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2009

November 2009

11/19 Juvenile Sentencing: Life without Parole - Cruel & Unusual or Necessary & Appropriate?
Time: 06:00PM - 07:50PM
Location: Room 602
 
11/17 LLM Human Rights Roundtable
Time: 03:30PM - 04:20PM
Location: Room 526
 
11/11 DC and Gay Marriage: 'Til Congress Do Us Part
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 603
 
11/10 The Diario Militar in Guatemala:Human Rights and Impunity
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: JD Lounges
 
11/3 The Torture Memos: Lawyers, Ethics & the Rule of Law
Time: 09:00AM - 12:15PM
Location: Room 603
 
11/3 Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan
Time: 12:30PM - 01:30PM
Location: International Student Lounge
 

October 2009

10/29 International Externships
Time: 12:00PM - 01:15PM
Location: Room 503
 
10/29 10th Annual Human Rights Film Series: The Reckoning
Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PM
Location: Katzen Arts Center
 
10/28 Cool Human Rights Work I Did On My Summer Vacation
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 401
 
10/28 International Health and Human Rights Lunch and Learn
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: Room 501
 
10/22 10th Annual Human Rights Film Series: New Muslim Cool
Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PM
Location: Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon Center
 
10/21 Human Rights Defenders Series: Juan Mendez
Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: Kay Spiritual Life Center
 
10/15 Current Issues on Human Trafficking and Migrant Women in Mexico
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 402
 
10/15 10th Annual Human Rights Film Series: Taking Root
Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PM
Location: Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon Center
 
10/14 The Crisis in Guinea: Human Rights and Accountability
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounges
 
10/8 10th Annual Human Rights Film Series: Burma VJ
Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PM
Location: Katzen Arts Center
 
10/5 Upholding International Human Rights:Shared History and Shared Challenges for The Netherlands and the United States
Time: 02:00PM - 05:30PM
Location: Room 603
 

September 2009

9/24 Human Trafficking and The Sex Sector in Mumbai
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 503
 
9/23 Controversial Conversations in Human Rights, part of International Week
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounges
 
9/16 LLM Human Rights Roundtable
Time: 03:30PM - 04:30PM
Location: Room 528
 
9/10 Munching on Human Rights featuring Executive Director Hadar Harris
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Room 602
 

August 2009

8/19 Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Welcome Reception
Time: 02:30PM - 04:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 

April 2009

4/17 United Nations Special Procedures: Remarks by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights in Cambodia
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Dean's Residence
 
4/16 7th Annual IP/Gender: Gender & Invention
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
4/7 Is the Concept of Genocide Obsolete? Reflections on the 15th Anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Room 602
 
4/2 Human Rights and U.S. Government Lawyering
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: 50th Street Conference Room
 
4/1 "The Response" Film Screening and Discussion
Time: 06:30PM - 08:30PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 

March 2009

3/24 In the Dock and Under the Gun: Baseless Prosecutions of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: *Room Change* WCL Room 100
 
3/23 Human Rights and Religious Freedom in Iran: The Situation of the Baha'is
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: *Room Change* WCL 6th Floor International Lounge
 
3/19 A Step Forward or a Roadblock to Peace and Justice in Darfur?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Room 503
 
3/18 Human Trafficking and the Sex Sector
Time: 09:00AM - 02:30PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
3/17 Iraqi Refugee Crisis
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
3/4 The Obama Administration and the State Secrets Privilege
Time: 12:15PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Room 602
 

February 2009

2/23 The Prevention of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment
Time: 09:00AM - 04:45PM
Location: Room 602
 
2/6 Effective Activism Beyond the Courtroom
Time: 10:00AM - 03:00PM
Location: Room 401
 

January 2009

1/22 Unique Opportunities: What is the SAB?
Time: 12:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: Room TBA
 

2008

December 2008

12/2 Realizing the Promise of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Time: 09:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 603
 

