Human Rights Protection in Global Politics: Responsibilities of States and Non-State Actors

Book Launch and Panel Discussion

Wednesday 11th February 2015, 5.30pm
Yudowitz Lecture Theatre, Wolfson Medical School Building, University of Glasgow

Chair:
Siobhan Reardon, Amnesty International

Participants:
Kurt Mills, University of Glasgow
David Karp, University of Sussex
Mátyás Bódig, University of Aberdeen
Flor González Correa, Aston University

This groundbreaking new book brings together political, legal and moral perspectives on the responsibilities of human rights protection in world politics today. In this panel discussion, the editors and some of the authors discuss their contributions and the main debates surrounding who has responsibilities to protect human rights, addressing state responsibility, the responsibility non-state actors, including corporations, and the emerging responsibility to protect people at risk of mass atrocities.