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Bringing together academics and practitioners from around the globe to discuss critical issues in human rights
The Human Rights Situation in Eritrea: The Promise Betrayed
Monday, November 10th, 2008
12:00 - 1:30 pm, CLCC 180
Mr. Simon Weldehaimanot
Eritrean Human Rights Activist, LL.M. in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa
From the University of Pretoria
Mr. Weldehaimanot received the TMF Human Rights Fellowship at Columbia University, and worked as a legal officer for the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (in Banjul, the Gambia) and the International Centre for Transitional Justice (in New York). He has filed a complaint before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (Communication 349/07 Simon Weldehaimanot v Eritrea).
Human Trafficking: Global Challenges in Research and Action
Friday, October 17, 2008
12:00 - 1:30 pm , La Sala C
Dr. Robin Haarr
Director, Institute for Global Justice & Security
Eastern Kentucky University
Professor Haarr is committed to researching and promoting women’s and children’s rights throughout Asia and the former Soviet Union. Dr. Haarr has worked in Laos, Tajikistan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and many other Asian countries. She has been a consultant to UNICEF, ILO, OSCE, and SDC and has been a speaker for several U.S. Embassies. In 2006, Dr. Haarr was awarded the CoraMae Richey Mann “Inconvenient Woman of the Year” Award by the Division on Women & Crime of the American Society of Criminology and she has been recognized for her work by the Kentucky Senate.
The Right to Food in South Africa: Giving Substance to Socioeconomic Rights
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
12:00 - 1:30 pm, La Sala C
Dave Holness
Campus Law Clinic Director, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban, South Africa
Professor Holness is an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa with a focus on public law especially public interest litigation and legal awareness. He has traveled throughout the rural Eastern Cape province to assist community based paralegal offices on the needs of indigent clients. Professor Holness has also published on the realization of socio-economic rights; with a focus on the Constitutional right to food.
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