Carla Fredericks, Columbia Law School alumna, scholar, lawyer and advocate for Indigenous Peoples’ rights in governance, development, and global policy has been appointed as the new Executive Director of The Christensen Fund. Carla Fredericks currently serves as Clinical Professor and Director of the American Indian Law Clinic at Colorado Law. Click to see the Christensen Fund announcement >>

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights, through its Indigenous Peoples Rights Program, will participate at the International Congress of Cultural and Creative Industries 2020. The Congress is organized online by the Ministry of Culture of Jalisco and The Office of UNESCO in Mexico. Professor Elsa Stamatopoulou, will give a keynote address on 28 October on “Cultural Rights in the Covid Crisis”.

CSER faculty Claudio Lomnitz discusses in a podcast episode of Unpacking Latin America the plight of the more than 70,000 disappeared or missing people in Mexico and their search by family members. Listen on Spotify and SoundCloud >>