Agenda: Human Rights Impact: General Issues and Sectoral Perspectives

Tuesday, May 11

Introduction, 10:00 – 10:30

Yasmine Ergas – Associate Director, Institute for the Study of Human Rights; Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Press Freedom, 10:30 – 12:15

Presentations
Suzanne Bilello – Senior Public Information and Liaison Officer, UNESCO Office in New York
Luis Manuel Botello – Senior Program Director for Special Projects, International Center for Journalists
Mary Sheila S. Coronel – Professor of Professional Practice, Director, Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
Karin Deutsch Karlekar – Senior Researcher and Managing Editor, Freedom of the Press Index, Freedom House
Moderator
Andrew Nathan – Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science; Chair, Administrative Committee, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University

International Justice, 1:15 – 3:00

Presentations
Elise Keppler – Senior International Justice Counsel, International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch
Anja Mihr – Associate Professor, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Utrecht University
James Ron – Associate Professor of International Affairs, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa
Kathryn Sikkink – Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Chair in Political Science, University of Minnesota
Jack Snyder – Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science and the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University
Robert Varenik – Director of Programs, Open Society Justice Initiative, Open Society Institute
Moderator
Elazar Barkan – Director, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Women’s Rights, 3:15 – 5:00

Presentations
Eugenia McGill – Assistant Director, Economic and Political Development Concentration; Director, Workshop in Development Practice, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Emily M. Murase – Executive Director, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women
Martina Rieker – Assistant Professor; Director, Cynthia Nelson Institute for Gender and Women's Studies, American University of Cairo
Beth Simmons – Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs; Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Lee Waldorf – Human Rights Advisor, United Nations Development Fund for Women
Moderator
Yasmine Ergas – Associate Director, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Measurement and Indicators, 5:30 – 7:15

Presentations
David Cingranelli – Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University, SUNY; Co-Director, CIRI Human Rights Data Project
Sally Engle Merry – Director, Program on Law and Society; Professor, Department of Anthropology, New York University
Megan Price – Statistician, Human Rights Data Analysis Group, Benetech
Margaret L. Satterthwaite – Associate Professor of Clinical Law; Faculty Director, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law
Moderator
Tonya L. Putnam – Assistant Professor, Political Science, Columbia University

Wednesday, May 12

Development, 9:30 – 11:15

Presentations
Heather Grady – Managing Director, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative; Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Paul Gready – Professor, Department of Politics; Director, Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi – Director, Democratic Governance Practice, Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr – Professor, Graduate Program in International Affairs; Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy
Stefan Voigt – Professor; Director, Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
Moderator
Eugenia McGill – Assistant Director, Economic and Political Development Concentration; Director, Workshop in Development Practice, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Ethical Dilemmas, 11:15 – 1:00

Presentations
Colleen Duggan – Senior Program Specialist, Evaluation Unit, International Development Research Centre
Macartan N. Humphreys – Associate Professor, Political Science; Research Scholar, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, The Earth Institute; Director, Center for the Study of Development Strategies, Columbia University
Iain Levine – Program Director, Human Rights Watch
Dirk Salomons – Director, International Organizations Specialization; Director, Program for Humanitarian Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Susannah Sirkin – Deputy Director, Physicians for Human Rights
Moderator
Elazar Barkan – Director, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Conclusions, 1:45 – 2:30

 

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