ISHR

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) was established in 1978 at Columbia University. ISHR is committed to its three core goals of providing interdisciplinary human rights education to Columbia students, fostering innovative academic research, and offering its expertise in capacity building to human rights leaders, organizations, and universities around the world... ISHR's distinction is also earned through its active engagement with the world of human rights practitioners. This engagement informs the academic work of Columbia's faculty while simultaneously challenging activists to assess and evaluate their approaches to human rights in the light of academic findings. ISHR continues to be a leader in bridging the academic study of human rights and the worlds of advocacy and public policy. ISHR's global connections are especially strong with advocates in the Global South, predominantly through the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) and the Alliance for Historical..

Primary location: New York United States