Events

At the launch of The Handbook on Reparations, Archbishop Desmond Tutu makes a joke at Paul van Zyl’s expense to the amusement of Philip Alston and Pablo de Greiff.

Upcoming Events

CHRGJ co-sponsors: "Focus on Haiti The Road to Recovery – A Six Month Review" (July 27, 2010)

2010 Events

CHRGJ Faculty Director, Margaret Satterthwaite, Presents at: "Recovery and Reconstruction in Haiti: The Role of U.S. Philanthropy and Local Groups" (May 12, 2010)

CHRGJ Launches its New Documentary “Americans on Hold: Profiling, Prejudice, and National Security”: A Probing Look at Racial Profiling in post-9/11 U.S. (April 28, 2010)

Human Rights in Haiti: Working in the Aftermath of the Earthquake (April 22, 2010)

Transitional Justice Series: “In the Absence of Transition: Veterans, Refugees, and the Search for Truth and Justice in Iraq” (April 14, 2010)

Litigating Human Rights Series: Demanding Justice for Business Abuses against the Western Shoshone Tribe (April 13, 2010)

Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference (April 9, 2010)

Panel discussion "CEDAW's Role in Advancing Women’s Rights Worldwide – 30 Years of Success & Setbacks" (March 30, 2010)

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon One Year On: Challenges and Achievements (March 22, 2010)

Tracking Human Rights Worldwide: A Conversation on Human Rights in the 21st Century and the State Department’s 2009 Country Reports (March 12, 2010)

Affluence and International Human Rights Law (March 11, 2010)

Transitional Justice and Bank Liability: Recent Developments in re South Africa Apartheid Litigation (March 2, 2010)

Rebuilding Haiti: The Challenges Ahead (February 24, 2010)

Policing Sexuality: Law, Society, and Homosexuality in sub-Saharan Africa (February 17, 2010)

Haiti in Context: Film & Discussion (February 11, 2010)

CHRGJ Fundraiser for Partner's in Health/Zanmi Lasante (February 3 ,2010)

Managing Trauma II: Skills for Interviewing Victims of Human Rights Violations (February 3, 2010)

CHRGJ Reception and Photo Opening (January 22, 2010)

Haiti in Context: Perspectives on the Current Crisis (January 20, 2010)

2009 Events

Who Will Speak for the Child? Human Rights at Home and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (December7, 2009)

Book Launch for "The Guantanamo Lawyers" (November 10, 2009)

Peter Maass book presentation: “Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil” (November 6, 2009)

Managing Trauma: Dealing with Secondary Traumatization, Work with Victims of Abuse, and Exposure to Atrocity (October 30, 2009)

Engendering Counter-Terrorism and National Security (October 27, 2009)

Careers in Transitional Justice: A Discussion with Ruben Carranza of the ICTJ (October 22, 2009)

CHRGJ Litigating Human Rights Series: The Task and Implications of Decriminalizing Homosexual Sex in India (October 22, 2009)

“Managing Identity Conflicts in Africa” (October 7, 2009)

Professor Philip Alston and Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invite you to a discussion with Professor David Kinley as he launches his new book: “Civilising Globalisation: Human Rights and the Global Economy” (September 30, 2009)

International Supervision of Human Rights—A Threat to Democracy? (September 29, 2009)

Enforcing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: The Hope and Challenge of the Optional Protocol (September 23, 2009)

CHRGJ Human Rights Community Welcome Reception (September 9, 2009)

Aid Haiti Can Believe In: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Foreign Assistance (April 15, 2009)

Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference (April 10, 2009)

Transnational Corporations and the Right to Food: Featuring Professor Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (April 6, 2009)

Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Alumni Reception (April 3, 2009)

Seminar on the Prohibition Against Torture, featuring Sir Nigel Rodley (April 1, 2009)

The Challenges of Human Rights Fact-finding: Featuring Dr. Anna Neistat, Dr. Ben Majekodumi, Professor Philip Alston, and Professor Margaret Satterthwaite (March 31, 2009)

Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism: Expert Consultation Meeting (March 20-21, 2009)

Human Rights and the International Court of Justice (March 10, 2009)

Forensics Science for Human Rights Advocates Training (February 27-28, 2009)

Careers in Human Rights Series: In the Field with the OHCHR (February 26, 2009)

Transitional Justice Series Presents “Economic Crimes, Corruption, and Transitional Justice” (February 24, 2009)
Carranza's recent publication: “Plunder and Pain: Should Transitional Justice Engage with Corruption and Economic Crimes?”

CHRGJ’s Transitional Justice Lecture Series Presents: “Does Transitional Justice Work? Challenges to Assessing the Impacts of TJ Mechanisms on Democracy and Human Rights.” (February 12, 2009)
Payne's recent publication: “Does Transitional Justice Work?”

