Human Rights in Europe and the Americas, a seminar series organized by DIRH and CSA
Europe and the Americas: Transatlantic Approaches to Human Rights
The Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) and Center for the Study of the Americas cooperated during the spring of 2009 on a series of public seminars focusing on Human Rights in Europe and the Americas.
The seminar series was part of DIHR's involvement in the European Master's degree in Human Rights and Democratization, E.MA
The seminar series was part of DIHR's involvement in the European Master's degree in Human Rights and Democratization, E.MA
Convenor: Eva Maria Lassen, Ph.D., Research Director
Program:
Approaching the topic
Eva Maria Lassen, DIHR
Civil or human rights? Dialogues on human rights in the United States and Europe
Professor dr. phil. Helle Porsdam, the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen
Thursday 19 February at 10:00 – 12:00
Eva Maria Lassen, DIHR
Civil or human rights? Dialogues on human rights in the United States and Europe
Professor dr. phil. Helle Porsdam, the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen
Thursday 19 February at 10:00 – 12:00
The past discontinued: American and European views on international criminal tribunals
Erik André Andersen, Ph.D., Analyst, DIHR
Thursday 26 February at 10:00 – 12:00
Erik André Andersen, Ph.D., Analyst, DIHR
Thursday 26 February at 10:00 – 12:00
Latin American impact on global human rights law
Dr. jur. Jonas Christoffersen, Director, DIHR
Thursday 5 March at 10:00 – 12:00
Dr. jur. Jonas Christoffersen, Director, DIHR
Thursday 5 March at 10:00 – 12:00
Time for change? The power of the President of the United States and international law
Niels Bjerre-Poulsen, Ph.D., Center Director, the CBS Center for the Study of the Americas, and Peter Vedel Kessing, Ph.D., researcher, DIHR
Thursday 12 March at 10:00 – 12:00
Niels Bjerre-Poulsen, Ph.D., Center Director, the CBS Center for the Study of the Americas, and Peter Vedel Kessing, Ph.D., researcher, DIHR
Thursday 12 March at 10:00 – 12:00
Law as a tale of identity: different identities and different human rights conceptions in Europe and the Americas?
Sten Schaumburg-Müller, Associate Professor, Ph.D., School of Law, University of Aarhus
Thursday 19 March at 10:00 – 12:00
Sten Schaumburg-Müller, Associate Professor, Ph.D., School of Law, University of Aarhus
Thursday 19 March at 10:00 – 12:00
A human rights perspective on the use of imprisonment in the US and in Europe
Peter Scharff Smith, Ph.D., Research director, DIHR
Thursday 26 March at 10:00 – 12:00
Peter Scharff Smith, Ph.D., Research director, DIHR
Thursday 26 March at 10:00 – 12:00
Current challenges for human rights in Latin America
Mariclaire Acosta, Americas Director, International Center for Transitional Justice, New York
Thursday 2 April at 10:00 – 12:00
Mariclaire Acosta, Americas Director, International Center for Transitional Justice, New York
Thursday 2 April at 10:00 – 12:00
Contesting religious and non-religious territories: cases from Canada, the US and Denmark
Tim Jensen, Associate Professor, The Study of Religions, University of Southern Denmark
Thursday 16 April at 10:00 – 12:00
Tim Jensen, Associate Professor, The Study of Religions, University of Southern Denmark
Thursday 16 April at 10:00 – 12:00
New approaches to human rights? Latin America’s new constitutions
Gonzalo Abad-Ortiz, Senior Adviser to UNESCO, Lecturer at Sciences Po, Paris
Thursday 23 April at 10:00 – 12:00
Gonzalo Abad-Ortiz, Senior Adviser to UNESCO, Lecturer at Sciences Po, Paris
Thursday 23 April at 10:00 – 12:00
See also www.menneskeret.dk
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Sidst opdateret af Anne Katrine Bjerregaard 04.08.2009
