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Advocate Highlight
Carlos Asúnsolo Morales
Friday, October 27, 2023

Carlos Asúnsolo Morales was a participant in the 2017 Human Rights Advocates Program. He currently works as Research Director for Mexican Center for Environmental Law.

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Advocate Highlight
Dr. Peter Gayflor Mulbah
Monday, October 16, 2023

Dr. Peter Gayflor Mulbah was a participant in the 2008 Human Rights Advocates Program. He currently works as a Country Representative for Conservation International. 

HRAP Advocate from the DR and UN Special Rapporteur Address Challenges Facing Defenders
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

On a panel held at Columbia Law School and co-sponsored by ISHR among others, 2023-24 Advocate Ana Maria Belique of Reconoci.do, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor and an advocate from Côte d'Ivoire discussed efforts to forge a protective legal framework for human rights activism in light of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.

2011 Advocate Appointed Dean of Law at University of Rwanda
Monday, October 9, 2023

2011 Advocate Elvis Mbembe Binda has been appointed Dean of the School of Law of the University of Rwanda. Elvis is a trained lawyer. At the School of Law of the University of Rwanda, he teaches Economic and Financial Law with an emphasis on the East African Community regional economic integration. He earned a PhD at the University of Utrecht. He is the president and a co-founder of the Initiative for Peace and Human Rights, which focuses on the rights of detainees, Indigenous People, women and children, the LGBT community, the disabled and people living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.

2022 -23 ISHR Year in Review
Wednesday, October 4, 2023

ISHR is pleased to announce that our 2022-23 Year in Review report is now available. The report includes a summary of key activities and contributions of our programs and projects during the academic year 2022-23. Click here to read the full report.

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