University of Chicago Human Rights Program Distinguished Lecturer Series http://humanrights.uchicago.edu Founded in 1997 as an interdisciplinary program in the Center for International Studies, the University of Chicago Human Rights Program promotes innovative multi-disciplinary approaches to the study and practice of human rights. The Program’s core mission to bridge the gap between theory and practice is reflected in its diverse programming: undergraduate and graduate curricula, a summer internship program, public events and projects, and collaborations with human rights activists. en-us All presentations copyright 2006 by the individual speakers Fri, 19 May 2006 10:21:59 CST The University of Chicago Human Rights Program arester@uchicago.edu http://feeds.feedburner.com/UniversityOfChicagoHumanRightsProgramDistinguishedLecturerSeries "Is the Commander-in-Chief Subject to the Rule of Law?: On Torture, Spying, and Detention in the War on Terror" David Cole is the author of three books: Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism; Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties for National Security (with James X. Dempsey); and No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System. Enemy Aliens received the American Book Award and the Hefner First Amendment Prize in 2004. No Equal Justice was named Best Nonfiction Book of 1999 by the Boston Book Review, best book on an issue of national policy in 1999 by the American Political Science Association, and was awarded the Alpha Sigma Nu prize from the Jesuit Honor Society in 2001. He is the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation and a commentator on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” Moderated by Susan Gzesh, Director, University of Chicago Human Rights Program. Cosponsored by the Human Rights Program Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:10:59 GMT http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/events.shtml#5 “Realizing Human Rights: Access to HIV/AIDS Medication and the Role of Civil Society in South Africa” A talk by Zackie Achmat; Achmat is a South African activist, most widely known as founder and chairman of Treatment Action Campaign. Treatment Action Campaign, or the TAC, was launched on 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day, and has become the most well-known and successful AIDS activist group in South Africa. It focused initially on access to medicine for those who could not afford private health care by taking on government policies and brand-name pharmaceutical companies. After scoring major victories against both, it has broadened its outlook to improving all aspects of health care provision and particularly with the implementation of an anti-retroviral program in the public health sector. Presented in collaboration with Students for Global Public Health and the World Beyond the Headlines Series. Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:10:59 GMT http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/events.shtml#4 John Comaroff's Introduction of Zackie Achmat John Comaroff is Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:10:59 GMT http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/events.shtml#3 "The South African Court Looks At Same-Sex Marriages: The Fourie Case" talk by Albie Sachs, Justice on the Constitutional Court of South Africa Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:10:59 GMT http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/events.shtml#2 "Advocacy and Medical Care for Victims of Torture and INS Detainees in the U.S."" talk by Dr. Allen S. Keller, Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture. Co-sponsored by the Norman Wait Harris Fund of the Center for International Studies,Pritzker School of Medicine's Students for Global Public Health (SGPH), and the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:10:59 GMT http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/events.shtml#1