2020
The Human in Human Rights
19 October 2020
Speaker: Professor Craig Calhoun (Arizona State University and LSE)
Chair: Dr Monika Krause (LSE)
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The Fate of Internationalism: talking solidarity in a pandemic
Thursday 7 May
Speakers: Dr Anthony Alessanddrini (The City University of New York), Dr Noura Erakat (Rutgers University), Dr Christina Heatherton (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Chair: Dr Ayça Çubukçu (LSE)
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Radiographies of the Human and the Inhuman: victims and perpetrators of Mexico's drugs wars
19 February 2020
Speaker: Dr Ernesto Schwartz-Marin (University of Exeter)
Chair: Dr Claire Moon (LSE)
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2019
Rethinking Human Rights: a southern response to western critics
22 May 2019
Speaker: Dr Muthoni Wanyeki, Chair: Dr Bronwen Manby
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Internationale Blues: revolutionary pessimism and the politics of solidarity
17 May 2019
Speakers: Professor Robin Kelley, Chair:Dr Ayça Çubukçu
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2018
For the Love of Humanity: the World Tribunal on Iraq
4 October 2018
Speakers: Dr Ayça Çubukçu, Professor David Graeber, Haifa Zangana, Professor Kimberly Hutchings, Dr Tor Krever, and Dr Lori Allen, Chair: Professor Tarak Barkawi
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HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship
2 July 2018
Speaker: Professor Nadine Strossen, Jodie Ginsberg and Dr Joanna Williams
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15 Years for the War on Iraq: its aftermath and manifestations in the Iraqi society
17 May 2018
Speaker: Professor Nadje al-Ali and Professor Toby Dodge, Chair: Dr Ayça Çubukçu
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The Human Right to Dominate
15 May 2018
Speaker: Professor Neve Gordon, Chair: Dr Ayça Çubukçu
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: rejuvenate or retire?
5 February 2018
Speaker: Francesca Klug OBE, Chair: Professor Conor Gearty
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2017
The Human Cost of Conflict: the search for dignity and rights of Palestine refugees
4 December 2017
Speaker: Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl, Chair: Professor Chetan Bhatt
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Getting it right on human rights - rights in the age of Brexit and Trump
11 October 2017
Speaker: David Mepham, Chair: Dr Bronwen Manby
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Global Civil War: solidarity by proxy
Speaker: Professor Susan Buck-Morss, Chair: Dr Ayça Çubukçu
25 April 2017
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Legal Ordering, Citizenship and Human Rights: the case of the Palestinian citizens of Israel
24 March 2017
Speaker: Dr Mazen Masri, Discussant:Prof Yoav Peled, Chair: Dr Ayça Çubukçu
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Migrant Deaths at European Borders: states' duties to identify and the rights of families to know
22 March 2017
Speakers: Prof William Schabas, Ms Ann Singleton, Chair: Stefanie Grant
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Indebted: Leaning in to empowerment
21 March 2017
Speaker: Dr Vasuki Nesiah, Chair:Dr Ayça Çubukçu
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2016
The Populist Challenge to Human Rights
1 December 2016
Speaker: Prof Philip Alston, Chair: Prof Chetan Bhatt
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Five Ideas to Fight For: How our freedom is under threat and why it matters
20 October 2016
Speaker: Anthony Lester QC, Chair: Dr Ayça Çubukçu
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Competing Nationalisms in Ethiopia: the case for trans-national solidarity
25 August 2016
Speaker: Dr Awol Allo, Chair: Dr Ayça Çubukçu
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Only Half the Story: legal protection of unaccompanied migrant and refugee young people
15 March 2016
Speakers: Dr Kathryn Cronin, Baljeet Sandhu, Chair: Dr Jenny Kuper
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Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence and the Rules that Run the World
1 March 2016
Speaker: Prof Leif Wenar, Chair: Dr Margot Salomon
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Emergencies of Peace: The Exceptional State of (Academic) Affairs in
Contemporary Turkey
27 January 2016
Speakers: Dr Derya Bayir, Prof David Graeber, Dr Nazan Ustundag, Chair: Dr Ayça Çubukçu
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2015
Fighting the Behemoth: Law, politics and human rights in times of debt and austerity
10 December 2015
Speaker: Zoe Konstantopoulou, Chair: Dr Margot Salomon
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My Escape From North Korea
16 October 2015
Speaker: Hyeonseo Lee, Chair: Chetan Bhatt
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Rhetoric and Reality: from Magna Carta to human rights today
10 June 2015
Speakers: Shami Chakrabarti & Francesca Klug, Chair: Jane Gordon
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A Magna Carta for All Humanity: homing in on human rights
27 February 2015
Speaker: Francesca Klug, Chair: Conor Gearty
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Extradition and the Erosion of Human Rights
28 January 2015
Speakers: Gareth Peirce; Professor Saskia Sassen: Professor Jeanne Theoharis, Chair: Professor Susan Marks
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Defending Human Rights in Russia
21 January 2015
Speakers: Mary McAuley; Dmitri Makarov; Roman Udot, Chair: Margo Picken
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2014
Ebola, Peace and Security
10 November 2014
Speaker: Karin Landgren, Chair: Trish Hiddleston
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Mandela, The Lawyer
12 June 2014
Speakers: George Bizos, Professor Catherine M. Cole, Professor David Dyzenhaus, Lord Joel Joffe, Dr Jens Meierhenrich, Introduction: Professor Stuart Corbridge, Chair: Professor Christine Chinkin
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No Part in Warfare: UN Response to Attacks on Schools and Hospitals
9 June 2014
Speaker: Leila Zerrougui, Chair: Dr Jenny Kuper
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Human Rights, Globalization and How to Save the World
1 May 2014
Speakers: Professor Julio Faundez, Dr Asunción Lera St Clair, Craig Mokhiber, Chair: Dr Margot Salomon
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Nationalism, Internationalism and Cosmopolitanism: some lessons from modern Indian history
3 April 2014
Speaker: Professor Partha Chatterjee, Chair: Dr Ayça Çubukçu
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Gujarat: Human Rights Violations, Impunity and the Indian General Elections
19 February 2014
Speakers: Dr Shakuntala Banaji, Carla Ferstman, Suresh Grover, Dr Biju Mathew, Chair: Professor Chetan Bhatt
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The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: A Critical Perspective
16 January 2014
Speaker: Dr Omar Nashabe, Chair: Professor Christine Chinkin
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2013
From Moral Panics to States of Denial: a celebration of the life and work of Stan Cohen
10 December 2013
Speakers: Professor Robin Cohen, Professor David Downes, Daphna Golan, Thomas Hammarberg, Professor Harvey Molotch, Chair: Margo Picken
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'Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here' The Human Rights Struggle Against Muslim Fundamentalism
23 October 2013
Speaker: Professor Karima Bennoune, Chair: Professor Chetan Bhatt
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What has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us?
