Civic Space Under Autocracy: Tactics for Repression and Resistance
Columbia Law School | William and June Warren Hall | Room 417

The Human Rights Institute proudly presents our Spring event series on:

Activism Against Authoritarianism

This series is co-sponsored by: Columbia Law Students Human Rights Association, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, and the Columbia Human Rights Law Review

We invite you to join us at our third event for a discussion with: 

Mandeep Tiwana, Interim Co-Secretary General, CIVICUS 

Topic: Nearly 75 % of the world's population lives in countries with closed or repressed civic space. How do authoritarian governments repress, and what are recent global civic space trends, during this period of resurgent authoritarianism and nationalism? How do political and economic elites collude to backslide on rights and democracy? And, how are activists around the world fighting back? Join us for a conversation with Mandeep Tiwana, Interim Co-Secretary General at CIVICUS, to learn how activists are successfully advancing rights from Poland to Bangladesh. 

When: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | 12:10pm - 1:10pm 

Where: Columbia Law School | William and June Warren (WJW) 417

Lunch will be provided. 

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HRI and Clinic: Info Session for Current 1Ls and 2Ls
Columbia Law School | Jerome Greene Hall | Room 908

Interested in human rights opportunitites you can take up as a 2L or a 3L? 

Please join us to learn about the Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights Institute, research assistant positions, student involvement in HRI programming, and more. 

When: Thursday, March 27th, 2025 | 12:10-1:10PM

Where: Columbia Law School | Jerome Greene Hall | Room 908 

Stop by anytime during the lunch hour. Lunch will be provided. 

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