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ISHR Welcomes 2021-2022 HRSMA Cohort
Monday, September 13, 2021

Please join ISHR in welcoming the 2021-22 cohort of students in the Human Rights Studies M.A. Program! Forty-one students from around the world will join the MA program to pursue their academic studies with a focus on issues ranging from refugee and migrant rights to transitional justice, childrens' rights, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and environmental justice, among others. 

We look forward to welcoming all ISHR students back on campus this semester! 

AHDA Alumna and ISHR Lecturer Participate in Upcoming Lecture Series
Sunday, September 5, 2021

AHDA alumna Bonita Bennett and ISHR lecturer Louis Bickford are participating in the series of webinars ‘Curating Cultures of Memory’ under the World Art and Memory Museum project, funded by Robert Bosch Stiftung.

ISHR Peacebuilding Program Director on Afghanistan in the Boston Globe
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Last week the director of ISHR's Program on Peacebuilding and Human Rights - David L. Phillips - wrote an op-ed in The Boston Globe entitled "Biden faces vexing questions about counterterrorism". In it, he analyzes what the Biden administration can take away from the developments in Afghanistan.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: an account of 10 months of life and next cycle
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

The Massive Open Online Course on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights prepared by the Institute for the Study of Human Rights thanks to a Provost’s award just completed its first cycle after 10 months (November 2020 to August 2021). The course was created in collaboration with Indigenous experts from around the world as well as Columbia’s CTL team.

 

2020-21 Advocate Elected Chair of The PACT
Monday, August 30, 2021

2020-21 Advocate Itoro Douglas Ekanem of Nigeria has been elected Chair of The PACT, an international coalition of 128 youth-led and youth-serving organizations and networks working “to advance  sexual and reproductive health and rights and reach the end AIDS by 2030.” The PACT pursues “youth-led advocacy and accountability at all levels, fighting for SRHR for all young people.”

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