November 2008

11/18 Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Impact on Global Human and Civil Rights
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. 603
 
11/14 KatrinaRitaVille FEMA trailer @ AU
Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PM
Location: AU Quad
 
11/13 KatrinaRitaVille FEMA trailer @ AU
Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PM
Location: AU Quad
 
11/12 KatrinaRitaVille FEMA trailer @ WCL
Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PM
Location: Starbucks Parking Lot across from WCL
 
11/12 Human Rights, Housing, and Education: A Panel Discussion Exploring New Orleans 3 Years after Katrina with filmmaker/activist Broderick Webb and community organizer Derrick Evans, the founder and executive director of Turkey Creek Community Initiatives
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Rm. 603
 
11/12 Ninth Annual Human Rights Film Festival: Cut Off
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
11/11 KatrinaRitaVille FEMA trailer @ WCL
Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PM
Location: Starbucks Parking Lot across from WCL
 
11/10 Bakesale for Gulf Coast Recovery
Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL Lobby
 
11/5 Munching on Human Rights Presents The Inter-Relationship of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Situations of Armed Conflict
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 602
 

October 2008

10/30 Nuts and Bolts of Doing Human Rights Work Presents The Cool Human Rights Work I Did on my Summer Vacation
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 602
 
10/29 Ninth Annual Human Rights Film Festival: At the Death House Door
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
10/22 Ninth Annual Human Rights Film Festival: Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
10/15 Ninth Annual Human Rights Film Festival: Banished
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
10/7 Munching on Human Rights: What Is the Universal Bill of Human Rights? The ABC’s of the UDHR
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 602
 

September 2008

9/26 Bringing Human Rights Home: Building Proactive Policy to Ensure Racial and Gender Equity
Time: 09:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: American University – Washington College of Law, Room 524
 
9/25 Nuts and Bolts of Doing Human Rights Work: Grant Proposal Writing Skills Session
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 601
 
9/23 Boumediene v. Bush and the Future of US Detention Policy
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 101
 
9/17 Nuts and Bolts of Human Rights Work: War Stories (and more) From the Field
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounges
 
9/15 Countering Terrorism Through Domestic & International Sanctions Listing: A Rule of Law Perspective
Time: 09:30AM - 05:30PM
Location: Room 603
 
9/11 Munching on Human Rights: An Introduction to Human Rights and the Treaty Reporting Process
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 100
 
9/3 What is the Center? How to Get Involved in Human Rights Activism at WCL
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounges
 

August 2008

8/20 Human Rights Welcome Reception
Time: 02:30PM - 04:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounges
 

June 2008

6/5 Teaching IHL Institute
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: 4910 Mass Ave, Suite 16 (lower level)
 
6/4 Teaching IHL Institute
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: 4910 Mass Ave, Suite 16 (lower level)
 

April 2008

4/22 The Role of Law Schools in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: 603
 
4/21 Prof. Michael Tigar Emeritus Status Dinner & Kickoff of the Role of the Law School in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights Conf.
Time: 07:00PM - 09:00PM
Location: 6th Floor
 
4/15 Murky Waters: Fighting World Bank-Financed Water Privatization
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Rm. 602
 
4/3 Olympian Violence Erupting in Tibet
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL 602
 

March 2008

3/31 International Perspectives on Implementation of the New UN Disability Rights Convention
Time: 12:00PM - 05:30PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
3/7 Right to Identity in the Americas: The Role of Civil Society
Time: 09:30AM - 01:30PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
3/3 Resisting Military Rule: Leaders of Pakistani Lawyers Movement Speak Out
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL 603
 

February 2008

2/21 GENEVA SIMULCAST: CERD Committee Review of US Compliance with Race Treaty
Time: 03:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: 4910 Large Conference Room
 
2/19 Race in the US Today: Complying with International Norms and CERD?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 100
 
2/18 Week of Activity Reviewing US Compliance with the Race Treaty (CERD)
Location: Various Locations
 
