Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Events
11/19
Juvenile Sentencing: Life without Parole - Cruel & Unusual or Necessary & Appropriate? Time: 06:00PM - 07:50PMLocation: Room 602
11/17
LLM Human Rights Roundtable Time: 03:30PM - 04:20PMLocation: Room 526
11/11
DC and Gay Marriage: 'Til Congress Do Us Part Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 603
11/10
The Diario Militar in Guatemala:Human Rights and Impunity Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PMLocation: JD Lounges
11/3
The Torture Memos: Lawyers, Ethics & the Rule of Law Time: 09:00AM - 12:15PMLocation: Room 603
11/3
Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan Time: 12:30PM - 01:30PMLocation: International Student Lounge
10/29
International Externships Time: 12:00PM - 01:15PMLocation: Room 503
10/29
10th Annual Human Rights Film Series: The Reckoning Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PMLocation: Katzen Arts Center
10/28
Cool Human Rights Work I Did On My Summer Vacation Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 401
10/28
International Health and Human Rights Lunch and Learn Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PMLocation: Room 501
10/22
10th Annual Human Rights Film Series: New Muslim Cool Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PMLocation: Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon Center
10/21
Human Rights Defenders Series: Juan Mendez Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: Kay Spiritual Life Center
10/15
Current Issues on Human Trafficking and Migrant Women in Mexico Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 402
10/15
10th Annual Human Rights Film Series: Taking Root Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PMLocation: Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon Center
10/14
The Crisis in Guinea: Human Rights and Accountability Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounges
10/8
10th Annual Human Rights Film Series: Burma VJ Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PMLocation: Katzen Arts Center
10/5
Upholding International Human Rights:Shared History and Shared Challenges for The Netherlands and the United States Time: 02:00PM - 05:30PMLocation: Room 603
9/24
Human Trafficking and The Sex Sector in Mumbai Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 503
9/23
Controversial Conversations in Human Rights, part of International Week Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounges
9/16
LLM Human Rights Roundtable Time: 03:30PM - 04:30PMLocation: Room 528
9/10
Munching on Human Rights featuring Executive Director Hadar Harris Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Room 602
8/19
Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Welcome Reception Time: 02:30PM - 04:00PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounge
4/17
United Nations Special Procedures: Remarks by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights in Cambodia Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Dean's Residence
4/16
7th Annual IP/Gender: Gender & Invention Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: Room 603
4/7
Is the Concept of Genocide Obsolete? Reflections on the 15th Anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Room 602
4/2
Human Rights and U.S. Government Lawyering Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PMLocation: 50th Street Conference Room
4/1
"The Response" Film Screening and Discussion Time: 06:30PM - 08:30PMLocation: WCL Room 603
3/24
In the Dock and Under the Gun: Baseless Prosecutions of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: *Room Change* WCL Room 100
3/23
Human Rights and Religious Freedom in Iran: The Situation of the Baha'is Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: *Room Change* WCL 6th Floor International Lounge
3/19
A Step Forward or a Roadblock to Peace and Justice in Darfur? Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Room 503
3/18
Human Trafficking and the Sex Sector Time: 09:00AM - 02:30PMLocation: WCL Room 603
3/17
Iraqi Refugee Crisis Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: WCL Room 603
3/4
The Obama Administration and the State Secrets Privilege Time: 12:15PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Room 602
2/23
The Prevention of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment Time: 09:00AM - 04:45PMLocation: Room 602
2/6
Effective Activism Beyond the Courtroom Time: 10:00AM - 03:00PMLocation: Room 401
1/22
Unique Opportunities: What is the SAB? Time: 12:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: Room TBA
12/2
Realizing the Promise of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Time: 09:00PM - 05:00PMLocation: Room 603
11/18
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Impact on Global Human and Civil Rights Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PMLocation: WCL Rm. 603
11/14
KatrinaRitaVille FEMA trailer @ AU Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PMLocation: AU Quad
11/13
KatrinaRitaVille FEMA trailer @ AU Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PMLocation: AU Quad
11/12
KatrinaRitaVille FEMA trailer @ WCL Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Rm. 603
11/12
Ninth Annual Human Rights Film Festival: Cut Off Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Rm. 603
11/11
KatrinaRitaVille FEMA trailer @ WCL Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PMLocation: Starbucks Parking Lot across from WCL
11/10
Bakesale for Gulf Coast Recovery Time: 08:00AM - 06:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 602
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 - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 602
10/29
Ninth Annual Human Rights Film Festival: At the Death House Door Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Rm. 603
