Book Launch - Human Rights Protection in Global Politics
Date and time
Location
Wolfson Medical Building, Yudowitz Seminar Room
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
United Kingdom
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.