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Okot Komakech Deo
Monday, August 27, 2018

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates 2015 Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability Fellow (AHDA) Okot Komakech Deo on the publication of a new article examining the potential use of forensic science to mitigate anxiety related to mass graves and missing persons in Northern Uganda.

Oryem Nyeko
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates 2017 Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability (AHDA) Fellow Oryem Nyeko on starting a new position as a Researcher with Human Rights Watch.

Monday, August 13, 2018

2010 Advocate Bakary Tandia spoke at a high-level briefing at the US Congress to discuss the issue of modern-day slavery in the Sahel. The July briefing, entitled Freedom from Tradition: The Struggle for the Eradication of Slavery in the Sahel, brought together academics, human rights activists, and leaders in the anti-slavery movement.

By David L. Phillips
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Symposium video now available!
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Language is “the very essence that makes a nation of people who they are,” declared Clara Soaring Hawk, Deer Clan Chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, in her opening remarks of the Global Justice for Indigenous Languages Symposium. “The reason you are here is to fight to keep the languages – the Indigenous languages – alive.