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Upcoming Human Rights Conferences

By humanrightsathome

This year marks the This year is the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Children’s Rights Connect and NewTactics.org is hosting an online tactical dialogue,  Improving Access to Justice for Children and Teens from October 13th to 17th, 2014. 

The conversation sponsors make the following observations:

“…[C]hildren often face additional obstacles to those encountered by adults because of their dependent status and lack of standing, the potential conflict of interest with their legal representative(s), the lack of information that is available to them, or simply because they are not taken seriously when they need to seek remedies because their rights are violated.

Making justice systems accessible for children takes work at the local, national, regional and international levels, and needs to include children’s opinions in the process. In addition to challenges, we will discuss ideas for facilitating children’s access to justice, such as collective complaints, positive representation of children by NGOs or others and protection of the identities of child victims.”

Here is more information for those who wish to join the conversations. HRAH Blogger Jonathan Todres will be one of the conversation leaders.

Rutgers University-New Brunswick will host a one-day conference on the consequences of rising income inequality.  The conference, Income Inequality and U.S. Politics and Culture,     ers will include speakers such as Lisa Miller, Helaine Olin, Vanessa Williamson, Mike Konczal and Beverly Moran.  The conference announcements states:

    Since the 1970s, the United States has witnessed a sharp divergence in economic fortunes, as the     incomes of the wealthiest Americans have exploded while middle-class incomes have largely     stagnated. This conference considers the effects of growing income inequality on the worldviews,     policy ideas, and institutional practices of major U.S. political parties, electoral campaigns, and     social movements.

The conference will be held from 10-4 on October 24, 2014.  More information may be obtained here.