The Schell Center organizes frequent panels, lectures, and conferences on human rights topics. Major events include the weekly Human Rights Workshop: Current Events and Issues and the annual Robert L. Bernstein International Symposium.
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 14 (Room 122)
6:10 p.m. David Hawk, International Human Rights Consultant for Freedom House and Researcher for U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, Human Rights in North Korea Today
April 15 (Rm. 129)
6:10 p.m. Human Trafficking, Sex Workers, and Slavery in Southeast Asia: A Film and Discussion - screening of Mekong Butterfly; discussants: Cristinia Arnold, Found, Prevent Human Trafficking; Pierre Le Roux, social anthropologist
April 17 (Room 122)
4:10 p.m. Bereket Habte Selassie, William E. Leuchtenburg Professor of African Studies and Law, University of North Carolina and former Attorney-General and Associate Justice of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia, and Chairman of the Constitutional Commission of Eritrea from 1994-1997. The Elusive Treasure: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law - A Focus on the Horn of Africa
April 23 (Room 120)
4:10 p.m. Ali Afshari, Iranian political activist Obstacles to Promoting Respect for Human Rights in Iran
April 24 (Faculty Lounge)
4:15 p.m. Ruti Teitel, Ernst Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School, Humanity's Law
April 29 (Room 127)
6:10 p.m. Writing Wrongs? Foreign Correspondents, Human Rights, and the China Story -panel discussion with Evan Osnos, Bejiing Burea Chief, Chicago Tribune, Philip Pan, former Beijing Burea Chief, Washington Post, Susan Jakes, former Beijing Correspondient, Time Magazine, Nicholas Bequelin, China Researcher, Human Rights Watch, Moderator: Jeffrey Prescott, Deputy Director, The China Law Center, Yale Law
April 30 (Room 122)
4:10 p.m. Tim Shortley, Advisor to Assistant Secretary for African Affairs for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution in Congo and Uganda