2/6 The Role of Lawyers in Promoting Judicial Independence in Pakistan
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
2/3 A Student’s Inside Look at Guantanamo Bay and Military Commissions
Time: 12:00PM - 01:15PM
Location: JD Student Lounge
 

January 2008

1/30 Action for Human Rights
Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
1/16 What's the SAB?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
1/16 Human Rights Happy Hour
Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 

2007

November 2007

11/15 Torture Around the World
Time: 06:00PM - 07:30PM
Location: American University Museum in the Katzen
 
11/14 Human Rights Happy Hour
Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: 6th Floor JD Student Lounge
 
11/13 Munching on Human Rights: Exploring the Intersection of Human Rights and IP, Business, and Environmental Law
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 401
 
11/9 Human Rights Advocates Under Attack!: A Lunch and Discussion with Guatemalan Activist Ruth Del Valle
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: 4910 Mass. Ave, Suite 16, Large Conference Rm.
 
11/8 Customary International Humanitarian Law: Assessing The Impact of the 2005 ICRC Report
Time: 02:00PM - 04:30PM
Location: 4910 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 16, Conference Room
 
11/8 Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PM
Location: Katzen Arts Center
 

October 2007

10/24 Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: The Refugee All Stars
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL Rm 603
 
10/23 Cool Human Rights Work I Did on My Summer Vacation
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 402
 
10/17 Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Devil's Miner
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL Rm 603
 
10/16 Munching on Human Rights: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Inalienable Rights or New Concepts?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 401
 
10/3 Human Rights Coffee Hour
Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
10/3 Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Encounter Point
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL Rm 603
 

September 2007

9/19 Teaching Gender and Human Rights in the Northwest Frontier Province (Pakistan)
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
9/11 Munching on Human Rights: An Introduction to Human Rights Law
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 401
 

August 2007

8/30 What is the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law? How to Get Involved in Human Rights at WCL
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 402
 
8/15 Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Welcome Reception
Time: 02:30PM - 04:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 

June 2007

6/6 Events/Talks: Improving Conditions of Confinement in US Prisons and Jails through National Monitoring and Inspection: A Meeting with the UN Rapporteur Against Torture
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: WCL Room 503
 

May 2007

5/17 Workshops & Conferences: Racial Discrimination in the US Criminal Justice System and International Human Rights Standards: Reporting to CERD
Time: 09:00AM - 05:30PM
Location: WCL, Room 603
 

April 2007

4/9 Workshops & Conferences: From United Nations Consensus to State Implementation: How An International Convention May Impact the Rights of People with Disabilities
Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
4/4 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: Current Issues of the Inter-American Human Rights System, featuring Diego Rodriquez-Pinzon
Time: 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Location: Room 602
 

March 2007

3/28 Events/Talks: THE CONFLICT ON THE DURAND LINE OF PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN: STRUGGLING FOR RIGHTS OR SURVIVAL?
Time: 12:30PM - 01:30AM
Location: WCL Rm. 600
 
3/22 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights:Comparative Approaches to Enforcement of Human Rights: India & the United States
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: TBD
 
3/7 Events/Talks: Testify to Repression: The Oaxaca Delegation Reports Back
Time: 04:00PM - 05:30PM
Location: WCL Room 600
 
3/7 Complementary Education: Radical Ideas in Human Rights Reform: The Equality of Arms: Genocide Trials Before the ICTR.
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00AM
Location: Large Conf. Room 4910 Mass Ave.
 
