News

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

2018 Advocate Marijana Savic of Belgrade, Serbia has been named to the board of the Global Fund for Children. She is the founder and director of NGO Atina which fights violence against women and human trafficking. 

Read the announcement at Global Fund for Children's website here.

Thursday, October 15, 2020

by Mariano Ruiz, 2019 HRAP participant currently working with Fundacion AMAL Argentina

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

In early October, 2020-21 Advocate Francis Asong was honored by Humanitarian Awards Ghana for his contributions to improving the lives of people with disabilities. Francis is the Executive Director at Voice of People with Disability Ghana (VOICE Ghana). 

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Alejandra Ancheita, 2005 HRAP participant, has co-published the paper titled "Power in Human Rights Advocate and Rightsholder Relationships: Critiques, Reforms and Challenges" in Harvard Human Rights Journal.

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
During summer 2020, three Columbia University students volunteered with organizations affiliated with the Alliance of Historical Dialogue and Accountability Fellowship (AHDA) alumni and one with an organization affiliated with the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) alumni. These opportunities were created through the Summer Volunteer Program based at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights.