[Discussion] The United States and Global Human Rights
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The United States and Global Human Rights (Second CFP)
11-13 November 2004
The Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford invites single
paper and panel proposals for a two-day conference examining the role of
the United States in promoting and/or weakening human rights around the
globe. Despite - or perhaps because of - its strong rights tradition,
the USA has recently come under fire from the international community
for abrogating human rights in its wide-ranging anti-terrorist campaign.
The question of America's historic relationship to global human rights
is one full of ambiguities and ambivalence and thus merits close
examination. What are human rights in the U.S. view? Have they been
redefined since 9/11? What impact has recent American foreign policy had
on its ability to promote an external human rights policy? Does the US
preference for unilateralist action weaken its ability to promote an
external human rights policy and to contribute to the further
development of the international human rights regime? Or do rights
properly belong under the protection of nations rather than
international institutions?
Plenary Speakers include: Michael Ignatieff, Director of Carr Center for
Human Rights Policy, Harvard University; Slavoj Zizek, Professor of
Philosophy, Ljubljana; and Gay McDougall, Executive Director, Global
Rights.
The RAI welcomes proposals examining the legal, historical, cultural,
and political relationship of the United States to the emergence of the
human rights norm in the twentieth century. Papers and panels should
relate to one or more of the following themes:
* The Rights Tradition in the United States
* U.S. Contributions to the origins and development of the
international Human Rights Regime
* U.S. Human Rights policy-making
* America and the International Criminal Court
* Civil Rights and Human Rights within the United States
* Human Rights case studies - U.S. policy toward specific countries
and under specific presidencies.
* The role of American NGOs in the global Human Rights Regime
* The United States and the United Nations
* American Sovereignty and Human Rights
Please send one-page proposals with a brief C.V. by Friday 2 July 2004
to the enclosed address.
Cheryl Hudson
Rothermere American Institute
University of Oxford
1A South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3TG
Email: cheryl.hudson@rai.ox.ac.uk <mailto:cheryl.hudson@rai.ox.ac.uk>
Visit the website at http://www.rai.ox.ac.uk
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<font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">The United States and
Global Human Rights (Second CFP)<br>
11-13 November 2004<br>
The Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford invites single
paper and panel proposals for a two-day conference examining the role
of the United States in promoting and/or weakening human rights around
the globe. Despite – or perhaps because of – its strong rights
tradition, the USA has recently come under fire from the international
community for abrogating human rights in its wide-ranging
anti-terrorist campaign. The question of America’s historic
relationship to global human rights is one full of ambiguities and
ambivalence and thus merits close examination. What are human rights in
the U.S. view? Have they been redefined since 9/11? What impact has
recent American foreign policy had on its ability to promote an
external human rights policy? Does the US preference for unilateralist
action weaken its ability to promote an external human rights policy
and to contribute to the further development of the international human
rights regime? Or do rights properly belong under the protection of
nations rather than international institutions?
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<p><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">Plenary
Speakers include: Michael Ignatieff, Director of Carr Center for Human
Rights Policy, Harvard University; Slavoj Zizek, Professor of
Philosophy, Ljubljana; and Gay McDougall, Executive Director, Global
Rights. </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">The RAI
welcomes proposals examining the legal, historical, cultural, and
political relationship of the United States to the emergence of the
human rights norm in the twentieth century. Papers and panels should
relate to one or more of the following themes:<br>
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<li><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">The Rights
Tradition in the United States </font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">U.S.
Contributions to the origins and development of the international Human
Rights Regime </font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">U.S. Human Rights
policy-making </font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">America and the
International Criminal Court </font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">Civil Rights and
Human Rights within the United States </font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">Human Rights case
studies – U.S. policy toward specific countries and under specific
presidencies. </font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">The role of
American NGOs in the global Human Rights Regime </font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">The United States
and the United Nations </font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">American
Sovereignty and Human Rights </font></li>
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<font size="2" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">Please send one-page
proposals with a brief C.V. by Friday 2 July 2004 to the enclosed
address.
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<td width="100%"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Helvetica"><font
size="-1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">Cheryl Hudson <br>
Rothermere American Institute <br>
University of Oxford <br>
1A South Parks Road <br>
Oxford OX1 3TG</font></font>
<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Helvetica"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Helvetica">Email: <a
href="mailto:cheryl.hudson@rai.ox.ac.uk">cheryl.hudson@rai.ox.ac.uk</a></font><br>
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Helvetica">Visit the website at <a
href="http://www.rai.ox.ac.uk">http://www.rai.ox.ac.uk</a></font> </font></p>
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