By M.A. Student Ihab Hassan On September 13, 2023, a group of Master of Human Rights students from the Catholic University of America had the privilege of visiting the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI) in Washington, D.C. During this insightful meeting, the students had the opportunity to engage with Nathaniel Hurd, Director of the North America […]
By M.A. Student Harry Scherer Both new and returning students in the human rights program met on August 25 in the Columbus School of Law for an orientation to the program. The day began with an introduction of the Institute for Human Ecology, the CUA institute that grants the master’s degree in human rights, by […]
By M.A. Student Harry Scherer Both new and returning students in the human rights program met on August 25 in the Columbus School of Law for an orientation to the program. The day began with an introduction of the Institute for Human Ecology, the CUA institute that grants the master’s degree in human rights, by […]
By M.A. Student Nicole Ibrahim On Wednesday, March 29th, Professor Yuri Mantilla spoke to the M.A. in Human Rights students about human rights on an international level, specifically pertaining to the rights of indigenous peoples in Central and South America. Originally from Bolivia, Professor Mantilla is a renowned expert in the areas of international law, […]
By M.A. Student Megan Witt On Wednesday, February 22, the Masters in Human Rights students were lucky to have Professor Robert George join their capstone course virtually as a guest lecturer. Professor George has a very impressive background in the field of human rights. He currently teaches at Princeton University as the sixth McCormick Professor […]
By M.A. Student Josè Nunes On February 2, 2023, Dr. Jakub Grygiel – a professor in the Politics Department of the Catholic University of America – spoke via Zoom with the human rights cohort about the weaponization of the U.S State Department to advance a particular ideological agenda through American foreign policy. Previously, he served […]
By M.A. Student Megan Witt On February 8th, in substitution for their weekly Capstone class, the Masters of Human Rights students traveled to the Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in Northwest, D.C. Prof. Saunders chose to visit the embassy in honor of St. Bahkita’s feast day, one of the patron saints of the program. […]
By M.A. Student Vincent Schiffiano This past week I attended the March for Life in Washington DC. There are few things which truly amaze me in politics, but the March is one of them. I began my day with a walk through the National Mall down the reflecting pool to the Lincoln Memorial. From the […]
By M.A. Student Nicole Stone “Ho ho, hey hey, Roe v Wade has gone away!” The exuberant college students around me cheered over and over as we approached the end of the March for Life, walking up the hill to end at the Supreme Court building. In years past, I’d heard a different version of […]
By M.A. Student Megan Witt Since I was a child I have been lucky enough to attend the March for Life. It was always something my family looked forward to doing together. As a child though, I never fully grasped the reality of the situation. That there were hundreds of thousands of lives being taken […]
