Conference Announcement "Human Rights in an Age of Terrorism" Inaugural Conference The Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut September 9-11th, 2004
In the globalizing, post Cold War era of the 1990s, human rights came to play a more salient role in establishing stability in the global order, and ensuring more democratic forms of political and economic participation at the local level. During this time, significant advances were made in creating international human rights institutions which could enforce human rights. Since 2001, the "war on terror" has led to a disconnection between human rights and security concerns and the project to build a system of global justice has been derailed. Human rights advocates have not yet articulated a coherent response to the new global security regime, nor reconceptualized human rights so that they may be more responsive to security concerns. This conference aims to understand and redefine the place of human rights in the present international political order, and to identify the ways in which human rights and security imperatives can be reconciled. The conference will bring together leading figures in the field of human rights to examine the impact of the war on terror on human rights worldwide, and to seek to reconcile civil liberties with the need for security. Sessions: - Human Rights and Security - Civil Liberties in the War on Terror - Unilateral or Multilateral Strategies for Defending Human Rights? - Redefining Human Rights and Security Sackler Human Rights Lecture: Michael Ignatieff Speakers include: Ken Anderson, Thomas Cushman, Richard Falk, Michael Freeman, Peter Galison, Richard Goldstone, Carol Greenhouse, Christopher Hill, David Luban, Angelia Means, Julie Mertus, Martha Minow, Aryeh Neier, Wiktor Osiatynski, Geoffrey Robertson, Mary Robinson, and Martin Shaw. Organized by Richard A. Wilson, Human Rights Institute. More details and registration at our website. Contact: Rachel Jackson Thomas J. Dodd Research Center University of Connecticut U-1205, Storrs, CT 06268 USA Tel: +1-860-486-5393 Fax: +1-860-486-6332 Email: rachel.jack...@uconn.edu Website: http://www.humanrights.uconn.edu/ _________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://www.polylog.org/interphil/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://www.polylog.org/agd/cal/