3/6 Events/Talks: Hudood ki Hud: A report on Feminist Activism in Pakistan
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 524
 

February 2007

2/28 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: The Law of War and the Rules of Occupation: A Primer, featuring Professor Bob Goldman
Time: 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Location: Room 602
 
2/28 Complementary Education: RADICAL IDEAS IN HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM: Blood Money or Justice? Compensating War Victims
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Center for Human Rights, Large Conference Room, 4910 Massachusetts Avenue
 
2/27 Events/Talks: Comparative Perspectives on Religion and Human Rights: A Panel Discussion with the 2006-2007 Humphrey Fellows
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 602
 
2/22 Workshops & Conferences: U.S. Education Law and its Human Rights Impact
Time: 09:00AM - 04:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. 603
 
2/14 Outreach: Valentine's Day Human Rights Happy Hour
Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL 6th Floor JD Student Lounge
 
2/2 Events/Talks: Human Rights Impact of China's Investment in Africa: A Roundtable Discussion
Time: 09:30AM - 12:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
2/1 Events/Talks: Promoting Democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Discussion with Michael Njong, former Humphrey Fellow
Time: 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Location: Room 602
 

January 2007

1/31 Events/Talks: National Security and Human Rights: Lessons Learned from Israel and the U.S. – First Annual US-Israel Civil Liberties Fellows Event
Time: 06:00PM - 08:30PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
1/24 Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour
Time: 08:30AM - 10:00AM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
1/23 Outreach: Screening: "Uganda: The Invisible Children"
Time: 06:30PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. 603
 
1/19 Outreach: Genocide Teaching Project Summit
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: Rm. 402
 
1/17 Events/Talks: What's The SAB?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. TBA
 

2006

November 2006

11/28 Events/Talks: “The Challenges of Human Rights Activism In Tunisia,” Featuring: Samir Dilou, Tunisian Human Rights Activist
Time: 01:30PM - 03:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. 500
 
11/28 Outreach: Human Rights Happy Hour
Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: Student Lounge 6th Floor
 
11/14 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What Is the Difference Between International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights and International Criminal Law?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Rm. 602
 
11/13 Events/Talks: Failure to Protect: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in North Korea
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. 501
 
11/2 Events/Talks: Exposing Sexual Violence Behind Bars: The Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 601
 
11/2 Outreach: Human Rights Happy Hour
Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
11/2 Events/Talks: Day of the Dead Celebration: Death on the Border: Mujeres de Juarez and the Wall
Time: 05:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
11/1 Complementary Education: Alternative Winter Break Bakesale
Time: 10:00AM - 04:00AM
Location: front lobby
 
11/1 Events/Talks: Day of the Dead Celebration: Documentary on Femicide in Ciudad Juarez
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: Room 603
 

October 2006

10/24 Outreach: Seventh Annual Human Rights Film Series: China Blue
Time: 06:00PM - 10:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. 603
 
10/18 Events/Talks: Rendition to Torture - The Case of Maher Arar
Time: 12:30PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 100
 
10/17 Outreach: Seventh Annual Human Rights Film Series: Maquillapolis
Time: 06:00PM - 10:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
10/12 Events/Talks: Cool Human Rights Work I Did on My Summer Vacation
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Rm. 602
 
10/10 Outreach: Seventh Annual Human Rights Film Series: The Agronomist
Time: 06:00PM - 10:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
10/5 Workshops&Conferences: Guantanamo Teach-In
Time: 11:00AM - 10:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. 603
 
10/4 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What Is the Universal Bill of Human Rights?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Rm. 402
 
10/3 Outreach: Seventh Annual Human Rights Film Series: Amandla!
Time: 06:00PM - 10:00PM
Location: WCL 6th Floor Student Lounge
 

September 2006

9/29 Workshops&Conferences: Responsibility to Protect: The Case of Sudan
Time: 09:30AM - 04:30PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
9/28 Events/Talks: Darfur Activism Week Information Table
Time: 09:30AM - 04:00PM
Location: WCL Lobby
 
9/27 Events/Talks: Darfur Diaries Screening
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
9/26 Events/Talks: Darfur Activism Week Bake Sale
Time: 09:00AM - 04:00PM
Location: WCL Lobby
 
9/26 Workshops&Conferences: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Implications of Military Commissions
Time: 09:30AM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
9/25 Events/Talks: Darfur Activism Week Information Table
Time: 09:30AM - 04:00PM
Location: Lobby
 
