This event is happening at my law school – so if you are in or around D.C. and interested – go – it's free!
Please join us for the 11th Annual "Human Rights on the Hill" program, coordinated by Joshua Cooper, Ph.D.
This year's week-long program will be based at UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, (4340 Connecticut Ave., NW – Van Ness/UDC Metro) but will feature "field trips" to the OAS and other locations, so be sure to read the schedule carefully!
Participants this year will hear from human rights celebrities such as Nobel Laureate Oscar Arias, Washington Post longtime columnist and peace advocate Colman McCarthy, former Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael Barnes and others, as well as:
– activists from Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Peace Action, Nonviolence International, the Institute for Policy Studies, Food and Water Watch, the Rights Working Group, the Uyghur Human Rights Project and more;
– academics from American University, UDC, and the University of Hawaii;
– and government and quasi-governmental officials from the U.S. State Department, the World Bank, UNICEF, the Organization of American States and more!
There is no charge for this always-FABULOUS program, but donations are requested to help defray costs.
You can attend one or all sessions, but please register.
To Register, and for detailed schedule information, go to: http://www.law.udc.edu/event/HR2012
Donate at www.law.udc.edu/donations
For substantive questions, please contact Joshua Cooper at joshuacooperhawaii@gmail.com
This course is not credit-bearing. It is taught at a level that would be accessible to a wide range of students, from intelligent and concerned high schoolers to experts in the field.
Talks & Topics Include:
– State of Four Freedoms in the World
– The Universal Periodic Review: An Overview of the 2nd Cycle 2012 – 2016
– The Midterm Review of the Universal Periodic Review for the United States
– The United States Record of Ratification of International Human Rights Instruments
– The Human Rights Movement in the United States of America
– Human Rights & The Environment
– The United Nations Human Rights Council
– The Role of UN Special Rapporteurs in Promotion & Protection of Human Rights
– Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Organization of American States
– 5th Year Anniversary of Adoption & Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples
– ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights: Important Articles to Include Before Adoption
– The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & Human Rights
– Human Rights in Rio+20 UN Environment & Sustainable Development Conference
– U.S. Domestic & Foreign Policy Rooted in Human Rights Framework
Special Agenda Item: Midterm Review of UPR USA National Workshop on the Universal Periodic Review: Realizing the Recommendations of Human Rights at Home.
8th Annual Fundamental Freedoms & Human Rights Film Festival featuring documentaries at noon every day.
Sponsors: Four Freedoms Forum, UDC International Human & Peoples' Rights
Program, Hawaii Institute for Human Rights, Hawaii Center for Human Rights
Research & Action, Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, US Human Rights Network
Again for more info and to register, please go to:
http://www.law.udc.edu/event/HR2012 and donate at www.law.udc.edu/donations