11 Dec | GI-ESCR discusses ESC Rights in changing times at Human Rights Centre Speaker Series
Next Friday 11 December, Magdalena Sepúlveda, GI-ESCR Executive Director, will participate in the Human Rights Centre Speaker Series on “Future Directions for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”. She will tackle ESC rights in changing times, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This two-day webinar workshop is hosted by the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex.
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The event will take place on Friday 11 December, 16:00-17:30 (GMT).
SpeakErs
Ignacio Saiz, Executive Director of the Center for Economic and Social Rights
Professor Sandy Liebenberg, HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law and Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch.
Professor Cephas Lumina, Visiting Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law, University of Lusaka and a Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Dr. Magdalena Sepúlveda, Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Respondent:
Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Co-Deputy Director, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Chair:
Dr. Andrew Fagan, Director of Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
programme
Thursday 10 December 2020
Panel One: Human Rights Education for Human Rights
11.00am to 12.30pm – UK GMT;
Dr Patricia Palacios-Zuloaga and Dr Koldo Casla, Human Rights Centre Clinic, University of Essex
Dr Daragh Murray, Digital Verification Unit, University of Essex; Student training in the verification of digital information of human rights abuses
Thursday 10 December 2020
Panel Two: Human Rights Education through Human Rights
2.30pm to 4.00pm – UK GMT;
Prof. Felisa Tibbitts (UNESCO Chair Human Rights Education in Higher Education, Chair in Human Rights Education in the Department of Law, Economics and Governance at Utrecht University and a Lecturer in the International Education Development Program at Teachers College, Columbia University)Dr Aoife Duffy, Co-Deputy Director Human Rights Centre, University of EssexDr Carlos Gigoux-Gramegna, Deputy Director Centre for Migration Studies, University of Essex
Friday 11 December 2020
4.00pm to 5.30pm – UK GMT;
Panel Three: Future Directions for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Chair; Dr Andrew Fagan, Director of the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex.
Respondent; Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Co-Deputy Director, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex.
Title of Judith Bueno de Mesquita's talk: Reflections on teaching of ESCR at Essex from 2002-2020 and beyond: preparing students for ESCR practice.
Essex Alumni panel
Professor Sandy Liebenberg - H.F. Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law and Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch; Vice-Chair of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Title of Sandy Liebenberg's talk: (Re)-Connecting Socio-Economic Rights to their Transformative Potential
Professor Cephas Lumina - Professor of Law, Nelson Mandela School of Law, University of Fort Hare; Advocate of the High Court of Zambia; Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
Title of Professor Cephas Lumina's talk: Corruption and the Realization of Children’s Rights: Some Reflections
Ignacio Saiz - Executive Director of the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR)
Title of Ignacio Saiz's talk: From Symptoms to Systems: Towards a Rights-Based Economy
Dr Magdalena Sepulveda - Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) and Senior Research Associate at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
Title of Dr. Magdalena Sepúlveda's talk: ESCR in changing times
More information
Read more information on this event on University of Essex website.