International Criminal Justice: Does It Work?: A Public Lecture by Judge Theodor Meron (February 11, 2009)

Book Launch: Human Rights Advocacy Stories (February 3, 2009)

CHRGJ’s Litigating Human Rights Series Presents: “Jessica Gonzales v. United States of America” (January 27, 2009)
Event Reflections: “Jessica Gonzales v. United States of America” Panel

2008 Events

The Transitional Justice Lunch Series Presents: “Forgotten in Transition? The Western Sahara and the Moroccan TJ Experience- A Talk with Sahrawi Human Rights Defender Aminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar.” (November 21, 2008)

Special Guest Lecture: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Argentina, Dr. Ricardo Luis Lorenzetti: “Human Rights Lessons from the Argentine Experience of Seeking Accountability for Past Crimes” (November 13, 2008)

CHRGJ Lunchtime Series: “Responding to Unlawful Killings: The Role of the UN Special Rapporteur” (October 28,2008)

Information Session, International Law and Human Rights Student Fellowship Program (October 17)

Annual Emilio Mignone Lecture on Transitional Justice, featuring Aryeh Neier (October 15, 2008)

CHRGJ Panel Discussion: Collateral Damage: The Impact of Anti-Trafficking Measures on Human Rights around the World. (October 13, 2008)

CHRGJ Lunch Series: "Transitional Justice in Peru: Francisco Soberon on the Fujimori Trial" (October 9, 2008)

CHRGJ’s Challenges in Transitional Justice Series: “The Merits of Justice in Transitions from War to Peace” (October 8, 2008)

"Careers in Human Rights" Forum (October 2, 2008)

CHRGJ’s Litigating Human Rights Series: Mohamed et al. v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. (September 30, 2008)

Wòch Nan Soley: The Denial of the Right to Water in Haiti (June 23, 2008)

NYU School of Law’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and International Human Rights Clinic released and discussed the latest groundbreaking report on caste discrimination in Nepal. (April 21, 2008)

Morning Talk with Wolfgang Kaleck (April 16, 2008)

"Does Truth have Borders? Transitional Justice and the Liberian Diaspora Experience" (April 15, 2008)

Photographs by Iraqi Civilians (April 14, 2008)

Fifth Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference (April 3, 2008)

Law Students for Human Rights and the NYU Law ACLU present: A Discussion on The Use of International Human Rights Law and Strategies in Domestic Advocacy (March 25, 2008)

25th Annual Seminar for Diplomats accredited to the United Nations (March 5-6,2008)

Forthcoming: Center for Human Rights and Global Justice & Law Students for Human Rights: Discussions with Nils Melzer, ICRC (Feb. 22, 2008)

CHRGJ & HRW Report Launch - On the Margins of Profit: Rights at Risk in the Global Economy (February 19, 2008)

The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and the South Asian Bar Association of New York would like to invite you to a Fundraising Reception for the CHRGJ’s Documentary Project, Americans on Hold: Profiling, Citizenship, and the "War on Terror” (Feb. 7, 2008)

2007 Events

Seminar with Prof. Martin Scheinin, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Promoting Human Rights While Countering Terrorism (Oct. 30, 2007)

Panel Discussion with Profs. Manfred Nowak and Meg Satterthwaite, CIA “Black Sites” and Rendition in the Spotlight (Oct. 25, 2007)

The Emilio Mignone Lecture on Transitional Justice (Sept. 24, 2007)

The Transitional Justice Essentials Course (May 21- 23, 2007)

CHRGJ Co-Sponsors Conference on Human Rights and Documentary Film in Southern Asia (May 17 - 19, 2007)

Fourth Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference (April 6, 2007)

Hidden Apartheid: Caste Discrimination against India's "Untouchables": NYU Briefing (Apr. 3, 2007)

Discussion with Stephen Grey: "Exposed! How the CIA's Secret Rendition Program Was Revealed" (January 29, 2007)

2006 Events

Rendition and Secret Detention: the Way Forward (December 6, 2006)

Attributing Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights under International Law (November 17, 2006)

Louise Arbour delivers lecture on "Economic and Social Justice for Societies in Transition" (October 25, 2006)

Launch of the Handbook of Reparations (October 23, 2006)

Amicus on U.S. Rendition (October 20, 2006)

Film Screening and Panel: Outlawed (September 20, 2006)

Third Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference (March 31, 2006)

Internal Displacement Problems, Challenges and Perspectives (March 23, 2006)

2005 Events

The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Caste Discrimination and the Conflict in Nepal Report and Advocacy Briefing (November 10, 2005)

Panel: Closing the First Guantánamo Prison Camps: How a Human Rights Clinic Sued the President and Won (October 26, 2005)

Film Screening: Persons of Interest (September 28, 2005)

Human Rights and the Media, A Conversation with Stalin K. (September 13, 2005)

Second Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference (March 4, 2005)

2004 Events

From Torture to Trial: Guantánamo and Beyond (November 17, 2004)

Crackdown in Cairo: Egypt's Campaign Against Homosexual Conduct (March 4, 2004)

International Humanitarian Law, Justice, and Reconciliation in a Changing World (March 3, 2004)

Human Rights and Development: Towards Mutual Reinforcement (March 1, 2004)

Should International Human Rights Law and Practice Shape the Philosophy of Human Rights? (January 28, 2004)

2003 Events

Inaugural Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference (October 31, 2003)

Human Rights Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals (November 11, 2003)

2002 Events

Focus on the International Criminal Court, with Judge Philippe Kirsch (Fall 2002)

Human Rights Careers Seminar (Fall 2002)

Forum on Truth Commissions with International Center for Transitional Justice (December 2002)