10th Annual Human Rights on the Hill: A Decade of Direct Action & Diplomacy
10th Annual Human Rights on the Hill A Decade of Direct Action & Diplomacy
Initiating a Peoples’ Revolution for Human Rights in America and Abroad; Implementing International Human Rights Law in Our Domestic & Foreign Policy
June 27 – July 2, 2011 Daily 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008
Talks & Topics Include:
State of Four Freedoms in the World
Realizing the Recommendations in the Universal Periodic Review
Economic, Social & Cultural Rights in America: 70th Anniversary of Roosevelt’s Vision
US Responsibilities to UN Treaty Bodies — CERD, CAT & ICCPR
US Actions to Ratify International HR Conventions — Disabilities, CRC and CEDAW
Peace is a Human Right
Climate Legislation in the U.S. Congress & Upcoming COP 17 in Durban
Organizations that have presented in the past include the U.S. Agency for International Development, United Nations Information Center, International Human and Peoples’ Rights Law Program, International Committee of the Red Cross, U.S. Department of State, Alliance for Peacebuilding , The World Bank, Peace Action, Amnesty International, U.S. International Council on Disabilities, and United for Equality.
Special Agenda Item: National Workshop on the Universal Periodic Review and the US: Implementing the Recommendations to Realize Human Rights At Home
7th 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, Khmers Kampuchea Krom Federation and US Human Rights Network.
For more information please contact: joshuacooperhawaii@gmail.com or jlibertelli@udc.edu.
KJ