9/24 Events/Talks: Amnesty International Lobbying Training
Time: 12:00PM - 03:00PM
Location: Capitol Hill
 
9/19 Events/Talks: LL.M Coffee Hour: What is the Center? How to Get Involved in Human Rights at WCL
Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: International Student Lounge
 
9/12 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What is Human Rights?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Rm. 602
 

August 2006

8/30 Events/Talks: What is the Human Rights Center? How to Get Involved in Human Rights at WCL
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: WCL 603
 
8/29 Events/Talks: One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina:
Time: 09:00AM - 10:00PM
Location: WCL and Lafayette Square
 
8/16 Events/Talks: Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law- Welcome Reception for New Students
Time: 03:00PM - 04:00PM
Location: Student Lounge
 

May 2006

5/26 Training: 11th Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Washington College of Law
 
5/26 Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Final Round
Time: 10:00AM - 01:00PM
Location: WCL 603
 
5/26 Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Awards Luncheon
Time: 01:30PM - 03:30PM
Location: WCL Cafeteria
 
5/25 Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Semi-Final Round
Time: 09:00AM - 02:00PM
Location: WCL (various rooms)
 
5/25 Training: 11th Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Washington College of Law
 
5/25 Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Dean's Reception
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL Cafeteria
 
5/24 Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Preliminary Round
Time: 09:00AM - 06:30PM
Location: WCL (various rooms)
 
5/24 Training: 11th Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Washington College of Law
 
5/23 Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Preliminary Round
Time: 09:00AM - 06:30PM
Location: WCL (various rooms)
 
5/23 Training: 11th Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Washington College of Law
 
5/22 Training: Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Opening Breakfast
Time: 09:00AM - 11:00AM
Location: WCL 603
 
5/22 Training: 11th Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Washington College of Law
 
5/22 Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Preliminary Round
Time: 11:00AM - 06:30PM
Location: WCL (various rooms)
 

April 2006

4/25 Events/Talks: Reception and Book Signing in Honor of Professor Rick Wilson
Time: 05:30PM - 06:30PM
Location: Washington College of Law- Dean's Suite
 
4/11 Workshops&Conferences: Human Rights Implications of Hurricane Katrina: 6 Months Later
Time: 10:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Washington College of Law- Room 603
 
4/6 Workshops&Conferences: Perspectives On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the United States
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 602
 
4/5 Events/Talks: The Right to a Fair Trial and Its Challenges - Podcast
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 501
 

March 2006

3/7 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series Global Challenges to Women's Human Rights: The Case of Cameroon In Honor of International Women's Day
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm 100
 

February 2006

2/8 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defender Speakers Series Featuring a Panel Discussion with WCL Humphrey Fellows
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: WCL Room 401
 

January 2006

1/23 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series Featuring Justine Rukeba Mbabazi (Rwanda)
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: WCL Room 401
 
1/23 Outreach: The Invisible Children
Time: 06:30PM - 08:00PM
Location: Washington College of Law Room #603
 
1/19 Events/Talks: Discussion with Aryeh Neier on Economic and Social Rights
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: 602
 

2005

November 2005

11/29 Events/Talks: Corruption and Women's Rights in Nigeria
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: TBA
 
11/16 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series: Ababu Namwamba
Time: 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Location: Room 401
 
11/15 Workshops&Conferences: Join us on the Hill! Congressional Human Rights Lecture Series: Hadar Harris, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, on “US Treaty Obligations”
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Capitol Hill, Rm. TBA
 
11/8 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defender Speaker Series: Dr. Asha Bajpai
Time: 12:30PM - 01:30PM
Location: Rm. 402
 
11/2 Outreach: Sixth Annual Human Rights Film Series featuring 5 Short Documentaries on Burma
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 

