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Contemporary Challenges in Human Rights Conference – Monday, April 17 (U C L A)

ARMENIAN COMMUNITY EVENT

MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2017

9:00 – 9:45 am
REGISTRATION

9:45 – 10:00 am
WELCOME ADDRESS: DEAN JENNIFER L. MNOOKIN

10:00 – 11:15 am
NATIONAL SECURITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES

Kristen Eichensehr
Assistant Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
David Kaye
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom
of opinion and expression; Clinical Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law
Jennifer Robinson
Doughty Street Chambers
John Villasenor
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Public Policy, and Management, UCLA

moderator:
Stephen Gardbaum
MacArthur Foundation Professor of International Justice and Human Rights, UCLA School of Law

11:30 – 12:45 pm
HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS

Tendayi Achiume
Assistant Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Jody Heymann M.D., Ph.D
Dean, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Founding Director, WORLD Policy Analysis Center
Paul H. Wise, M.D., M.P.H.
Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society and Professor of Pediatrics,
Stanford University School of Medicine; Senior Fellow, Freeman-Spogli Institute for
International Studies, Stanford University

moderator:
Lara Stemple
Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and International Student Programs; Director, Health and
Human Rights Project, UCLA School of Law

1:00 – 2:00 pm
LUNCH AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

2:00 – 3:30 pm
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR GENOCIDE AND OTHER MASS ATROCITIES

Richard Dicker
Director, International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch
Adama Dieng
United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
Geoffrey Robinson
Professor of History, UCLA
Richard Steinberg
Professor of Law and Political Science, UCLA

moderator:
Maximo Langer
Professor of Law; Director, Transnational Program on Criminal Justice, UCLA School of Law

3:45 – 4:45 pm
ARMENIA: GENOCIDE, DENIAL, ACCOUNTABILITY

Geoffrey Robertson, Q.C.
Founder and Joint Head of Doughty Street Chambers

discussant:
Aslı Bâli
Professor of Law; Director, Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA

co-sponsors:
The Burkle Center for International Relations
The Global Human Rights Initiative
The Health and Human Rights Project at UCLA School of Law
The UCLA International Institute
The Center for Near Eastern Studies
The UCLA Center for World Health

 

 

 

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