1 October 2013
Speakers: Martin Howe QC, Professor Philip Leach, Caroline Lucas MP, Professor Alan Sked, Emily Thornberry MP, Chair: Professor Francesca Klug
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What's happening in Turkey? Reflections on an uprising
26 June 2013
Speakers: Derya Bayir; Ayça Çubukçu; Zeynep Gambetti; Özlem Köksal, Chair: Chetan Bhatt
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Sri Lanka and the culture of impunity: human rights challenges in a post-war and post-conflict environment
20 June 2013
Speakers: Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu; Asanga Welikala; Uvindu Kurukulasuriya, Chair: Chetan Bhatt
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The End of Impunity for Violence Against Women? The Istanbul Convention in Europe
7 March 2013
Speakers: Louise de Sousa; Elda Moreno; Pragna Patel, Chair: Christine Chinkin
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The Power of Literature and Human Rights
2 March 2013
Speakers: Gabriella Ambrosio; Marina Nemat; Vered Cohen-Barzilay, Chair: Susan Marks
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Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech: What International Human Rights Law Says
15 February 2013
Speaker: Navi Pillay, Chair: Chaloka Beyani
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The Global Theft of Land: human rights, dispossession and destruction
6 February 2013
Speakers: Megan MacInnes; Fred Pearce; Subir Sinha. Chair: Chetan Bhatt
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2012
Putting Rights Back Together Again
6 December 2012
Speaker: Salil Shetty, Chair: Chetan Bhatt
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The Stateless Citizen: Irregular Migration and Cosmopolitan Citizenship
6 November 2012
Speakers: Andreas Kalyvas and Ayça Çubukçu; Chair Chetan Bhatt
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2011
State Violence and the Responsibility to Protect
15 November 2011
Speakers: Dr Chaloka Beyani, Cllr Ignacio Llanos, Professor Sir Adam Roberts
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Migrants and Intellectual life
13 July 2011
Speakers: Sir Harry Kroto, Philippe Sands QC, Mike Phillips, Gita Saghal.
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The Virtues of Violence and the Art of Terror
23 March 2012
Speaker: Professor Chetan Bhatt
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Climate Change needs Climate Justice
10 March 2011
Speaker: Mary Robinson
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Representing Atrocity: distant suffering and the politics of pity
16 February 2011
Speakers: Professor Lilie Chouliaraki, Professor Stjepan Mestrovic, Dr Irene Bruna Seu
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2010
European Democracies and Human Rights: From present failures to future protection
9 December 2010
Speakers: Thomas Hammarberg, Chair: Chetan Bhatt
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Impunity in Cambodia
18 November 2010
Speakers: Brad Adams, Margo Picken, Simon Taylor, Chair: Chaloka Beyani
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Seeking Justice for Crimes Against Humanity: The case of Argentina
4 November 2010
Speakers: Judge Sergio Torres, Chair: Professor Chetan Bhatt
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2009
Human Rights in the 21st Century
29 October 2009
Speakers:Professor Noam Chomsky, Chair: Sir Howard Davies
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Human Rights after Darwin: Is a general theory of human rights now possible?
7 May 2009
Speakers: Professor Conor Gearty, Chair: Dr Sigrid Rausing
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2008
Human Rights Day Event: The Right of Rights 1948-2008
4 December 2008
Speakers: Shami Chakrabarti, Jonathan Cooper, Professor Conor Gearty, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC Professor Francesca Klug, Professor Peter Townsend, Chair: Professor Laurie Taylor
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The International Criminal Court ten years on: An appraisal
7 October 2008
Speakers: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Chair: Professor Gerry Simpson
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Religious faith and human rights
1 May 2008
Speakers: Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Chair: Professor Conor Gearty
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2007
Human Rights Day Lecture 2007- Human Rights in the 21st Century: Problems and prospects
6 December 2007
Speakers: Kenneth Roth, Chair: Dorothy Q Thomas
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Iraq and the law: what went wrong?
14 November 2007
Speakers: Rabinder Singh QC, Chair: Professor Christine Chinkin
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Field Notes: Human rights defenders speak
6 November 2007
Speakers: Mandira Sharma; Arnold Tsunga, Sam Zia-Zarifi, Tiseke Kasambala Dr Jenny Kuper
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Marking a new era for equality and human rights in Britain
25 October 2007
Speakers:Trevor Phillips, Francesca Klug OBE, Baroness Jane Campbell DBE, Chair: Professor Conor Gearty
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The challenges of development and environmental sustainability in Africa: the case of Rwanda
4 October 2007
Speakers:His Excellency Paul Kagame and Professor Conor Gearty (chair)
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