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HRAP Advocate Video
Isabel Flota
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

2022-23 Advocate Isabel Flota sat down with HRAP work-study student Victor Jandres Rivera to talk about their work as a human rights advocate. The video can be found on the HRAP YouTube Channel here.

Art and Human Rights: A Multicultural Approach to Contemporary Issues
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

The above edited volume on a timely and often neglected area of human rights is published by Edward Elgar Publishing, with Fiana Gantheret, Nolwenn Guibert and Sofia Stolk as co-editors. Prof. Elsa Stamatopoulou of ISHR has included a chapter on The Human Rights of Artists. The launch event will take place on June 9th online. Please click here to see poster.

HRSMA Graduate selected as the Audience Choice winner at the GSAS MA SynThesis Competition
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Brooke Helmick (HRSMA, Class of 2023) was the Audience Choice winner at the GSAS MA SynThesis Competition. During the event, Brooke presented her research on how the rise of extremists and hate organizations affect social wellness. You can read more about the event here.

Alumni Highlight
Sharon Song
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Sharon Song, a 2021 Human Rights M.A. graduate, published an article titled "Digital feminism: In the aftermath of #MeToo, what's next for workplace equity for women'' in the Journal of Human Rights. The article is based on Sharon’s graduate thesis.

Jackie Dugard selected to be one of the judges for the 2023 Christopher Moore Foundation prize for human rights writing
Monday, May 22, 2023
Dr. Jacqueline Dugard, Senior Lecturer in the discipline of Human Rights and Political Science, has been selected to be one of three judges for the 2023 Christopher Moore Foundation prize for human rights writing. The other two juries are Geoffrey Robertson KC, human rights lawyer, author and Founding Head of Doughty Street Chambers, London and Dr. Roja Fazaeli, Professor of Islamic Civilisations, Fellow of Trinity College Dublin.

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