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Dakota Pipeline
Columbia Faculty Release Statement of Support for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Friday, September 30, 2016

Over 40 Columbia University professors signed a letter in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

John Ruggie
A Place for an Unexpected Guest at the Table of the UN Business and Human Rights Working Group
New RightsViews blog by Aleydis Nissen
Thursday, September 29, 2016

New RightsViews blog by Aleydis Nissen

Experts Call for UN Action on Cholera in Haiti
Professor Inga Winkler joins open letter calling for transparency.
Monday, September 26, 2016

Professor Inga Winkler among those calling on UN Secretary General to design remedies for the victims of cholera in Haiti.

Mary Akrami
Alumni Highlight
Mary Akrami
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Congratulations to 2009 Advocate Mary Akrami on opening a restaurant in Kabul that is fully run by women who have gone through a shelter program for victims of domestic violence and forced marriages.

The Human Right to Sanitation
The Human Right to Sanitation
New Research published by Professor Inga Winkler
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Professor Inga Winkler published "The Human Right to Sanitation" in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law.

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