Past events are organized by academic year. If an event was organized as part of a faculty project, you can find a more complete description on our Projects page. 


 

2001-2008

Human Rights 2002 Internship Cohort Information Session & Welcome Reception

Thursday, Oct 11, 2001 6 – 7:30 pm

The Recovery of Historical Memory Project (REHMI), Guatemala

Friday, Oct 12, 2001 6 – 7:30 pm

The Antigone Project

Monday, Dec 3 – 9, 2001 6 – 7:30 pm

"Violence at the Intersections" - Spoken word presentation by staff of Apna Ghar

Wednesday, Jan 9, 2002 6 – 7:30 pm

"The Practice of Human Rights: The Work of Amnesty International"

Wednesday, Jan 16, 2002 6 – 7:30 pm

Student-organized Program: Immigration Policy I

Thursday, Jan 24, 2002 6 – 7:30 pm

Student-organized Program: Immigration Policy II

Thursday, Feb 7, 2002 6 – 7:30 pm

"The Practice of Human Rights: Police Torture and Impunity in Chicago"

Wednesday, Feb 13, 2002 6 – 7:30 pm

Raja Shehadeh: "Strangers in the House: Reflections on the Relation of Human Rights and Politics in Palestine and Israel"

Friday, Feb 22, 2002 6 – 7:30 pm

Practice of Human Rights Series: Dalia Mina Valencia, Witness for Peace, Colombia

Wednesday, Apr 17, 2002 6 – 7:30 pm

Practice of Human Rights Series: Bill Goodman, Center for Constitutional Rights

Friday, Apr 26, 2002 6 – 7:30 pm

Practice of Human Rights Series: Ben Davis, Regional Program Director, Americas Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO Washington D.C.

Friday, May 3, 2002 6 – 7:30 pm

Ignacio Martin-Baro Award Presentation: Benjamin Cuellar, Director of the Human Rights Institute of the Central American University in San Salvador (IDHUCA)

Thursday, May 9, 2002 6 – 7:30 pm

Justice Albie Sachs - "Freedom and Bread: The Judicial Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights"

Thursday, Jan 23, 2003 6 – 7:30 pm

"Health Care for All? A University of Chicago Policy Debate"

Thursday, Feb 20, 2003 6 – 7:30 pm

"The Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II"

Tuesday, Oct 7 – Nov 14, 2003 6 – 7:30 pm

"Between the Lines: Contested Legality"

Thursday, Feb 19, 2004 6 – 7:30 pm

"Between the Lines: Humanitarian Issues - Guantanamo"

Wednesday, Mar 31, 2004 6 – 7:30 pm

"Remembering Rwanda"

Thursday, Apr 15, 2004 6 – 7:30 pm

"The Electronic Vote"

Tuesday, May 4, 2004 6 – 7:30 pm

"Crisis in Sudan: Displacement, Famine, Genocide"

Thursday, Nov 18, 2004 6 – 7:30 pm

Health and Human Rights Speaker Series Event - Dr. Allen S. Keller, Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture: "Advocacy and Medical Care for Victims of Torture and INS Detainees in the U.S."

Wednesday, Mar 30, 2005 6 – 7:30 pm

"Economic and Social Rights: American Exceptionalism and International Perspectives"

Tuesday, Apr 5 – 12, 2005 6 – 7:30 pm

"Truth in Motion: A Retrospective of Kartemquin Films"

Thursday, Oct 27 – Nov 12, 2005 6 – 7:30 pm

Justice Albie Sachs - "The South African Court Looks At Same-Sex Marriages: The Fourie Case"

Wednesday, Jan 11, 2006 6 – 7:30 pm

South African Activist Zackie Achmat - “Realizing Human Rights: Access to HIV/AIDS Medication and the Role of Civil Society in South Africa”

Friday, Mar 31, 2006 6 – 7:30 pm

HR Intern Alum '03 Obie Porteous: Action Against Hunger in Uganda

Tuesday, Apr 4, 2006 6 – 7:30 pm

Author David Cole - "Is the Commander-in-Chief Subject to the Rule of Law?: On Torture, Spying, and Detention in the War on Terror"

Monday, Apr 17, 2006 6 – 7:30 pm

Iranian Dissident Akbar Ganji and Professor Martha Nussbaum in Conversation

Thursday, Sep 28, 2006 6 – 7:30 pm

Global AIDS Human Rights Conference

Saturday, Oct 21, 2006 6 – 7:30 pm

Human Rights Program Distinguished Lecturer Gillian Slovo, "Human Rights and the Arts: Guantanamo in the Theatre"

Monday, Nov 13, 2006 6 – 7:30 pm

"Migration and Human Rights in the North American Corridor: Dilemmas, Contradictions, and Challenges" - Symposium

Friday, Oct 12 – 13, 2007 8 am – 4 pm Social Science Building, Room 305 , 1126 E. 59th St. View Poster

“Human Rights in Mexico: Inside the Labyrinth of Drugs, Elections and Billionaires" - Sergio Aguayo, Human Rights Program Distinguished Lecturer

Wednesday, Jan 23, 2008 6 – 7:30 pm International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th St. View Poster

"Human Rights in Mexico" - Lecture Series

Wednesday, Feb 6 – Mar 10, 2008 3 – 4:30 pm Harper Memorial Library, Room 140, 1116 E. 59th St. View Poster

Wednesday, February 6: Carlos Arango (Casa Aztlan, Chicago), “Eyewitness to 1968” Monday, February 18: Miguel Alvarez Gandara (Serapaz, Mexico, D.F.), “Lessons from the Chiapas Negotiations” Monday, February 25: Alejandra Ancheita (PRODESC, Mexico, D.F.), “Labor rights are human rights: a case from Guerrero” Monday, March 10: Jose Oliva (Interfaith Worker Justice, Chicago), “Organizing immigrants to defend their rights”

“Luces y Sombras: Light and Shadows in the Struggle for Human Rights" - Monsignor Raúl Vera López and the Ignacio Martín-Baró Human Rights Essay Prizes Award Ceremony

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:30 – 8 pm Social Science Building, Room 122, 1414 E. 59th St. View Poster

“Human Rights at Home: The United Nations and the Chicago Police Torture Cases” - Standish Willis, The Law Office of Standish E. Willis Ltd.; Joey Mogul, People’s Law Office

Thursday, Dec 4, 2008 6 – 8 pm OMSA Community Lounge, 5710 S. Woodlawn Ave. View Poster