Alumni News at the Institute

Aehshatou Manu
Monday, July 23, 2018

Congratulations to 2016 Advocate Aehshatou Manu of Cameroon who was one of 700 Africans selected out of a pool of 37,000 applicants to join the 2018 cohort of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

On June 5, 2018, the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the definition of the term ‘spouse’ includes same-sex spouses for the purposes of freedom of movement. By ruling that the term ‘spouse’ is gender neutral, the decision requires all EU member states to recognize and grant residence rights for same-sex spouses on an equal basis.

Alejandra Ancheita
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Alejandra Ancheita is a lawyer and one of the leading  voices in the human rights movement in Latin America. She leads the fight for the rights of the migrant, worker, and indigenous communities in Mexico.

Julie Ciccolini
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

ISHR congratulates Julie Ciccolini on placing third in the 2018 Graduate School Master’s SynThesis Competition.  Ciccolini's presentation is available to view here.

Kemal Pervanić
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

As the founder and executive director of Most Mira (Bridge of Peace), Kemal Pervanić is dedicated to bringing youth of different ethnic backgrounds together, fostering compassion, unity, and understanding through art. Pervanić started Most Mira upon his return to Bosnia-Hercegovina, his native country, from which he had fled 10 years prior after being held in a two concentration camps, one being the notorious Omarska.