Human Rights Festival
Tuesday 27th March - Thursday 26th April 2012
Admission is free and there is no need to pre-book for talks, though please check this page before attending in case of any late changes to the programme.
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| 27 March, 6.00pm | Dr Dan Plesch - The 2,000 WW2 War Crimes Trials and the 1942 Condemnation of the Holocaust: issues from the UN at war for 21st Century Human Rights |
| Dr Dan Plesch is Director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the School of Oriental and African Studies and author of America, Hitler and the UN. Dr Plesch will offer ideas for student research and public engagement with these issues leading to the 70th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Persecution of the Jews in December and the creation of the UN War Crimes Commission of 1943-48. |
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| Room JG0001, John Galsworthy building, Penrhyn Road campus | |
| 29 March, 5.00pm-6.00pm | Peter Finn - The Globalisation of Rendition and Secret Detention |
| A central component of the US-led 'war on terror' has been the holding, transfer and interrogation of terror suspects, often outside the bounds of international law. In many senses, we can now speak of a 'globalised system' of rendition and secret detention, with a complex network of co-operation and complicity in relation to capture, detention, transfer and treatment of suspects. Peter Finn will be speaking about the project he is working on with Dr Sam Raphael, which is designed to bring together the existing data collected by human rights organisations, identify the major features of this network, and analyse how the system has evolved over the past ten years. |
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| Room JG5005, John Galsworthy building, Penrhyn Road campus | |
| 24 April, 6.00pm | The Survivors Speak Out Network from Freedom from Torture |
| Freedom from Torture is a human rights organisation that exists to enable survivors of torture and organised violence to engage in a healing process to assert their own human dignity and worth. Their concern for the health and well-being of torture survivors and their families is directed towards providing medical and social care, practical assistance, and psychological and physical therapy. We will be joined by Kolbassia Haoussou, a network member, to hear more about this fascinating organisation. | |
| Room JG3007, John Galsworthy building, Penrhyn Road campus | |
| 25 April, 5.00pm-6.30pm | Arms Trade Debate |
| What can we expect from the Arms Trade Treaty? What are the implications of the treaty with regards to the protection of human rights? What substantial difference will the treaty make? And is there such thing as 'responsible' arms trade? As part of the Kingston University Human Rights Festival a panel of experts will discuss these and other questions. Be invited to join this fascinating debate and share your concerns with the members of the panel. |
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| Room JG0002, John Galsworthy building, Penrhyn Road campus | |
| 26 April - CANCELLED | |
