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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:

Event commemorating Indigenous Peoples Day at Columbia took place at Columbia October 12th; link to the recording and other follow up
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

The enthusiasm was palpable October 12th at Columbia, but also more broadly, about this first Indigenous Peoples’ Day commemoration at our university. Many Columbia entities collaborated for this, but also the New York University community. We congratulate all cosponsors for the interest, spirit of solidarity and decolonization ethic that embraced the event.

Columbia's Massive Open On Line Course on Indigenous Peoples Rights Now Open For Enrollment
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights is pleased to make this announcement on this, the first commemoration of Indigenous Peoples Day at Columbia, October 12th 2020. This course became possible thanks to an award from the Provost’s Office.

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