The pressing political, moral, and social problems facing the world are best addressed by creating a community of thinkers and activists who can come together to consider problems of massive human rights abuses. To that end, the program provides on-going public events intended for a broad audience.
2012-2013 EVENTS
January 28, 2013 at 12pm, Room 1008
Freedom of Expression in Post-Genocide Rwanda
Rwandan journalists are facing jail-time for using certain words to describe the 1994 genocide. Mohamed Keita, Africa Advocacy Coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Professor Sheri Rosenberg, Director of the Program in Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Cardozo led a discussion on Rwanda’s post-genocide laws and their effect on freedom of expression and journalists.
March 11, 2013 at 12pm, Room 1008
LGBT Rights are Human Rights: New Dimensions on Sexual Orientation and International Law: The Atala Case
The Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies welcomed Professor Jorge Contesse, professor of law in Chile, visiting Human Rights Fellow at Yale Law School, and counsel for Karen Atala v. Chile, the latest decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, ruling for the first time on sexual orientation as a prohibited ground for discrimination. Professor Contesse discussed the impact of this case in the field of international law and the ramifications for LGBT Rights.
April 8, 2013 at 12pm, Room 1008
Three Who Resisted in Hitler's Europe: What lawyers Today Need to Learn From the Holocaust
A lecture featuring Professor Richard Weisberg, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law.
November 12, 2012
Beyond Criminalization: Anti-LGBTI Legislation and Rights Advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Wade McMullen, Staff Attorney for Robert F. Kennedy Partners for Human Rights of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, provided an in-depth look into the history of anti-homosexuality laws in the region, exposed the "neocolonial narrative" in North-South LGBTI rights advocacy, and detailed lessons learned from North-South LGBTI rights advocacy strategies. Mr. McMullen utilized Uganda and other countries in the region as case studies to further illustrate the evolution and impact of such legislation.
November 8th, 2012
On the Front Lines: Gender, War, and the Post-Conflict Process
A panel discussion moderated by Professor Sheri Rosenberg, Director of the Program in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, featured:
- Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, Dorsey & Whitney Chair in Law University of Minnesota & Professor of Law University of Ulster
- Dina Francesca Haynes, Professor of Law and Director of Human Rights and Immigration Law Project at New England Law
- Dr. Aisling Swaine, Visiting Scholar at the Transitional Justice Institute at the University of Ulster and Consultant to UN Women
The panel focused on the roles of women in conflict and throughout the post-conflict process particularly in light of the book "On the Front Lines" co-authored by Professors Ní Aoláin and Haynes.
September 24th, 2012
Women as Agents of Change: The Integral Role of Women in Violence and Mass Atrocity Prevention
Melina Lito, Program Director of the Women Peace & Security Program at Global Action to Prevent War, and Selamawit Tesfaye, Advocacy Officer at the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders led a panel discussion about violence against women caused by mass atrocities and the flow of small arms, the need to increase women's participation and representation in decision-making processes, and how women’s issues are addressed at the UN.
March 12th, 2012
Asylum and Migration in a Globalized World
Featuring Teresa Woods, supervising Attorney for the Human Rights and Genocide Clinic.
February 13th, 2012
From Rhetoric to Reality: Protecting Populations from Mass Atrocity
Featuring Professor Sheri Rosenberg, Director of Cardozo’s Human Rights and Genocide Clinic, and Program in Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Studies; and Sam Permutt, Cardozo 3L and Human Rights and Genocide Clinic participant.
January 31st, 2012
All the Missing Souls: Book Signing with Ambassador David Scheffer
Featuring Ambassador Scheffer, Former Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Madelaine Albright and President Clinton's ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues.
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