School of International and Public AffairsColumbia UniversityCelebrating 60 Years

School of international & public affairs -- saturday, October 28, 2006

 
session one -- PANEL two
 

Implementing Human Rights in a Changing World

 


The historic and global quest for human rights has arguably reached a mature
phase. Though the effort to open new areas for codification and dissemination continues, the emphasis has moved toward implementation and monitoring of performance. A growing range of actors are intimately involved in this effort, including the private sector and NGOs as well as inter-governmental and governmental bodies. The panel will address the state of the art from each of these perspectives and assess progress to date and the obstacles ahead.

Moderator: Ed Luck, Professor of Practice in International & Public Affairs, SIPA; Director of the Center on International Organization, Columbia University

Discussant: Michael Doyle, Harold Brown Professor of U.S. Foreign and Security Policy; Department of International and Public Affairs and Columbia Law School

Alumni Panelists:

  • Fred Abrahams, MIA ‘95, Senior Emergencies Researcher, Human Rights Watch

  • Darryl Knudsen, MIA ‘03, Manager of Global Partnerships, Gap, Inc. Social Responsibility

  • Felice Gaer, CERT ’71, Executive Director, Jacob Blaustein Institute

  • Q&A