Fulbright Visiting Professor Lecture Series: The Future of Human Rights
This series will explore lessons and debates from a generation of human rights scholarship.
About this event
1) The Future is Female - 3 May - Harold Lee Room
How do global trends engender women’s rights—and generate new challenges?
*Brysk, The Struggle for Freedom from Fear: Contesting Gender Violence (2018)
- Andrea den Boer, University of Kent--“International pathways to women’s rights”
2) The Future of Accountability - 10 May - Eccles Room
How can we gain accountability for human rights abuse in a globalizing world?
*Brysk, The Politics of Human Rights in Argentina (1994), Global Good Samaritans (2009)
- Neil Mitchell, UCL--“Accountability for human rights violations”
- Yuna Han, Oxford University—“Refugees and universal jurisdiction”
3) Communication Human Rights - 17 May - Pichette Auditorium
How do new forms of global communication foster rights campaigns and human rights education?
*Brysk, Speaking Rights to Power (2013)
- Todd Landman, Nottingham-The Rights Track
4) Human Rights and The Future of Migration - 24 May - Pichette Auditorium
How can the legal protection of migrants expand to meet the challenges of forced displacement and non-state violators?
*Brysk, People Out of Place (2004); Human Rights and Private Wrongs (2005); From Human Trafficking to Human Rights (2012)
- Stephen Meili, Minnesota-Oxford: refugee law and Constitutionalism
- Loren Landau, Oxford University—"Mobility, rights, and competing temporalities”
5) Human Rights and The Future of Global Governance - 31 May - Harold Lee Room
How can victims pursue justice in the growing international rights regime?
*Brysk, Human Rights and the Globalization of Law
- Leigh Payne, Oxford University—Transitional Justice and Corporate Accountability
- Pilar Elizalde, London School of Economics
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