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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Enforced disappearances are a result of conflicts or periods of repression in at least 85 countries around the world and have been frequently used as a strategy in complex situations of internal conflict, especially as a means of political repression of opponents.

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Four participants in the 2019 HRAP sat down for interviews at the StoryCorps booth in Lower Manhattan.

Monday, August 24, 2020

The Institute’s Indigenous Peoples Rights Program was pleased to participate in the initiative of indigenous leaders, media and support organizations in a series of webinars under the title “How to: Indigenous Governance and Diplomacy for the NOW”. The seminars have been organized for July and August 2020 by The Gomaluku Podcast in collaboration with Tuomas Aslak Juuso (President of the Saami Parliament in Finland), DOCIP (Center for Documentation of Indigenous Peoples), Drumbeat Media and TV Indigena.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

The UN Human Rights Council recently adopted a resolution on the promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers.

Monday, August 17, 2020

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights is pleased to welcome the eight participants in the 2020-21 Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) to Columbia University.