Book Launch - Human Rights Protection in Global Politics
Event Information
Description
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.
Organiser Glasgow Human Rights Network (GHRN)
Organiser of Book Launch - Human Rights Protection in Global Politics
The Glasgow Human Rights Network aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, members of civil society organisations and policymakers who address human rights issues.
The University of Glasgow has a wide range of expertise on a variety of human rights issues, and conducts both research and teaching in this area, as do other universities in Scotland. The City of Glasgow, and Scotland more widely, also has many nongovernmental organisations involved in human rights issues. And Scotland constitutes a unique setting within the UK for addressing human rights issues within the context of devolution.
The aims of the network are to:
- To be an internationally recognised network for human rights
- To facilitate interdisciplinary research collaboration
- To support interdisciplinary teaching in human rights, particularly at the postgraduate level
- To support knowledge exchange between practitioners and researchers
- To provide a public forum for lectures, debates, and other activities
