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International Congress of Cultural and Creative Industries 2020
Jalisco, Mexico, October 28, 29, 30, 2020
Monday, October 26, 2020

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights, through its Indigenous Peoples Rights Program, will participate at the International Congress of Cultural and Creative Industries 2020. The Congress is organized online by the Ministry of Culture of Jalisco and The Office of UNESCO in Mexico. The Director of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Program, Elsa Stamatopoulou, will give a keynote address on 28 October on "Cultural Rights in the Covid Crisis".

The Media War by Azerbaijan and Turkey against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

by Lisa Gulesserian (Harvard University) and David L. Phillips (Columbia University)

Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights is now available
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Edited by Daniela Ikawa, ISHR's Adjunct Assistant Professor, among others, this exciting Research Handbook combines practitioner and academic perspectives to provide a comprehensive, cutting edge analysis of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR), as well as the connection between ESCR and other rights. Offering an authoritative analysis of standards and jurisprudence, it argues for an expansive and inclusive approach to ESCR as human rights. 

Support for LGBTIQ Refugees in Argentina during COVID-19 Pandemic
Thursday, October 15, 2020

by Mariano Ruiz, 2019 HRAP participant currently working with Fundacion AMAL Argentina

The Politics, Promises, and Perils of Data: Evidence-Driven Policy and Practice for Menstrual Health
Inga T. Winkler, Chris Bobel, Lauren C. Houghton, Noémie Elhadad, Caitlin Gruer & Vanessa Paranjothy
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Data determine what we know about the menstrual cycle; they inform policy and program decisions; they can point us to neglected issues and populations. But collecting and analyzing data are complicated and often fraught processes, because data are political and subjective, decisions on what data we collect and what data we do not collect are not determined by accident. As a result, despite the significant potential of the current rise in attention to menstruation, there are also risks, including:

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