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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

The Inspection Panel on November 19, 2019, hosted participants in the Human Rights Advocates Program at Columbia University. Panel Chair Imrana Jalal and Executive Secretary Dilek Barlas welcomed the group, which included advocates from nine countries.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP), the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) has organized a photo exhibit featuring 30 HRAP alumni.

Thursday, October 31, 2019

1994 Advocate Samuel Kofi Woods II of Liberia took time out of his trip to the USA to meet participants in the 2019 HRAP. He spoke with the advocates about his journey as a human rights advocate, including his unrelenting focus on the need to maintain his integrity in all that he does. Woods is a Liberian journalist, academic, activist, and politician. He began his activism as the student president of his university and a leader of the national student organization in 1986.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

2019 Advocates Charbonnel Nodjigoto of Chad and Mariano Ruiz of Argentina spoke about issues facing refugees in their respective countries. Prof. Lara Nettlefield moderated the talk which was attended by 12 students and sponsored by IAS and ISHR. 

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
2019 Advocate Ying Xin contributed to the article "Discrimination against LGBT populations in China," which appears in the September 2019 edition of The Lancet. Ying is the Executive Director of the LGBT Beijing Center.