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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates the following human rights students who received departmental honors and prizes: 

Phi Beta Kappa Inductees 

Alisha Arshad, Columbia College

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

On April 25, eight graduate and undergraduate human rights students gathered on Zoom to participate in ISHR's annual Human Rights Thesis Competition. During the event, students took hundreds of hours of thesis research in the human rights discipline and transformed it into 5-minute presentations. The faculty judges were Joseph Slaughter, Mila Rosenthal, and Glenn Mitoma.

Mallory Springstead (Human Rights Studies M.A. '24)

Thesis Title: Human Rights Greenwashing: Understanding the Impact of Fast Fashion on Labor Rights 

Monday, May 6, 2024

Learn more about 2023-24 Advocate Jamuna Tamang of the National Indigenous Disabled Women Association in Nepal by viewing this video.

Thursday, May 2, 2024
ISHR spoke with 2023-24 Advocate Amir Mukambetov about his work promoting and protecting LGBTQI+ rights throughout Central Asia. You can watch the interview here.
Thursday, May 2, 2024

ISHR interviewed 2023-24 Advocate Imani Kimiri, an unwavering Queer human rights defender who champions equality for sexual and gender minorities. The video is available here.