Human Rights and Change
16 - 18 June 2014
Kadir Has Üniversitesi, Istanbul
Registration is open for the conference 'Human Rights and Change,’ to be held in Istanbul 16 - 18 June 2014.This the the third joint conference organized by the human rights sections of the American Political Science Association, the European Consortium for Political Research, the International Political Science Association, and the International Studies Association. You can find the program, and a link to registration, here: http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/HRIstanbul2014/Program.aspx . We had an overwhelming response to our call for papers, resulting in an excellent and diverse program, with 30 panels and 120 papers.
Plenary sessions include:
Riza Türmen, Former Turkish Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, currently opposition MP from the Republican People's Party
Edward Mortimer, Fellow of All Souls College Oxford, University and former Director of Communications in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General
Ruti Teitel, Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School
Practitioner panel featuring:
Emel Kurma, Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly
Matthew Preston, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Manal Tibe, member of the National Council for Human Rights (Egypt) and former member of the Egyptian Constituent Assembly
TBA
The conference is organized in association with, and will be followed immediately by, the Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System: 'Global Governance: Engaging New Norms and Emerging Challenges'. The ACUNS annual meeting will also be held at Kadir Has University, 19-21 June. Individuals registered to attend either conference will be eligible to receive a 20% discount registration for the other conference. More information can be found at: http://acuns.org/am2014/
The organisers gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the following:
Centre for Global Constitutionalism, University of St. Andrews
European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Human Rights and Transition
Glasgow Human Rights Network, University of Glasgow
International Studies Association Human Rights Section
International Political Science Association Human Rights Research Committee
Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project, Roosevelt University
Journal of Human Rights
The organisers also acknowledge the support of Kadir Has University and the Academic Council on the United Nations System.
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Best Regards,
The Human Rights and Change Team
Kurt Mills
Chandra Sriram
Anja Mihr
Bethany Barratt
Anthony Lang
Fusun Turkmen
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