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Long-standing Collaborator Catherine Coleman Flowers Awarded 2020 Macarthur Fellowship
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) and the Law School Human Rights Institute (HRI) are thrilled to congratulate long-standing collaborator, Catherine Coleman Flowers, for receiving the Macarthur Fellowship.  ISHR and HRI have worked with Coleman Flowers to draw attention to the sanitation crisis facing Lowndes, County Alabama and communities across the US.

Renewed Conflict in the Caucasus
Thursday, October 1, 2020

By David L. Phillips

HRAP Alumna co-publishes article in Harvard Human Rights Journal with Columbia Law Faculty
Thursday, October 1, 2020

Alejandra Ancheita, 2005 HRAP participant, has co-published the paper titled "Power in Human Rights Advocate and Rightsholder Relationships: Critiques, Reforms and Challenges" in Harvard Human Rights Journal.

Summer Volunteer Program 2020
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
During summer 2020, three Columbia University students volunteered with organizations affiliated with the Alliance of Historical Dialogue and Accountability Fellowship (AHDA) alumni and one with an organization affiliated with the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) alumni. These opportunities were created through the Summer Volunteer Program based at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights.
Advocate Recognized for Her Work to End Femicide
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

2018 Advocate Marijana Savic, the director of Atina in Belgrade, Serbia, has been recognized by the online magazine CATALYST as one of five feminists around the world working to end femicide. The article is available here. 

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