The Academy is pleased to present the Honor Jury for the 2024 Human Rights Essay Award

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The Academy is pleased to present the Honor Jury for the 2024 Human Rights Essay Award

The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is pleased to present the Honor Jury for the 2024 Human Rights Essay Award, composed of a select group of experts in Human Rights tasked with selecting the final three winning essays.
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Dialogue on lessons learned from the Chilean Constitutional Reform Processes

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Dialogue on lessons learned from the Chilean Constitutional Reform Processes

From left to right: Professor Tomás Jordán Díaz fpm la Universidad de Chile; Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, Claudio Grossman; and Professor Víctor Manuel Avilés Hernández, also from Universidad de Chile.
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Navigating the Hostile Terrain: Human Rights Defenders in Sub-Saharan Africa Amid Authoritarian Trends

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Navigating the Hostile Terrain: Human Rights Defenders in Sub-Saharan Africa Amid Authoritarian Trends

Hubert. H Humphrey Fellowship Panel Explores Challenges and Strategies for Human Rights Advocacy in the Region
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AUWCL Students in Geneva: Kovler Project Empowers Human Rights Advocacy

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AUWCL Students in Geneva: Kovler Project Empowers Human Rights Advocacy

Navigating UN Committee Against Torture with Dean Emeritus Claudio Grossman  
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Thematic Consultation On Women's Equal And Inclusive Representation In International Decision-Making Systems

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UNESCO - ACADEMY EVENT: Criminalization and Violence against community and indigenous media

On November 1st, 2023, the Academy, in collaboration with UNESCO, hosted a seminar titled "Criminalization and Violence against Community and Indigenous Media in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Responses"
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Dual Degree Academy and Externado

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Launch of the Dual Degree Agreement for the LL.M. in Human Rights between Universidad Externado de Colombia and AU WCL

On Friday, November 17, 2023, the Academy celebrated the new Dual Human Rights LLM Degree between Â鶹´«Ã½ Washington College of Law and the Universidad Externado of Colombia.
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The Academy of Human Rights, with DPLF, hosted the launch of the International Observation Mission (MIO-Ecuador)

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The Academy of Human Rights, with DPLF, hosted the launch of the International Observation Mission (MIO-Ecuador)

The Academy of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, in collaboration with the Due Process of Law Foundation and Ecuador's Observatory of Rights and Justice, organized a launch forum for the International Observation Mission (MIO-Ecuador)
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UNESCO - ACADEMY EVENT: Criminalization and Violence against community and indigenous media

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UNESCO - ACADEMY EVENT: Criminalization and Violence against community and indigenous media

On November 1st, 2023, the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, in collaboration with UNESCO, hosted a seminar: Criminalization and Violence against Community and Indigenous Media in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Responses
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Meet Authors of 2024 Hypo Case of IAMOOT

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Meet Authors of 2024 Hypo Case of IAMOOT

We are thrilled to announce the topic for the 2024 Inter-Â鶹´«Ã½ Moot Court Competition will be: "Protection and Guarantees of Human Rights in Digital Environments."
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Confronting Authoritarianism in Latin America

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Confronting Authoritarianism in Latin America.

In this conversation, Ovidio Mauricio and Alejandro Díaz, who will be receiving the 47th annual Letelier-Moffitt Rights Award from the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC.
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