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From the Field: Building a Plurality of Memories in Spain
By Zina Precht-Rodriguez, Columbia College ’19
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
This summer, Columbia College student Zina Precht-Rodriguez participated in an eight-week international internship program sponsored by Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR). Her research interests include climate policy and intergenerational justice.
Implementation Review of the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue
New ISHR report examines EU-mediated dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

A new report from David L. Phillips, the Director of the Program on Peacebuilding and Rights, criticizes the EU-mediated dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, and recommends a more robust and collaborative role for the EU and United States.

Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples' Rights & Policy Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
Thursday, August 31, 2017

The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race is pleased to mark the Fifth Anniversary of the Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Policy/Indigenous Studies Summer Program (ISSP) by launching, among other things, a webpage with profiles of alumni.

From 2013 to 2017 some 140 participants from forty countries and many Indigenous Peoples have attended ISSP. CESR is proud to have hosted people from all continents who continue to engage with Indigenous Peoples’ rights for years to come.

Visiting Scholar Highlight
Rebecca Adami
Monday, August 28, 2017

Congratulation to former visiting scholar Dr. Rebecca Adami on the publication of three articles examining the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and, in particularly, the important role played by non-western female UN delegates in that process.

Business & Human Rights in the Age of Trump
Podcast available!
Monday, August 28, 2017

On May 22, 2017, the Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum hosted a public event at Columbia University as part of it's 7th annual workshop. Business & Human Rights in the Age of Trump examined corporate responsibility, sustainability, and human rights in the era of President Trump. 

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