Upcoming
Events
The
Center for International Human Rights sponsors and co-sponsors events
relevant to international human rights throughout the metropolitan area. Other
events related to Human Rights discourse throughout the New York
metropolitan area are also listed below.
Events Calendar
Calendar
of Human Rights Events at Columbia University
News and Events at Columbia Law School
Events
at the SIPA Human Rights Program
Events at the Earth Institute of Columbia University
Event at the Middle East Institute of Columbia University
Event
by the United Nations University's Office in New York
Human
Rights Watch: Upcoming Events in New York
Event
Calendar at EURASIANET.org
Event
Calendar at Open Society Institute
Event calendar
at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Upcoming Events
Human Rights Seminar Series Fall 2008
The Center for International Human Rights,
John Jay College of Criminal Justice and
The Ph.D./M.A. Program in Political Science
Present
Between the Global and the Local:
Understanding Human Rights Processes
The purpose of this year’s seminar is to examine how international human rights norms and standards operate in practice. In particular, the seminar will focus on how groups and organizations use the international human rights discourse as a mobilizational tool in a variety of issue areas to achieve human rights-sensitive outcomes in local settings.
Speakers and dates (all sessions will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, NYC)
Tuesday, October 7
Sally Engle Merry, New York University
Room: 9204
Thursday, November 6
Daniel Goldstein, Rutgers University
Room: 5200.07 (Political Science Thesis Room)
Tuesday, December 2
Victoria Sanford, Lehman College, CUNY
Room 9207
When Will US Courts Join the International Constitutional Conversation?
Thursday, October 30, 2008, at 5:00 p.m.
Theatre Lobby
899 Tenth Ave
New York, NY 10019
POLICING ACROSS BORDERS PROJECT:
SECOND WORKSHOP
STRENGTHENING
COOPERATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MIGRANT SMUGGLING:
LEGISLATION, INSTITUTIONS, AND PROPOSALS
Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3, 2008
John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City
University of New York
Room: 630 Haaren Hall
899 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
“LESSONS
FROM GUANTÁNAMO”
Shayana Kadidal
Senior Managing Attorney
Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative
The Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City
TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2008
6:00 - 8:00 pm
ROOM: 9207
Graduate Center of the City University of New York
(CUNY),
365 Fifth Avenue
HUMAN RIGHTS
SEMINAR SERIES
Spring 2008
This semester our seminar will focus on different aspects of the issue of
torture
Speakers
February 19, 2008 (6:00 – 8:00 pm)
Marnia Lazreg, Professor of Sociology, Hunter College and the Graduate
Center of the City University of New York and author of the recently
published Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad
(Princeton University Press, 2007);
“Torture
and Anti-Subversive War: A Lesser or Greater Evil?”
Place: Room C-201
Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), 365 Fifth Av.
March 13, 2008 (2:00 – 4:00 pm)
Darius
Rejali,
Professor of Political Science, Reed College, and author
of the recently published torture and democracy (Princeton University
Press, 2007);
“Torture,
Democracy and Our Future.”
Place: Room 630-T
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 Tenth Av. (btw. 58th and 59th
streets)
Co-sponsored with Princeton University Press
April 15, 2008 (6:00 – 8:00 pm)
Panel Discussion on Ethical and Political Ramifications of Torture
Place: Room 9207
Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), 365 Fifth Av.
For more information, contact mvprios@jjay.cuny.edu
