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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. 

ISHR Completes Fifth Training in Myanmar
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

The University Human Rights Education in Myanmar Project at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights completed its fifth training in Myanmar at the end of July 2017.

Alumni Highlight
Saranya Misra
Monday, August 21, 2017

Congratulations to 2014 graduate Saranya Misra, who was recently appointed as Communications Officer at UNICEF New York’s Division of Communications.

Misra graduated from Columbia University with a Master’s Degree in Human Rights Studies in May 2014. Her thesis focused on Political Activism through Social Media, including a comparative analysis of the topic across the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and China.

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