HIA Senior Fellow Zachary Kaufman (Denmark ’99, Member, HIA American Planning Board) is founder, president, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of American Friends of the Kigali Public Library, a non-profit organization working with the Rotary Club of Kigali-Virunga, Rwanda to build and sustain the Read more

On November 5th, 2010, an event was held at the US Embassy in Warsaw to celebrate the winners of the second edition of "Let's Get Down to Work!," an annual grant competition, which is a joint effort of HIA Poland and the U.S. Embassy in Poland to develop compelling projects for the promotion of human rights and the protection of minorities.

First prize was awarded to the team of… Read more

As an outgrowth of her fellowship with Humanity in Action, Senior Fellow Nadia Bureiko has developed two exciting seminars on human rights.

Human Rights in Culture will take place at "Ukrains'ka Knyha," a famous local literary cafe.

Human Rights in Science will take place on November 19th at the University as part of "Foreign Policy of Ukraine: The Current Agenda," an annual… Read more

Let's Get Down to Work! invites Senior Fellows of HIA Poland to submit proposals for high-impact, innovative projects that aim to further awareness of human rights and minority issues and to increase tolerance and a respect for human rights in Poland. The winning entries are eligible for grants of up to 10,700 PLN.

The deadline for entry is October 27th, 2010.

A note about… Read more

Does education influence whether women choose technology as a career and how they get involved in Open Source communities? Are there other factors involved? How do you encourage diversity?

These, among others, are the questions that will be addressed by Ms. Jeanne Tadeusz as she meets various university researchers and public officials in a discussion moderated by Technology Watch… Read more

The exhibit is on display at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Monday to Friday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, through June 30. Sixth & I 600 I Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Tel. 202.408.3100 Visit a powerful photography exhibition that explores the history of the rescue of Danish Jewry in 1943 and provides a striking narrative of individual and collective resistance. The photographs are… Read more

Senior Fellow Matt Bowlby is Co-Producer of The Unreturned, a new documentary film about refugees from the Iraq War. The film will premier on Sunday, April 25th at The 28th Annual Minneapolis-St Paul Int'l Film Festival. Detials at www.theunreturned.com. Click here to see an interview with the film's director, Nathan Fisher. Synopsis: Iraq’s continuing middle class refugee disaster… Read more

HIA is excited to announce a Senior Fellows seminar and study trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Running from May 9-15, the program will be based in Sarajevo and will consist of a challenging mix of seminars, lectures and site visits, including day trips to Srebrenica and Mostar. This program is ideal for Senior Fellows interested in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ethnic conflict, war crimes,… Read more

Humanity in Action France hosted a workshop in Paris this past January entitled Diversity: How to Encourage a European Debate.

Fifteen European civil society members, including HIA Senior Fellows, came from Sweden, Denmark, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Romania, the Czech Republic, France and Germany to take part in the workshop. The participants engaged in a series of seminars and… Read more