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Akiko Kobayashi
ISHR Connects Students and Advocates
Graduate student Akiko Kobayashi works in Mombasa.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Each summer, ISHR sends Columbia University human rights students abroad to contribute to the advocacy efforts of organizations led by alumni of the HRAP and AHDA programs through the Graduate Student Volunteers Program (GSVP).

Sri Lanka Policy Forum
Sri Lanka Policy Forum
Monday, June 20, 2016

The Program on Peace-building and Human Rights launched its Sri Lanka Policy Forum with Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, on June 13th.

Twesigye Jackson Kaguri
Alumni Highlight
Twesigye Jackson Kaguri
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Congratulations to 1996 Advocate Twesigye Jackson Kaguri who recently published his second children’s book titled Patience Mariza Goes for Water. The story follows a Ugandan girl orphaned by HIV/AIDs, now living with cruel relatives who overburden her with work, until a chance encounter changes her life.
Caroline Fidan Tyler Doenmez
Alumni Highlight
Caroline Fidan Tyler Doenmez
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Congratulations to 2015 graduate Caroline Fidan Tyler Doenmez, who recently presented her research at the 2016 annual meeting of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) held at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. 
 
Tauli-Corpuz joins 2016 Summer Program
UN Special Rapporteur Joins Summer Program
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Rights, spent the day with 28 participants from 15 countries that are part of Columbia's Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Policy hosted by Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER).

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