In November 2024, the Irwin Cotler Fellowship welcomed its third cohort, bringing together 19 of the best and brightest international students, selected from over 75 applicants. The fellows are from diverse academic disciplines—from security and diplomacy to law, conflict resolution, ecology, disaster management, business management and history—and from 14 different countries, including Nigeria, India, Italy, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Australia, the Netherlands, Peru, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan.

The Program involves lectures and discussions on present-day challenges to democracy, human rights, and justice; acquaints fellows with Israeli history and with the historical and human landscapes of the country; and instructs them about the history of racism and antisemitism, specifically their present-day manifestations and the means to fight them.

Fellows are also equipped with public speaking and grassroots organizational skills so they can deliver workshops on promoting democracy, defending human rights and fighting racism in their language in their home countries.

The fellows engage with a variety of points of view and are encouraged to explore the issues studied independently and originally.

You are welcome to meet our current fellows! To meet our previous fellows from 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, here and here.