Publications

Alumni Survey: June 2017
Friday, June 16, 2017
Northern America Consultation for the 2020 Review of the UN Treaty Body System
Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Friday, June 2, 2017
On June 1-2, 2017, Columbia University hosted a regional consultation for North America regarding reforms to the United Nations (UN) treaty body system contained in General Assembly Resolution 68/268 (2014) and its proposals for strengthening the UN treaty body system. The consultation brought together 28 experts on human rights from academia and civil society, many with experience working with the UN and regional human rights systems.
Summer Program Report 2016
Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Thursday, April 6, 2017

The 2016 report for ISHR’s Human Rights Summer Program, developed in conjunction with the School of Professional Studies. The program emphasizes the interaction between human rights theory and practice and offers students the opportunity to explore human rights both inside and outside the classroom. 

Turkey's Democracy Under Challenge
David L.
Phillips
Program on Peace-building and Rights
Monday, April 3, 2017

An April 5, 2017, David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights, provided testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affair regarding the deterioration of democracy in Turkey. This document is the full written testimony submitted to Congress. 

Balkan Crossroads: Historical Dialogue between Scholars in Southeast Europe
Lambros
Baltsiotis
Ivanka
Dodovska
Dalibor
Jovanovski
Monday, March 6, 2017

Balkan Crossroads is a compilation of essays by graduate students and post-doctoral candidates at Panteion University (Athens) and Ss. Cyril and Methodius University (Skopje). The publication is part of a shared history project involving students and faculty from both countries.

2016 AHDA Program Report
Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Violent Extremism in the Western Balkans
David L.
Phillips
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Remarks by David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights Program, at the conference on Violent Extremism in the Western Balkans: External Influence and Local Drivers held in Skopje, Macedonia on February 22, 2017.

2016 HRAP Program Report
Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Fostering Social Harmony: A Perspective from the Buddha’s Discourses of the Pāli Canon
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Buddhist Scholar Bikkhu Bodhi prepared an anthology interpreting the curriculum based on the Pali Cannon, which has been presented to Buddhist clergy in Sri Lanka and to Buddhist religious leaders, officials, and seminary educators in Myanmar.

Project and Organization Development for NGOs and CBOs: A Handbook (Arabic)
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

At a series of workshops at the American University in Cairo, the Program developed a curriculum on Project and Organizational Development for NGOs and CBOs in English and in Arabic. The curriculum was used to help build the project and organizational development capacity of more than 175 community based organizations from throughout Darfur.

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