Human Rights Institute

HRI's June Newsletter is out! Some highlights: human rights today as 'Age of Connectivity,' former PIR @ HRI on Time's 100 Most Influential People, & new reports on mental health risks of #humanrights advocacy, strategies to advance #racialjustice Read @ http://tinyurl.com/yyvxo3vv

This year, HRI celebrated 20 years since its founding with an anniversary series "Resist, Decolonize, Create." This series, enabling critical dialogue on topical human rights issues with leaders in the field. Speakers included Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm, UNICEF Executive Director; Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi Chokwe Lumumba and many more. Read more: tinyurl.com/y49zd9hj... #humanrights #un #unicef #speakers #columbia #dialogue #nyc

Guatemalan Constitutional Court Judge Gloria Porras calls on the int'l community to pay attention to Guatemalan courts, warning of dangers to judicial independence at the launch of #ClooneyFoundationforJustice and HRI's #TrialWatch Initiative at Columbia Law School http://tinyurl.com/y4leomso

Article by @NYTimesCohen on the immigration crisis and dire situation for Guatemalan migrants at the border #humanrights #guatemala #Immigration

JoAnn Kamuf Ward (HRI) and Inga Winker (ISHR) are heading to the US Senate today for a briefing on the US #sanitation crisis, launching new report #FlushedandForgotten Check out the report here: http://tinyurl.com/y3ozgpyq