The Dignity Rights Project

Dignity in Action

Widener University Delaware Law School

4^th Dignity Rights Virtual Workshop

Commemorating the 70^thAnniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, 10AM-Noon NYC Time

To join the Zoom Meeting click on this link: https://widener.zoom.us/j/476597626

Program

10:00-10:15      Jimmy May and Erin Daly, Delaware Law School, U.S.

Welcome and Introductions

Part One: Cross-Cutting Themes

10:15-10:30      Isabella Bunn, Regents' Park College, University of Oxford, UK

The Quest for a Social and International Order: Article 28 of the UDHR as a Foundation for Human Dignity

10:30-10:40      Elaine Webster, University of Strathclyde, Scotland

Reconceptualizing the Relationship between Human Dignity and Intrinsic Worth

10:40-10:50      Simone Berman-Perlstein, Delaware Law School, Class of 2020

Corporate Accountability for Dignity Violations under Regional Human Rights Conventions

10:50-11:00      Rodney Smolla, Dean, Delaware Law School

Part Two: Regional Spotlights

11:00-11:10      Rose-Gaëlle Desiral, Université de la Fondation  Aristide, Haiti

The Fight for Recognition and Respect of the Right to Dignity of the Haitian People

11:10-11:20      Rai Mohammad Khan, Lahore High Court, Pakistan

                         The UDHR's Imprint on the Successive Constitutions of Pakistan

11:20-11:30      Tasneem Kausar, Pakistan College of Law, Pakistan

                          Dignity Rights and the Criminal Justice System in Pakistan

11:30-11:40      Sara Evans, Delaware Law School, Class of 2019

                         Dignity Beyond Constitutions in the United States

11:40-11:50      Stephen Kass, Carter Ledyard & Milburn

Dignity – Putting it All Together

11:50-12:00      Closing Remarks

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