- Donia Human Rights Fellows Program
- Funding Opportunities
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- Fair Labor Association Fellowship
- Ian Fishback Human Rights Fellowship
- International Human Rights Fellowship
- Korea-Michigan Human Rights Research Fellowship
- Robert J. Donia Graduate Student Fellowship
- Social Change Initiative Fellowship
- Student-Initiated Summer Internship Fellowship
- Syria Justice and Accountability Centre Fellowship
- Student Organizations
Awarded to LSA undergraduate students to intern with the SJAC in Washington, D.C., and including executive director Mohammad Al Abdallah.
Omar Malik
He/Him
Public Policy Major
Class of 2026
"My fellowship through the Donia Human Rights Center at the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) provided me with profound insights into the non-profit world and the work of transitional justice. When I applied to the fellowship I had little fundamental understanding of the true meaning of transitional justice and was unfamiliar with the extensive efforts required to heal communities scarred by repeated human rights violations. This—I found—is especially true in the Syrian context where a stalemate and continued regime control in most of the country has rendered the political and humanitarian situation virtually intractable. Yet the day-to-day work of SJAC persists. From documentation of human rights violations by all parties of the conflict to the missing persons program, SJAC’s work and my contribution to it reified in me a desire to work in the fields of transitional justice and human rights. The Missing Persons program at SJAC in conjunction with the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) proves that though the situation is intractable, efforts toward community ‘recovery’ remain possible. It is this program and its ability to identify even some of the missing 150,000 people in Syira specifically that cemented my desire to contribute to the tangible change that can be made in Syria in the future."
