Faculty

For a searchable faculty database on human rights and humanitarian professors across Columbia University, please visit the Institute for the Study of Human Rights.

Jessica Alexander

Accountability in the Humanitarian System

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Betsy Apple

International Human Rights Law

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Elazar Barkan

Politics of History and Reconciliation

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Joanne Bauer

Corporations and Human Rights

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Jo Becker

Human Rights Skills and Advocacy

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Rainer Braun

Human Rights and the Politics of Inequality

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Yasmine Ergas

Gender, Globalization, and Human Rights, International Human Rights Law

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Horst Fischer

International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Wars

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Susannah Friedman

Managing Humanitarian Emergencies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Practicum

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Judith Gearhart

Human Rights and the Politics of Inequality

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Jeffrey Klenk

Humanitarian Crisis Simulation

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Iain Levine

Human Rights Research and Reporting

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Tonya Putnam

International Human Rights Law

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Jan Wouters

The European Union and Human Rights

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