The 2009 Human Rights Advocates, left to right: Mary Akrami, Karyn Kaplan, Florencia Ruiz, Anna Kirey, Nazibrola Janezashvili, Akinyi Ocholla, Evalyne Achan, Elsadig Elsheikh, and Ambika Paudel.
About CSHR
Established in 1978 at Columbia University, the Center for the Study of Human Rights is committed to three core goals of providing excellent human rights education to Columbia students, fostering innovative interdisciplinary academic research, and offering its expertise in capacity building to human rights leaders, organizations, and universities around the world.
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CSHR Board Chair Andrew Nathan Elected to Board of NED, the National Endowment for Democracy
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Download CSHR's 2008-09 Annual Report (2.32mb PDF)
2009 Advocates Evalyne Achan of Uganda and Akinyi Ocholla of Kenya and Stephanie Grepo of CSHR met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the UNA-USA’s annual gala in November 2009.
