Tuesday, September 12, 2006 HRI Human Rights Roundtable Hear about all the human rights activities offered at CLS!
Thursday, September 14, 2006 Carmen Silvestre and Lucia da Silveira and Antonio Ventura Association for Justice, Peace and Democracy (AJPD) "Human Rights Situation in Angola"
Thursday, September 14, 2006 Where do Human Rights Begin? Presented by Breakthrough and the Mission and Social Justice Commission of The Riverside Church, co-sponsored by Amnesty International USA, Center for Women's Global Leadership, US Human Rights Network, and Global Action Project, The Riverside Church, New York
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Juhu Thukral Director, Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center
Thursday, September 28, 2006 Dennis Brutus Visiting Scholar, UKZN Centre for Civil Society Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies, University of Pittsburgh "Poetry and Protest: Human Rights in Africa"
Friday, September 29, 2006 Criminal aliens or long-time residents? Cosponsored with the Society for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and ACLU Panelists: (1) Nancy Morawetz, Professor of Clinical Law, NYU School of Law (2) Benita Jain, Staff Attorney, NYSDA Immigrant Defense Project Moderator: Ragini Shah, Clinical Staff Attorney, Child Advocacy and Immigration Clinic, Columbia Law School Back to top
October
Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Joanna Weschler Director of Research, Security Council Report
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 Maria LaHood Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights "Litigating International Human Rights Cases in US Courts: Official Accountability for Civilian Casualties in Lebanon and Gaza"
Thursday, October 12, 2006 Richard Nsanzabaganwa Outreach Liaison for Africa, Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) "Challenges of Formal Justice in the Adjudication of Massive Human Rights Violations: Case of Rwanda"
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 Joseph Amon Director, Human Rights Watch HIV/AIDS Program "Holding Governments and International Donors Accountable"
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 Rodolfo Stavenhagen Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples, United Nations
Thursday, October 19, 2006 Cary Alan Johnson Senior Coordinator for Africa, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission "LGBT Rights in Africa: International and Regional Approaches"
Friday, October 20, 2006 Human Rights Litigation and Documentation Panel: (1) Jennifer Allen, Border Action Network Director (2) Ann Beeson, ACLU Associate Legal Director (3) Deborah LaBelle, Juvenile Life Without Parole Initiative Executive Director (4) Alison Parker, HRW Acting Director of US Programs
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 James Goldston Executive Director of the Open Society Justice Initiative
Monday, October 30, 2006 David Baluarte Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) "Litigation in the Inter-American Human Rights System: Defending Migrants' Rights in the Dominican Republic"
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November
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 Navanethem Pillay Judge, International Criminal Court
Thursday, November 2, 2006 Cecilia Medina Quiroga Judge, Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Thursday, November 2, 2006 The Peter Gruber Foundation Women's Rights Prize Symposium and Celebration of Extraordinary Achievements and Continuing Struggles Women and Rights in the Americas: Law, Labor, and Leadership 2006 WOMEN'S RIGHTS PRIZE Laureates and panelists: (1) Luz Mendez, Union Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas (2) Julie Su, Sweatshop Watch (3) Judge Cecilia Medina Quiroga, Inter-American Court of Human Rights Moderated by Peter Rosenblum, Professor, Columbia Law School
Tuesday, November 7, 2006 Arvind Ganesan Director of Business and Human Rights Program, Human Rights Watch
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 HRI Panel Discussion: Sexual Violence Behind Bars Panelists: (1) T.J. Parsell, Stop Prisoner Rape Board President and author (2) Kathy Hall-Martinez, Stop Prisoner Rape Co-Exec.Director (3) Jamie Fellner, US Program Director, Human Rights Watch Moderated by Alice Miller, Professor, Columbia Law School
Saturday, November 11, 2006 Film screening "TOTAL DENIAL: Doe vs. UNOCAL" Milena Kaneva, Director Ka Hsaw Wa, Human Rights Activist
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Obang Metho Director of International Advocacy, Anuak Justice Council "Human Rights in Ethiopia?"
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Andrea Saccucci Professor of Human Rights and International Law, II University of Naples "Human rights standards as framework conditions for anti-terrorism measures: Is Europe standing the challenge?"
Friday, November 17, 2006 Immigration Panel: "What's The State Got To Do With It?" Panelists: (1) Mark Lewis, Director of Immigrant Services, Child Welfare Programs (ACS) (2) Azadeh Khalili, Deputy Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (3) Avideh Moussavian, Senior Staff Attorney for Immigration Advocacy & Training, The New York Immigration Coalition (4) Jennifer Brand, Deputy Bureau Chief of the Labor Bureau, Attorney General's Office (5) Nisha Agarwal, Staff Attorney, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Moderated by Ragini Shah, Clinical Staff Attorney, Child Advocacy and Immigration Clinic, Columbia Law School
Monday, November 27, 2006 Ian Gary Policy Advisor for Extractive Industries, Oxfam AmericaBack to top
January
Thursday, January 25, 2007 Joanne Mariner Deputy Director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch
Friday, February 9, 2007 Chidi Odinkalu Senior Legal Officer, Africa Open Society Justice Institute
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Lord Anthony Lester Herne Hill, House of Lords “Fundamental Rights: Is the US Isolated?”
Monday, February 19, 2007 Maureen Webb Co-chair, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, Coordinator, Security and Human Rights issues for Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, Author of: "'Illusions of Security: Global Surveillance and Democracy in the Post-9/11 World"
Monday, February 26, 2007 to Friday, March 9, 2007 Commission on the Status of Women United Nations
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 Jennifer Gordon Associate Professor of Law, Fordham Law School "Immigrant Workers and Immigration Policy: A Proposal for Transnational Labor Citizenship"
Monday, March 12, 2007 to Thursday, April 5, 2007
UN Human Rights Council Geneva
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Anthony Ewing Adjuct Professor, Columbia Law School "Notes from the Field: An Update on the Project to Eliminate Child Labor in the Soccer Ball Industry in Pakistan"
Monday, March 26, 2007
A Day for Change Sir Nigel Rodley
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
UN Human Rights Committee "Testing the Boundaries: U.S. Practices in the War on Terror"
Human rights artwork on display courtesy of such artists and organizations as Amnesty International, Tom Block, Human Rights Watch, Dulce Pinzon, WITNESS, and David Gayle
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Aisling Reidy Senior Legal Advisor, Human Rights Watch “See you in Court: Litigating in International Tribunals”
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Bennett Freeman Senior Vice President of Social Research and Policy, Calvert Group “Socially Responsible Investing—Research, Policy and Advocacy: A Perspective from Calvert”
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April
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Michael Likosky Global Crystal Eastman Research Fellow of the Hauser Global Law School Program at the NYU School of Law “Contractualizing Human Rights: International Banks in the Amazon”
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