October 2005

10/25 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series Presents Farida Ghulam Ismail, Women's Rights Activist (Bahrain)
Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
10/20 Workshops&Conferences: Prosecuting Pinochet: The Challenges and Obstacles to the Pursuit of Justice in Chile
Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
10/19 Events/Talks: Gender and Legal Education in India Brown Bag
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 503
 
10/19 Outreach: Sixth Annual Human Rights Film Series featuring Videoletters
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
10/18 Workshops&Conferences: Congressional Human Rights Lecture Series: Jamin Raskin on the Spread of Freedom and the Right to Vote and Political Democracy
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: TBA
 
10/6 Events/Talks: Join the International Solidarity Fast for Darfur
Time: 08:30AM - 05:30PM
Location: WCL Lobby
 
10/5 Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour
Time: 08:30AM - 10:00AM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
10/5 Outreach: Sixth Annual Human Rights Film Series featuring State of Fear
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
10/3 Events/Talks: Storming the Court: the Story of the Yale Law Clinic's Case to Free Haitian Refugees on Guantanamo
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: WCL Room 401
 

September 2005

9/28 Workshops&Conferences: The Reaffirmation of Custom as an Important Source of International Humanitarian Law: Conference to Mark the Publication of the ICRC Study on
Time: 09:00AM - 03:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. 603
 
9/19 Events/Talks: Panel Discussion and Movie Screening on: The Implications for Human Rights When Indigenous Populations Are Forcefully Displaced From Their Homeland
Time: 05:00PM - 07:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. 603
 
9/16 Workshops&Conferences: Race, Class and 'Refugees': the Human Rights Implications of Hurricane Katrina
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: WCL Rm. 602
 
9/13 Workshops&Conferences: Congressional Human Rights Lecture Series: Diane Orentlicher on the Structures of the UN Human Rights System and the Move to Reform
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: TBA
 
9/8 Outreach: Genocide Teaching Project Training for Students Part 2
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
9/7 Outreach: Genocide Teaching Project Training for Students Part 1
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
9/6 Events/Talks: Cool Human Rights Work I Did on My Summer Vacation
Time: 11:50AM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm. 401
 
9/1 Events/Talks: What is the Center? How to Get Involved in Human Rights at WCL?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm. 402
 

August 2005

8/17 Events/Talks: Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Welcome Reception for New Students
Time: 03:00PM - 04:00PM
Location: Student Lounge
 

July 2005

7/19 Workshops&Conferences: Congressional Human Rights Lecture Series: Robert K. Goldman on What are the Rules that Govern the War on Terror
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: TBA
 
7/17 Events/Talks: Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Summer Picnic
Time: 11:00AM - 04:00PM
Location: VIrginia Highlands Park
 

May 2005

5/18 Workshops&Conferences: Beyond Roper: International Laws and Standards for the Treatment of Children in Conflict with the Law
Time: 08:30AM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
5/17 Workshops&Conferences: Congressional Human Rights Lecture Series
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: TBA
 
5/6 Workshops&Conferences: IM for HR: Instant Messaging for Human Rights
Time: 08:30AM - 06:00PM
Location: Room 603
 

April 2005

4/29 Events/Talks: Human Rights Violations in Paraguay's Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital: Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Time: 09:00AM - 03:00AM
Location: WCL Rm 603
 
4/13 Workshops&Conferences: South Africa's 10th Anniversary as a Constitutional Democracy
Time: 07:00PM - 12:00AM
Location: City Club of Washington at Columbia Square - Potomac Room
 
4/5 Events/Talks: Disappearance, Murder, and Torture in Mexico:Reflections on the Femicides in Ciudad Juarez & Chihuahua
Time: 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Location: Room 524
 

March 2005

3/25 Workshops&Conferences: Cultural Resistance to Oppression Effects on Society and the Law
Time: 10:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
3/23 Events/Talks: Outsourcing Torture: Extraordinary Renditions
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 402
 
3/18 Workshops&Conferences: Opening the Floodgates on a Finite Resource: The Implications of a Human Right to Water
Location: Rm. 603
 

