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2020 - 2021 ISHR Annual Report
Friday, July 30, 2021

ISHR is pleased to release our 2020-2021 Annual Report this week. The report covers the diverse programming and activities that the institution oversaw in the last year. 

Find the full report here.

Advocate Highlight
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

2015 Advocate Hakan Ataman of Turkey recently led presentations as part of the United Nations Development Program project in Turkey “Strengthening the Civilian Oversight of Internal Security Forces.” Funded by the European Union, the project aims to facilitate transparent, participatory and citizen-oriented public security. The target groups are the Ministry of Interior, governorates, district governorates, Turkish National Police, the Coast Guard Command, the Gendarmerie General Command , and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

 

ISHR says farewell and thank you to Elazar Barkan and welcomes Yasmine Ergas in the role of Interim Director
Friday, July 2, 2021

Elazar Barkan will be stepping down as Executive Director of the Institute on June 30th and on behalf of faculty, staff, students, and affiliates, ISHR would like to thank him for his many contributions. Professor Barkan joined the Institute in 2006 as Co-director and continued to lead as Director starting in 2008.

1993 HRAP Alumni Aung Myo Min on PBS Newshour
Thursday, July 1, 2021

Last week, 1993 HRAP Alumni Aung Myo Min was featured on PBS' Newshour program, explaining the human rights approach of the National Unity Government (NUG) in Myanmar. Aung Myo Min currently serves as Minister of Human Rights for the NUG. Find the full Newshour segment here.

Juneteenth - A Celebration of Freedom
Saturday, June 19, 2021

Today the Institute for the Study of Human Rights celebrates Juneteenth. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in all 50 states. Although President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863, it was not read to enslaved people in Texas until two and a half years later, on June 19th, 1865. On this day, Union soldiers alerted enslaved people in Galveston, Texas that the war was over and they were free. June 19th is sometimes referred to as “Juneteenth Independence Day,” “Freedom Day,” or “Emancipation Day”.

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