Researchers, professionals, practitioners, and advanced students from around the world gather at Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) to participate in this intensive summer immersion program at Columbia University on indigenous peoples' rights and policy.

Advocacy at Work
Human Rights Video Series
Thursday, November 10, 2016

Human Rights Watch and the Center for Teaching and Learning at Columbia University have produced the online human rights advocacy video series Advocacy at Work. The series goes behind the scenes at Human Rights Watch to explain how they put together advocacy strategies to deal with human rights abuses.

Elie Wiesel Memorial Lecture
Lecture by ISHR's David L. Phillips
Monday, November 7, 2016

Lecture by ISHR's David L. Phillips

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Issues Statement on the Dakota Access Pipeline
Monday, November 7, 2016

Mr. Alvaro Pop Ac, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and Ms. Dalee Dorough and Chief Edward John, Members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues issued a statement on the Protests on the Dakota Access Pipeline on November 4th. The full statement included below.

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