February 2005

2/16 Events/Talks: Worker Exploitation in Our Neighborhood?
Time: 12:30PM - 01:30PM
Location: Room 500
 

January 2005

1/25 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: A Roadmap through the Regional Human Rights Systems
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: WCL Room 401
 

2004

November 2004

11/16 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What Is the Difference Between Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm. 401
 
11/15 Events/Talks: Using International Law & Institutions
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm. 528
 
11/9 Events/Talks: Having a Hard Time Digesting All That Happened During the Election? The Center for Human Rights presents ELECTION DIGESTION
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 602
 

October 2004

10/26 Events/Talks: Enforcing Human Rights in an Age of Terror
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
10/26 Events/Talks: Corporate Accountability & the Alien Tort Claims Act: A Presentation on the Historic Case of Doe v. Unocal
Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AM
Location: Rm. 603
 
10/25 Outreach: Fifth Human Rights Film Series: Deadline
Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AM
Location: WCL Room 602
 
10/18 Outreach: Fifth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Control Room
Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AM
Location: WCL Room 602
 
10/12 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What Is the Universal Bill of Human Rights?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm. 401
 
10/11 Outreach: Fifth Human Rights Series: Afghanistan Unveiled
Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AM
Location: WCL Room 602
 
10/4 Outreach: Fifth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Discovering Dominga
Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AM
Location: WCL Room 602
 

September 2004

9/28 Events/Talks: The Cool Human Rights Work I Did on My Summer Vacation
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm. 401
 
9/24 Workshops&Conferences: Crisis in Sudan: the Intervention Imperative
Time: 09:00AM - 03:30PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
9/9 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What Do You Mean When You Say “Human Rights?” An Introduction to Human Rights Law
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm. 401
 
9/2 Events/Talks: What is the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Rm. 401
 

May 2004

5/28 Training: Ninth Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PM
Location: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
 
5/27 Training: Ninth Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PM
Location: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
 
5/26 Training: Ninth Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PM
Location: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
 
5/25 Training: Ninth Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PM
Location: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
 
5/24 Training: Ninth Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PM
Location: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
 
5/23 Training: Ninth Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PM
Location: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
 

April 2004

4/30 Workshops&Conferences: Strengthening Criminal Justice Advocacy: How to Use the International Human Rights System
Time: 08:30AM - 05:30PM
Location: WCL Rm. 603
 
4/29 Events/Talks: 10th Anniversary of the Human Rights Brief
Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AM
Location: 6th Floor Dining Room
 
4/7 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series: Special Event - Surviving Genocide & Promoting Reconciliation & Human Rights, featuring Justine Mbabazi Rukeba (Rwanda)
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 603
 
4/7 Workshops&Conferences: Genocide in Our Time: Ten Years After Rwanda: Early Warnings, International Responsibility and the Prevention of Genocide
Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL 603
 

March 2004

3/2 Workshops&Conferences: Prior Informed Consent: Emergence as a Principle of International Law and Implementation at International, National and Local Levels
Time: 08:30AM - 05:30PM
Location: Room 603 - WCL
 

February 2004

2/25 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series: Special Panel-The Government's Role in Protecting Human Rights
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 602
 
2/17 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series: Project de Promotion Humaine by Michael Njong (Cameroon)
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 401
 
2/3 Workshops&Conferences: Confronting Challenges to the Pinochet Precedent and the Globalization of Justice
Time: 03:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: WCL 603
 

January 2004

1/29 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series: The Other September 11 - featuring Dean Grossman (Chile)
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 402
 

2003

December 2003

12/4 Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour
Time: 08:30AM - 09:55AM
Location: Student Lounge (open area)
 

November 2003

11/19 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series, featuring Rosie Zigomo from Zimbabwe
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 401
 
11/13 Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour
Time: 08:30AM - 09:55AM
Location: Student Lounge (open area)
 
