ABOUT ISA
ISA Human Rights Committee
Established in 2013 by the ISA Executive Committee.
isa-humanrights@isa-sociology.org
2023-2027
Ana RIVOIR, Universidad de la República, Uruguay (Chair); Michael OKYEREFO, Department of Sociology, University of Ghana, Ghana; Rhoda REDDOCK, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago; and Tina UYS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Statements in support of sociologists who suffered the violation of human rights:
ISA endorses the Latin American Sociology Association-ALAS, expressing solidarity with Dr. Eduardo Antonio Velásquez Carrera and other university community members imprisoned in Guatemala. November 2023
Statement on the Central American University and other universities in Nicaragua November 2023
Statement on the Situation in Israel and Palestine October 2023
ISA endorses the Middle East Studies Association letter of protest to Turkish government campaign against Bogazici University, its professors, students, and alumni. February 2023
ISA endorses the code of conduct for United Nations interactions with civil society organizations December 2022
ISA’s statement concerning the Iran protests, in support of the public statement issued by the Iranian Sociological Association September 2022
Statements and initiatives regarding the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine March 2022
ISA endorses the call to action of Birzeit University to reject Israeli measures against academic freedom March 2022
ISA statement on the Russian military offensive happening in Ukraine March 2022
ISA endorses Israeli Sociological Society statement expressing concern from the decree of the Defense Minister declaring 6 Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations as “terrorist organizations" December 2021
ISA endorses a statement by academics against the degradation of universities in Venezuela July 2021
ISA endorses letter of concern about discontinuation of Anthropology and Sociology studies at University of Western Australia July 2021
ISA supports call for reinstatement of Sociology in Greek High Schools July 2021
ISA rejects efforts to silence critical scholars and scholarship on race, colonialism, and white supremacy and joins the signatories of the open letter in defense of Dr. Barnor Hesse March 29, 2021
ISA endorses the petition on Academic Freedom for Bogaziçi University Students and Faculty February 8, 2021
ISA endorses Carleton University petition on behalf of PhD sociologist student, Cihan Erdal, taken under custody in Turkey November 10, 2020
ISA endorses letter from presidents of professional sociological organizations in support of scholars, regarding threats of freedom of speech in two US universities November 10, 2020
ISA endorses the Advocacy Letter to ratify International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190 September 1, 2020
ISA endorsement of Ghanian Associations July 2020
ISA statement against institutionalized racism June 2020
ISA stands against USA's economic sanctions against Iran, Venezuela and Cuba April 2020
ISA statement concerning attacks at Indian universities, in support of Global Academics' petition January 2020
ISA endorses the letter from the Middle East Studies Association of North America December 2019
ISA Statement about the Human Rights situation in Chile December 2019
ISA statement concerning police brutality in Hong Kong, in support of Global Academics´ petition December, 2019
ISA in support of education in humanities in Bulgaria August 2019
ISA endorses statement regarding Professor Fariba Adelkhah´s arrest issued by SciencePo, Paris, France August 2019
ISA endorses Brazilian Society of Sociology press release regarding the teaching of philosophy and social sciences in Brazilian federal universities April 2019
ISA endorses statement of the Philippine Sociological Society on the Duterte regime's threats to academic freedom October 2018
ISA endorses Brazilian Society of Sociology message in defence of academic freedom of thought October 2018
ISA endorses the statement from the Brazilian Society of Sociology about the murder of sociologist Marielle Franco April 2018
ISA endorses the statement by Indian sociologists November 2016
ISA signs petition in support of Russian pollster Levada October 2016
ISA statement in solidarity with Homa Hoodfar June 2016
ISA statement concerning academic freedom and violence in India March 2016
ISA statement concerning the murder of Giulio Regeni February 2016
ISA statement on academic freedom in Turkey February 2016