10/22
Ninth Annual Human Rights Film Festival: Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Rm. 603
10/15
Ninth Annual Human Rights Film Festival: Banished Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 602
9/26
Bringing Human Rights Home: Building Proactive Policy to Ensure Racial and Gender Equity Time: 09:00AM - 12:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 601
9/23
Boumediene v. Bush and the Future of US Detention Policy Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 101
9/17
Nuts and Bolts of Human Rights Work: War Stories (and more) From the Field Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounges
9/15
Countering Terrorism Through Domestic & International Sanctions Listing: A Rule of Law Perspective Time: 09:30AM - 05:30PMLocation: Room 603
9/11
Munching on Human Rights: An Introduction to Human Rights and the Treaty Reporting Process Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 100
9/3
What is the Center? How to Get Involved in Human Rights Activism at WCL Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounges
8/20
Human Rights Welcome Reception Time: 02:30PM - 04:00PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounges
6/5
Teaching IHL Institute Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: 4910 Mass Ave, Suite 16 (lower level)
6/4
Teaching IHL Institute Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: 4910 Mass Ave, Suite 16 (lower level)
4/22
The Role of Law Schools in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: 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 - 09:00PMLocation: 6th Floor
4/15
Murky Waters: Fighting World Bank-Financed Water Privatization Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Rm. 602
4/3
Olympian Violence Erupting in Tibet Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL 602
3/31
International Perspectives on Implementation of the New UN Disability Rights Convention Time: 12:00PM - 05:30PMLocation: WCL Room 603
3/7
Right to Identity in the Americas: The Role of Civil Society Time: 09:30AM - 01:30PMLocation: WCL Room 603
3/3
Resisting Military Rule: Leaders of Pakistani Lawyers Movement Speak Out Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL 603
2/21
GENEVA SIMULCAST: CERD Committee Review of US Compliance with Race Treaty Time: 03:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: 4910 Large Conference Room
2/19
Race in the US Today: Complying with International Norms and CERD? Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 603
2/3
A Student’s Inside Look at Guantanamo Bay and Military Commissions Time: 12:00PM - 01:15PMLocation: JD Student Lounge
1/30
Action for Human Rights Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounge
1/16
What's the SAB? Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounge
1/16
Human Rights Happy Hour Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounge
11/15
Torture Around the World Time: 06:00PM - 07:30PMLocation: American University Museum in the Katzen
11/14
Human Rights Happy Hour Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 401
11/9
Human Rights Advocates Under Attack!: A Lunch and Discussion with Guatemalan Activist Ruth Del Valle Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: 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 - 04:30PMLocation: 4910 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 16, Conference Room
11/8
Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PMLocation: Katzen Arts Center
10/24
Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: The Refugee All Stars Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: WCL Rm 603
10/23
Cool Human Rights Work I Did on My Summer Vacation Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 402
10/17
Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Devil's Miner Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: WCL Rm 603
10/16
Munching on Human Rights: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Inalienable Rights or New Concepts? Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 401
10/3
Human Rights Coffee Hour Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounge
10/3
Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Encounter Point Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: WCL Rm 603
9/19
Teaching Gender and Human Rights in the Northwest Frontier Province (Pakistan) Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounge
9/11
Munching on Human Rights: An Introduction to Human Rights Law Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 401
8/30
What is the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law? How to Get Involved in Human Rights at WCL Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 402
8/15
Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Welcome Reception Time: 02:30PM - 04:00PMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounge
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 - 02:00PMLocation: WCL Room 503
5/17
Workshops & Conferences: Racial Discrimination in the US Criminal Justice System and International Human Rights Standards: Reporting to CERD Time: 09:00AM - 05:30PMLocation: WCL, Room 603
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 - 06:00PMLocation: 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 - 12:50PMLocation: Room 602
3/28
Events/Talks: THE CONFLICT ON THE DURAND LINE OF PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN: STRUGGLING FOR RIGHTS OR SURVIVAL? Time: 12:30PM - 01:30AMLocation: 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 - 01:00PMLocation: TBD
3/7
Events/Talks: Testify to Repression: The Oaxaca Delegation Reports Back Time: 04:00PM - 05:30PMLocation: 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 - 08:00AMLocation: Large Conf. Room 4910 Mass Ave.
