The University of Dayton Human Rights Center presents the biennial conference The Social Practice of Human Rights, set for October 1-3, 2015, on the University of Dayton’s River Campus.
Through its research panels, roundtables, keynote addresses, and plenary sessions focused on sustainable development goals, this conference provides a unique space for scholars, practitioners and advocates to engage in collaboration, dialogue and critical analysis of human rights advocacy, both locally and globally.
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
- César Rodríguez Garavito, International Director and founder of DeJusticia in Colombia
- Tariq Banuri, Professor of Economics and City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah; former UN consultant
- David Schilling, Senior Program Director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
PLENARY PANELISTS
- Katherine Gallagher, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights
- Mark Ensalaco, Associate Professor and Director of Human Rights Research at the University of Dayton's Human Rights Center
- Richard Hiskes, Professor in the Department of Political Science at Grand Valley State University
- Jacqui Patterson, Director of the Climate Gap Initiative at the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program
- Jane Sloane, Vice President of Programs at Global Fund for Women
- Kate Donald, Director of the Human Rights in Development Program at the Center for Economic and Social Rights
- Ejim Dike, Executive Director of the US Human Rights Network
- Diana Samarasan, Founding Executive Director of the Disability Rights Fund
- Katy Love, Senior Program Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation
- Matthew Hart, Founder and Principal of the LaFayette Practice
- Mona Chun, Executive Director of the International Human Rights Funders Group
- Jason Franklin, Former Executive Director of Bolder Giving
Browse the contents of 2015 — The Social Practice of Human Rights:
- Visualizing Rights
- Visualizing Rights
- Thursday, Oct. 1
- Schedule for Thursday, Oct. 1
- Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking
- Scholars and practitioners share the latest knowledge and strategies concerning sexual violence and human trafficking
- Saturday, October 3, 2015
- Schedule for Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015
- Roundtable — Teaching Human Rights Inside and Outside the Classroom: Education Without Borders
- Developing courses and training on methods and ethics
- Rethinking Rights
- Scholars and practitioners share new ways to see human rights
- Religion and Human Rights
- Religion and Human Rights
- Migrants and Minorities
- Human rights scholars and advocates share their research and experiences regarding migrants and minorities
- Media and the Digital Age
- Media and the Digital Age
- Justice and Judicial Systems
- Scholars and practitioners share their research and experience on human rights in justice and judicial systems
- Human Rights Attitudes in a World Society
- Human Rights Attitudes in a World Society
- Human Rights Education
- An examination of approaches to education in human rights research, practice and advocacy
- Humanitarian Concerns
- Scholarly and professional commentary on current humanitarian concerns
- Friday, October 2, 2015
- Schedule for Friday, Oct. 2, 2015
- Framing Human Rights
- Scholars and practitioners share their research and experience on framing human rights
- Engaging in Human Rights Work
- Engaging in Human Rights Work
- Critical Reflections
- Critical reflections on human rights research and practice
- Case Studies in Human Rights Activism
- Case Studies in Human Rights Activism
- Advocacy – Global and Local
- Advocacy
