
ISHR's 2010-2011 Annual Report
ISHR's report on its activities and programs for the year 2010-2011 is now available on-line. Read about the new major in Human Rights Studies at Columbia College, the development of ISHR's capacity-building programs, and new research programs in areas including Peace-Building and Human Rights and Historical Dialogue and Accountability.
Read the latest RightsViews post: “Indictment, Trial and Verdict: The ICC’s First-Ever Conviction.” ISHR graduate student, Derek Welski, interviews conveners of the American Coalition for the International Criminal Court (AMICC), John Washburn and Matthew Heaphy, about the ICC's first ever verdict.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
9 am - 6 pm Maison Française
Claire Achmad, Wendy Chavkin, Yasmine Ergas, Martha Fineman, Suzanne Goldberg, Anne Higonnet, Jennifer Hirsch, Jane Jenson, Eugenia McGill, Sonya Michel, Darren Rosenblum, Deborah Spar, Barbara Stark, Maxine Weisgrau, Viviana Zelizer, chair: Yasmine Ergas
In honor of HRAP’s 25th anniversary in 2013, alumni and friends of the program share with us the impact HRAP has had on them and their work.
View their profiles…


Who was at Guantánamo before 9-11? What can we learn from their stories? ISHR welcomes the Guantánamo Public Memory Project, a collaboration of universities and diverse organizations seeking to build public awareness of the long history of the US naval station at Guantánamo, Bay, Cuba, and foster dialogue on the future of this place, its people, and the policies it shapes. Explore GTMO’s century of uses and reuses and get involved in shaping its future.

The 2010 Advocates concluded their orientation week with a visit to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Photo by Alan Orling.
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