Human Rights

Tim Slade Writer, Director, and Producer, “The Destruction of Memory” Prof. Maurizio Forte Dept. of Classical Studies and Dept. of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Duke University   The Destruction of Memory—The War Against Culture, and the Battle to Save It: “Over the past century, cultural destruction has wrought catastrophic results across the globe. […]

Professor James G. Stewart, Peter A. Allard School of Law, The University of British Columbia, will discuss the issue of the pillage of natural resources as a restraint on the use of force.This talk will be moderated by Professor Jayne Huckerby, Clinical Professor of Law and Inaugural Director of the Duke International Human Rights Clinic. The program is part of the Human Rights in Practice series, which is co-sponsored by the International Human Rights Clinic and the Center for International and Comparative Law. This event is also co-sponsored by the Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute; the Duke Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics; the Human Rights Law Society; and the International Law Society

Presentation in Spanish, interpretation to English Available  

Imam Omar Suleiman is a world renowned scholar and theologically driven activist for human rights. He is the Founder and President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and a professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University. He's also the resident scholar of the Valley Ranch Islamic Center and Co-Chair Emeritus of Faith Forward […]

Ratna Kapur will discuss her new book “Gender, Alterity, and Human Rights: Freedom in a Fishbowl.” The book is about the possibility of freedom in the aftermath of the critique of human rights. Kapur interrogates human rights as a project of freedom through a critical evaluation and analysis of scholarship and advocacy on LGBT rights, […]