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Upcoming Human Rights Events

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Check out these three upcoming human rights events:

Human Rights, Borders and Barriers Symposium, Feb. 22-24, 6-9 p.m. for three successive evenings, sponsored by the University of Arizona Foundation.  This free symposium will feature speakers talking about such topics as human rights, migration flows in the US, Europe, and Africa, terrorism, war conflicts, and freedom of expression.  Lectures and discussions will focus on contemporary national and transnational issues such as Ferguson, Charleston, Baltimore, Charlie Hebdo, Paris attacks, and the global refugee crisis

The George Washington University Law School is hosting an International Law Review Symposium on the Identity and Future of Human Rights. The symposium will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2016 from 9:00am-4:15pm (EST).  The organizers write:

The modern human rights project began with the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the drafting of the two Covenants on Civil and Political and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Following this, special agreements started being drafted, applicable specifically to groups such as racial minorities, women, migrants, and others. Are these special agreements simply a reflection of special interest politics that undermine the notion of universal human rights or do they reinforce universal norms? How much do these specific treaties call for accommodation or exemptions from otherwise applicable laws? Are regional systems part of the subdivision of human rights to reflect regional identity or do they provide effective means to enforce global standards?

BU School of Public Health hosts (Public) Health and Human Rights, April 6, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. , with speakers Juan Mendez and  Dainius Pūras.  According to the symposium website:

             The right to health both defines a “health in all policies” agenda and prohibits state cruelty. The UN rapporteurs on             the right to health and torture will help us set a forward-looking health and human rights strategy.

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Martha F. Davis