3/6
Events/Talks: Hudood ki Hud: A report on Feminist Activism in Pakistan Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 524
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 - 12:50PMLocation: Room 602
2/28
Complementary Education: RADICAL IDEAS IN HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM: Blood Money or Justice? Compensating War Victims Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:20PMLocation: Room 602
2/22
Workshops & Conferences: U.S. Education Law and its Human Rights Impact Time: 09:00AM - 04:00PMLocation: WCL Rm. 603
2/14
Outreach: Valentine's Day Human Rights Happy Hour Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: 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 - 12:00PMLocation: 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 - 12:50PMLocation: Room 602
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 - 08:30PMLocation: WCL Room 603
1/24
Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour Time: 08:30AM - 10:00AMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounge
1/23
Outreach: Screening: "Uganda: The Invisible Children" Time: 06:30PM - 08:00PMLocation: WCL Rm. 603
1/19
Outreach: Genocide Teaching Project Summit Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PMLocation: Rm. 402
1/17
Events/Talks: What's The SAB? Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: WCL Rm. TBA
11/28
Events/Talks: “The Challenges of Human Rights Activism In Tunisia,” Featuring: Samir Dilou, Tunisian Human Rights Activist Time: 01:30PM - 03:00PMLocation: WCL Rm. 500
11/28
Outreach: Human Rights Happy Hour Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:20PMLocation: 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 - 01:00PMLocation: WCL Rm. 501
11/2
Events/Talks: Exposing Sexual Violence Behind Bars: The Implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 601
11/2
Outreach: Human Rights Happy Hour Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: 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 - 08:00PMLocation: Room 603
11/1
Complementary Education: Alternative Winter Break Bakesale Time: 10:00AM - 04:00AMLocation: front lobby
11/1
Events/Talks: Day of the Dead Celebration: Documentary on Femicide in Ciudad Juarez Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PMLocation: Room 603
10/24
Outreach: Seventh Annual Human Rights Film Series: China Blue Time: 06:00PM - 10:00PMLocation: WCL Rm. 603
10/18
Events/Talks: Rendition to Torture - The Case of Maher Arar Time: 12:30PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 100
10/17
Outreach: Seventh Annual Human Rights Film Series: Maquillapolis Time: 06:00PM - 10:00PMLocation: Rm. 603
10/12
Events/Talks: Cool Human Rights Work I Did on My Summer Vacation Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Rm. 602
10/10
Outreach: Seventh Annual Human Rights Film Series: The Agronomist Time: 06:00PM - 10:00PMLocation: Rm. 603
10/5
Workshops&Conferences: Guantanamo Teach-In Time: 11:00AM - 10:00PMLocation: WCL Rm. 603
10/4
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What Is the Universal Bill of Human Rights? Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Rm. 402
10/3
Outreach: Seventh Annual Human Rights Film Series: Amandla! Time: 06:00PM - 10:00PMLocation: WCL 6th Floor Student Lounge
9/29
Workshops&Conferences: Responsibility to Protect: The Case of Sudan Time: 09:30AM - 04:30PMLocation: Rm. 603
9/28
Events/Talks: Darfur Activism Week Information Table Time: 09:30AM - 04:00PMLocation: WCL Lobby
9/27
Events/Talks: Darfur Diaries Screening Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Room 603
9/26
Events/Talks: Darfur Activism Week Bake Sale Time: 09:00AM - 04:00PMLocation: WCL Lobby
9/26
Workshops&Conferences: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Implications of Military Commissions Time: 09:30AM - 01:00PMLocation: Rm. 603
9/25
Events/Talks: Darfur Activism Week Information Table Time: 09:30AM - 04:00PMLocation: Lobby
9/24
Events/Talks: Amnesty International Lobbying Training Time: 12:00PM - 03:00PMLocation: 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 - 06:00PMLocation: International Student Lounge
9/12
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What is Human Rights? Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: WCL Rm. 602
8/30
Events/Talks: What is the Human Rights Center? How to Get Involved in Human Rights at WCL Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: WCL 603
8/29
Events/Talks: One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina: Time: 09:00AM - 10:00PMLocation: WCL and Lafayette Square
8/16
Events/Talks: Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law- Welcome Reception for New Students Time: 03:00PM - 04:00PMLocation: Student Lounge
5/26
Training: 11th Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: Washington College of Law
5/26
Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Final Round Time: 10:00AM - 01:00PMLocation: WCL 603
5/26
Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Awards Luncheon Time: 01:30PM - 03:30PMLocation: WCL Cafeteria
5/25
Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Semi-Final Round Time: 09:00AM - 02:00PMLocation: WCL (various rooms)
5/25
Training: 11th Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: Washington College of Law
5/25
Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Dean's Reception Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: WCL Cafeteria
5/24
Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Preliminary Round Time: 09:00AM - 06:30PMLocation: WCL (various rooms)
5/24
Training: 11th Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: Washington College of Law
5/23
Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Preliminary Round Time: 09:00AM - 06:30PMLocation: WCL (various rooms)
5/23
Training: 11th Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: Washington College of Law
5/22
Training: Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Opening Breakfast Time: 09:00AM - 11:00AMLocation: WCL 603
5/22
Training: 11th Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: Washington College of Law
5/22
Training: Inter-American HR Moot Court Competition Preliminary Round Time: 11:00AM - 06:30PMLocation: WCL (various rooms)
4/25
Events/Talks: Reception and Book Signing in Honor of Professor Rick Wilson Time: 05:30PM - 06:30PMLocation: Washington College of Law- Dean's Suite
4/11
Workshops&Conferences: Human Rights Implications of Hurricane Katrina: 6 Months Later Time: 10:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: Washington College of Law- Room 603
4/6
Workshops&Conferences: Perspectives On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the United States Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 602
4/5
Events/Talks: The Right to a Fair Trial and Its Challenges - Podcast Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 501
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 - 01:00PMLocation: Rm 100
2/8
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defender Speakers Series Featuring a Panel Discussion with WCL Humphrey Fellows Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: WCL Room 401
1/23
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series Featuring Justine Rukeba Mbabazi (Rwanda) Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: WCL Room 401
1/23
Outreach: The Invisible Children Time: 06:30PM - 08:00PMLocation: Washington College of Law Room #603
1/19
Events/Talks: Discussion with Aryeh Neier on Economic and Social Rights Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: 602
11/29
Events/Talks: Corruption and Women's Rights in Nigeria Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: TBA
11/16
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series: Ababu Namwamba Time: 12:00PM - 12:50PMLocation: 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 - 01:00PMLocation: Capitol Hill, Rm. TBA
11/8
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defender Speaker Series: Dr. Asha Bajpai Time: 12:30PM - 01:30PMLocation: Rm. 402
11/2
Outreach: Sixth Annual Human Rights Film Series featuring 5 Short Documentaries on Burma Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Rm. 603
10/25
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series Presents Farida Ghulam Ismail, Women's Rights Activist (Bahrain) Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PMLocation: 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 - 06:00PMLocation: WCL Room 603
10/19
Events/Talks: Gender and Legal Education in India Brown Bag Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 503
10/19
Outreach: Sixth Annual Human Rights Film Series featuring Videoletters Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:00PMLocation: TBA
10/6
Events/Talks: Join the International Solidarity Fast for Darfur Time: 08:30AM - 05:30PMLocation: WCL Lobby
10/5
Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour Time: 08:30AM - 10:00AMLocation: 6th Floor Student Lounge
10/5
Outreach: Sixth Annual Human Rights Film Series featuring State of Fear Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:00PMLocation: WCL Room 401
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 - 03:00PMLocation: 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 - 07:00PMLocation: WCL Rm. 603
9/16
Workshops&Conferences: Race, Class and 'Refugees': the Human Rights Implications of Hurricane Katrina Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:00PMLocation: TBA
9/8
Outreach: Genocide Teaching Project Training for Students Part 2 Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Rm. 603
9/7
Outreach: Genocide Teaching Project Training for Students Part 1 Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Rm. 603
9/6
Events/Talks: Cool Human Rights Work I Did on My Summer Vacation Time: 11:50AM - 01:00PMLocation: Rm. 401
9/1
Events/Talks: What is the Center? How to Get Involved in Human Rights at WCL? Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Rm. 402
8/17
Events/Talks: Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Welcome Reception for New Students Time: 03:00PM - 04:00PMLocation: Student Lounge
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 - 01:00PMLocation: TBA
7/17
Events/Talks: Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Summer Picnic Time: 11:00AM - 04:00PMLocation: VIrginia Highlands Park
5/18
Workshops&Conferences: Beyond Roper: International Laws and Standards for the Treatment of Children in Conflict with the Law Time: 08:30AM - 06:00PMLocation: WCL Room 603
5/17
Workshops&Conferences: Congressional Human Rights Lecture Series Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: TBA
5/6
Workshops&Conferences: IM for HR: Instant Messaging for Human Rights Time: 08:30AM - 06:00PMLocation: Room 603
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 - 03:00AMLocation: WCL Rm 603
4/13
