International Conference - Human Rights and Democracy

Human Rights and Democracy

Annual Conference of the Connecticut/Baden-Württemberg Human Rights Research Consortium (HRRC), organized by FRIAS and colleagues at the Human Rights Institute of the University of Connecticut, USA.

 
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Welcome

9:00 am Connecticut / 15:00 Baden-Württemberg

• Co-Directors' Welcome: Sebastian Wogenstein, German Studies, University of Connecticut
• Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg: Representative tbd
• State of Connecticut, Office of Global Affairs, University of Connecticut: Vice President for Global Affairs Daniel Weiner
• Consulate General of Germany, Boston: Consul General Nicole Menzenbach

9:15 am Connecticut / 15:15 Baden-Württemberg
Moderator: Bernd Kortmann, English, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg

KEYNOTE: HUMAN RIGHTS, DISCRIMINATION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

WILFRIED HINSCH, CHAIR FOR PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

10:15 am Connecticut / 16.15 Baden-Württemberg
Moderator: Karin Amos, Education, Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of Tübingen

PRESENTATION TITLE TBD

BOAVENTURA DE SOUSA SANTOS, SOCIOLOGY OF LAW, ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA / UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON

Organized by the HRRC Working Group on Human Rights Education and Solidarity

11:00 am Connecticut / 17:00 Baden-Württemberg
Moderator: Dorothee Kimmich, German Literature, University of Tübingen

DEMOCRACY AS A HUMAN RIGHT

LEWIS GORDON, PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Organized by the HRRC Working Group on Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights

11:45 am Connecticut / 17:45 Baden-Württemberg

NEXT STEPS FOR THE HRRC

Katharina von Hammerstein, German Studies, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut

BREAK WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INFORMAL CONVERSATION

12:15 pm Connecticut / 18:15 Baden-Württemberg
Moderator: Silja Vöneky, Law and Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg

DIGITAL AUTHORITARIANISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS

RICHARD A. WILSON, ANTHROPOLOGY, LAW, AND HUMAN RIGHTS, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

MOLLY LAND, LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Organized by the HRRC Working Group on Human Rights, Science and Technology

1:00 pm Connecticut / 19:00 Baden-Württemberg
Moderator: James Cavallaro, Law, University Network for Human Rights; Wesleyan University; Yale University; University of Connecticut

BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGES

JANNE MENDE, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, HEIDELBERG

Organized by the HRRC Working Group on Human Rights and International Relations

1:45 pm Connecticut / 19:45 Baden-Württemberg
Moderator: Lia Börsch, Modern and Contemporary History, University of Tübingen

HOW TO COMMUNICATE HUMAN RIGHTS IN TIMES OF BACKLASH? COMMUNICATION PRACTICES OF THE EUROPEAN AND INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS REGIMES

SILVIA STEININGER, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, HEIDELBERG

Organized by the Graduate Human Rights Research Working Group

2:15 pm Connecticut / 20:15 Baden-Württemberg
Moderator: Tobias Lebens, German Studies, University of Tübingen

DO WE NEED NEURORIGHTS AS NEW HUMAN RIGHTS?

NORA HERTZ, LAW, UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG

2:45 pm Connecticut / 20:45 Baden-Württemberg 

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