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IHRE Lecture Series & Events
The IHRE Guest Lecture Series is designed as a complement to the core inter-disciplinary law course, Human Rights: Perspectives from the Disciplines. Mandatory for IHRE participants, the lectures are open to the general public and are intended to stimulate debate on a range of themes that relate to human rights issues. Prominent academics, practitioners, and commentators are invited to deliver the guest lectures; which are hosted in various venues at Wits and in the greater Johannesburg region. The lecture series aims, ultimately, to build a vibrant "human rights community" that engages with human rights using lenses that are innovative and thought-provoking.
2007 IHRE Guest Lecture Series
Friday 20 July: IHRE Welcome Dinner
Guest Speaker: George Bizos, Renowned Human Rights Advocate
“Human Rights in the Twenty First Century”
Wednesday 1 August 2007
Guest Speaker: Professor Roger Berkowitz; Bard College
“Hannah Arendt's New Law on Earth”
Theme: Philosophy and Human Rights
Monday 3 September 2007
Guest Speaker: Terry Kurgan; Photographer and Mixed-Media Artist
“Material Ghosts: Photography and the City”
Theme: Media and Human Rights
Wednesday 26 September 2007
Guest Speaker: Yasmin Sooka; Foundation for Human Rights & TRC
“After the TRC: Legacies and Unfinished Business”
Theme: Amnesty, Transitional Justice & Human Rights
Other proposed themes include:
- African Literature and Human Rights;
- Constitutionality and Human Rights;
- Migration and Human Rights; and
- HIV/AIDS and Human Rights.
IHRE Human Rights Roundtable Discussions
Monday 23 July 2007
"Human Rights in Africa: Perspectives from Western and Southern Africa"
Guest Participants:
- Advocate Tseliso Thipanyane, CEO, South African Human Rights Commission
- Paula Roque, Research Coordinator, South African Institute of International Affairs
October 2007 (Proposed)
“Land Rights in Southern Africa”
Tentative Guest Participants:
- Andile Mngxitama; Landless People’s Movement, South Africa
- Roy Bennett: Movement for Democractic Change, Zimbabwe
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