Workshops&Conferences: South Africa's 10th Anniversary as a Constitutional Democracy Time: 07:00PM - 12:00AMLocation: 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 - 12:50PMLocation: Room 524
3/25
Workshops&Conferences: Cultural Resistance to Oppression Effects on Society and the Law Time: 10:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: Room 603
3/23
Events/Talks: Outsourcing Torture: Extraordinary Renditions Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Rm. 402
3/18
Workshops&Conferences: Opening the Floodgates on a Finite Resource: The Implications of a Human Right to Water Location: Rm. 603
2/16
Events/Talks: Worker Exploitation in Our Neighborhood? Time: 12:30PM - 01:30PMLocation: Room 500
1/25
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: A Roadmap through the Regional Human Rights Systems Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: WCL Room 401
11/16
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What Is the Difference Between Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law? Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Rm. 401
11/15
Events/Talks: Using International Law & Institutions Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: 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 - 01:20PMLocation: Room 602
10/26
Events/Talks: Enforcing Human Rights in an Age of Terror Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: 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 - 12:00AMLocation: Rm. 603
10/25
Outreach: Fifth Human Rights Film Series: Deadline Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AMLocation: WCL Room 602
10/18
Outreach: Fifth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Control Room Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AMLocation: WCL Room 602
10/12
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What Is the Universal Bill of Human Rights? Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Rm. 401
10/11
Outreach: Fifth Human Rights Series: Afghanistan Unveiled Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AMLocation: WCL Room 602
10/4
Outreach: Fifth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Discovering Dominga Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AMLocation: WCL Room 602
9/28
Events/Talks: The Cool Human Rights Work I Did on My Summer Vacation Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Rm. 401
9/24
Workshops&Conferences: Crisis in Sudan: the Intervention Imperative Time: 09:00AM - 03:30PMLocation: 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 - 01:00PMLocation: Rm. 401
9/2
Events/Talks: What is the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law? Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Rm. 401
5/28
Training: Ninth Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PMLocation: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
5/27
Training: Ninth Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PMLocation: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
5/26
Training: Ninth Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PMLocation: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
5/25
Training: Ninth Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PMLocation: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
5/24
Training: Ninth Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PMLocation: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
5/23
Training: Ninth Annual Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PMLocation: Competition Headquarters: Room 401
4/30
Workshops&Conferences: Strengthening Criminal Justice Advocacy: How to Use the International Human Rights System Time: 08:30AM - 05:30PMLocation: WCL Rm. 603
4/29
Events/Talks: 10th Anniversary of the Human Rights Brief Time: 06:00PM - 12:00AMLocation: 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 - 01:20PMLocation: 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 - 06:00PMLocation: WCL 603
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 - 05:30PMLocation: Room 603 - WCL
2/25
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series: Special Panel-The Government's Role in Protecting Human Rights Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 602
2/17
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series: Project de Promotion Humaine by Michael Njong (Cameroon) Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 401
2/3
Workshops&Conferences: Confronting Challenges to the Pinochet Precedent and the Globalization of Justice Time: 03:00PM - 05:00PMLocation: WCL 603
1/29
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series: The Other September 11 - featuring Dean Grossman (Chile) Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 402
12/4
Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour Time: 08:30AM - 09:55AMLocation: Student Lounge (open area)
11/19
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series, featuring Rosie Zigomo from Zimbabwe Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 401
11/13
Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour Time: 08:30AM - 09:55AMLocation: Student Lounge (open area)
11/11
Outreach: Fourth Human Rights Film Series: Bringing Down a Dictator Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Room 603
10/30
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series, featuring Hauwa Ibrahim from Nigeria Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 401
10/28
Outreach: Fourth Human Rights Film Series: Drowned Out Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Room 603
