2048: Drafting the Future of Human Rights!!!

“2048: DRAFTING THE FUTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS”

 HEY! ITS A GREAT EVENT! If you are interested in Business, Law, Economics, or Advocacy this is for you.

The first conference for the International Convention on Human Rights Research Project will be on February 29, 2008, LEAP YEAR DAY, in Booth Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley, School of Law. The purpose of the conference is to facilitate an open-ended discussion about the future of human rights and to launch the Project’s website. Our conference will last all day and include the following:

Friday, February 29, 2008

10:00 - 10:25 Professor David Caron, Welcome and Introduction of Keynote speakers

10:25 - 11:15 Opening Keynote Address

Mary Robinson, Past President of Ireland and a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will give a keynote on “The Realization of Human Rights over the next 40 years.”

11:15 - 11:45 Second Keynote Speaker

Robert Haas, Chairman Emeritus of Levi’s, will give a keynote on “The Role of Business in the Future of Human Rights.”

11:45 - 11:55 Short Break

11:55 - 12:35 Conversation on Implementation of the Visions of the Keynote Speakers

Christopher Edley, Dean of Berkeley Law School, in Conversation with the two keynote speakers and the audience, will discuss how the visions of the keynote speakers may be realized.

12:40 - 1:45 Lunch at Boalt Hall, Grassy Courtyard

2:00 - 4:00 Discussion Panel in the Goldberg Room at the law
school.

“Looking Back on the Future of Human Rights: 1948, Race, and the Cold War”

Panelists:

Jonathan Simon, Associate Dean for Jurisprudence and Social Policy, UC Berkeley (moderator).

Carol Anderson, Professor of History, University of Missouri, author of “Eyes Off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights.”

Elizabeth Borgwardt, Professor of History, Washington University in St. Louis, author of “A New Deal for the World: America’s Vision for Human Rights.”

Mary Dudziak, Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado, Professor of Law, History, and Political Science, author of “Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy” and “Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall’s African Journey.”

4:00 - 5:30 Rest period

5:30 - 6:00 Cocktails Adagia Restaurant next to Law School

6:00 - 7:00 Dinner,with speaker, at Adagia Restaurant

Speaker, Karima Bennoune, Professor, Rutgers University, Board Member,Amnesty International USA

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