11/11 Outreach: Fourth Human Rights Film Series: Bringing Down a Dictator
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Room 603
 

October 2003

10/30 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series, featuring Hauwa Ibrahim from Nigeria
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 401
 
10/28 Outreach: Fourth Human Rights Film Series: Drowned Out
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
10/21 Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series, featuring Colin Gonsalves from India
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 401
 
10/21 Outreach: Fourth Human Rights Film Series: War Takes
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
10/16 Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour
Time: 08:30AM - 09:55AM
Location: Student Lounge (open area)
 
10/14 Outreach: Fourth Human Rights Film Series: The Damned & the Sacred (aka Dans Grozny Dans)
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
10/7 Workshops&Conferences: Central Asia Today - Top-Down or Bottom Up? Approaches to Activating the Rule of Law
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: WCL, room 401
 
10/7 Outreach: Fourth Human Rights Film Series: The Day I Will Never Forget
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
10/2 Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour
Time: 09:00AM - 09:55AM
Location: Student Lounge (open area)
 
10/2 Workshops&Conferences: Central Asia Today - Keynote Address
Time: 04:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 

September 2003

9/30 Workshops&Conferences: Central Asia Today - From the Silk Road to the Soviet Union: An Overview of Central Asian History & Human Rights
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: WCL, room 401
 
9/25 Events/Talks: What I Did on My Summer Vacation: Human Rights Work in Action
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room TBA
 
9/18 Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour
Time: 09:00AM - 09:55AM
Location: Student Lounge (open area)
 
9/9 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What is the International Bill of Human Rights?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: room 401
 
9/4 Events/Talks: What is the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law?
Time: 12:00AM - 01:00PM
Location: room 401
 
9/4 Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour
Time: 09:00AM - 09:55AM
Location: Student Lounge (open area)
 

May 2003

5/23 Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
5/22 Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PM
Location: TBA
 
5/21 Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PM
Location: TBA
 
5/20 Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PM
Location: TBA
 
5/19 Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
5/18 Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition- Required Registration & Orientation Event
Time: 12:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Room 603
 

April 2003

4/11 Events/Talks: Patriot Act II: The Search for Security and “Acceptable Compromises” of Rights
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 402
 
4/8 Events/Talks: The Case of the “Ticking Time Bomb:” What is Permissible Interrogation in Times of Crisis?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 402
 
4/7 Events/Talks: The Draft and Diversity in the Military
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 602
 
4/4 Events/Talks: The Impact of War on Vulnerable Communities Within Military Target Areas
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: Room 524
 
4/3 Events/Talks: The Legal Standing of the Call to War
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 402
 

March 2003

3/31 Events/Talks: The Law of War in Times of Terrorism
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Room 602
 
3/6 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights:
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 402
 
3/4 Training: Indigenous Rights Training Institute
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: TBA
 
3/3 Training: Indigenous Rights Training Institute
Time: 09:00AM - 06:30PM
Location: TBA
 

February 2003

2/27 Events/Talks: The Peace Corps and International Development: Foreign Assistance or Cultural Imperialism?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: WCL- room 402
 
2/26 Events/Talks: Human Rights in 21st Century Brazil
Time: 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Location: Room 100
 
2/11 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: the Law of War and the Law in War
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 401
 

January 2003

1/28 Training: Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Volunteer Meeting
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 601
 
1/14 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: A Road Map Through the Regional Human Rights Systems
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 402
 

2002

November 2002

11/19 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 402
 
11/19 Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL- Room 603
 
11/14 Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
11/12 Events/Talks: Mary Burton of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, South Africa
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: Room 101
 
11/5 Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL- Room 603
 

October 2002

10/28 Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL- Room 603
 
10/22 Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCl- Room 603
 
10/16 Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL- Room 603
 
10/8 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 402
 

September 2002

9/17 Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 524
 
9/5 Events/Talks: Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law- Orientation Lunch
Time: 12:30PM - 01:30PM
Location: Room 402
 

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