10/21
Complementary Education: Human Rights Defenders Speaker Series, featuring Colin Gonsalves from India Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 401
10/21
Outreach: Fourth Human Rights Film Series: War Takes Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Room 603
10/16
Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour Time: 08:30AM - 09:55AMLocation: Student Lounge (open area)
10/14
Outreach: Fourth Human Rights Film Series: The Damned & the Sacred (aka Dans Grozny Dans) Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Room 603
10/7
Workshops&Conferences: Central Asia Today - Top-Down or Bottom Up? Approaches to Activating the Rule of Law Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PMLocation: WCL, room 401
10/7
Outreach: Fourth Human Rights Film Series: The Day I Will Never Forget Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Room 603
10/2
Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour Time: 09:00AM - 09:55AMLocation: Student Lounge (open area)
10/2
Workshops&Conferences: Central Asia Today - Keynote Address Time: 04:00PM - 05:00PMLocation: WCL Room 603
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 - 02:00PMLocation: WCL, room 401
9/25
Events/Talks: What I Did on My Summer Vacation: Human Rights Work in Action Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room TBA
9/18
Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour Time: 09:00AM - 09:55AMLocation: Student Lounge (open area)
9/9
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: What is the International Bill of Human Rights? Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: room 401
9/4
Events/Talks: What is the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law? Time: 12:00AM - 01:00PMLocation: room 401
9/4
Outreach: Action for Human Rights Coffee Hour Time: 09:00AM - 09:55AMLocation: Student Lounge (open area)
5/23
Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: Room 603
5/22
Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PMLocation: TBA
5/21
Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PMLocation: TBA
5/20
Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PMLocation: TBA
5/19
Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Time: 08:00AM - 08:00PMLocation: Room 603
5/18
Training: 8th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition- Required Registration & Orientation Event Time: 12:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Room 603
4/11
Events/Talks: Patriot Act II: The Search for Security and “Acceptable Compromises” of Rights Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 402
4/8
Events/Talks: The Case of the “Ticking Time Bomb:” What is Permissible Interrogation in Times of Crisis? Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 402
4/7
Events/Talks: The Draft and Diversity in the Military Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 602
4/4
Events/Talks: The Impact of War on Vulnerable Communities Within Military Target Areas Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PMLocation: Room 524
4/3
Events/Talks: The Legal Standing of the Call to War Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 402
3/31
Events/Talks: The Law of War in Times of Terrorism Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PMLocation: Room 602
3/6
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 402
3/4
Training: Indigenous Rights Training Institute Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PMLocation: TBA
3/3
Training: Indigenous Rights Training Institute Time: 09:00AM - 06:30PMLocation: TBA
2/27
Events/Talks: The Peace Corps and International Development: Foreign Assistance or Cultural Imperialism? Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: WCL- room 402
2/26
Events/Talks: Human Rights in 21st Century Brazil Time: 12:00PM - 12:50PMLocation: Room 100
2/11
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: the Law of War and the Law in War Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 401
1/28
Training: Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Volunteer Meeting Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 601
1/14
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights: A Road Map Through the Regional Human Rights Systems Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 402
11/19
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 402
11/19
Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: WCL- Room 603
11/14
Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: Room 603
11/12
Events/Talks: Mary Burton of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, South Africa Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PMLocation: Room 101
11/5
Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: WCL- Room 603
10/28
Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: WCL- Room 603
10/22
Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: WCl- Room 603
10/16
Outreach: Third Human Rights Film Series Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PMLocation: WCL- Room 603
10/8
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 402
9/17
Complementary Education: Munching on Human Rights Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PMLocation: Room 524
9/5
Events/Talks: Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law- Orientation Lunch Time: 12:30PM - 01:30PMLocation: Room 402
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