Tag: human rights
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Upcoming Event: Looking at the World Through the Lens of Torture
From our friends in Interpretation Theory: Looking at the World Through the Lens of Torture Monday, February 17, 2014 4:30 p.m. Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall Lisa Hajjar Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara Lisa Hajjar will address the significance of torture (and anti-torture) to understand historical developments in the relationship among law, state,…
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Human rights in the Occupied Territories
Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine will host Sunjeev Bery on campus Tuesday, October 22 at 4:30 in Kohlberg 116. Sunjeev BeryBery will talk about Israel’s violations of human rights in the Occupied Territories including the Gaza student blockade, Nabi Saleh village, and other human rights issues. Sunjeev Bery is the Advocacy Director for…
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How death penalty defense lawyers cope with stress and trauma
Fighting for Their Lives — A Talk by Susannah Sheffer ‘86 Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Lang Center, Keith Room, Swarthmore College Download a flyer. Directions to Swarthmore College How do attorneys who represent clients facing the death penalty cope with the stress and trauma of their work? What is it like…
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Mark your calendars: Alice Paul ’05, Mabel Vernon ’06, and the Battle for the Ballot
Mark your calendars for the College’s first sesquicentennial celebration event, a talk by author Mary Walton: A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul ’05, Mabel Vernon ’06, and the Battle for the Ballot Mary Walton September 19, 2013; 4:15 p.m. Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall, Swarthmore College Maps and directions Download a flyer On September 19th, Peace and Conflict Studies and…
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Roth ’84 Lecture on Human Rights and International Law
The presentation by Prof. Brad Roth ’84 that was postponed last semester is back on! COMING TO TERMS WITH RUTHLESSNESS: Human Rights Violations, Moral Outrage, and the Role of International Law Brad Roth ‘84 Professor of Law, Wayne State University Thursday April 18, 2013 4:30 PM Bond Memorial Hall Maps and directions The norm of non-intervention is often…
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Dr. Jonathan Kuttab on Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
“Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” Dr. Jonathan Kuttab Thursday, November 1, 2012 4:30 p.m. Science Center 101 Swarthmore College Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine are hosting Dr. Jonathan Kuttab, a leading human rights lawyer in Israel and Palestine, who co-founded the Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence, Al-Haq, and the Mandela…
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POSTPONED Roth ’84 Lecture on Human Rights and International Law
[This event has been postponed. Stay tuned to this blog for updates.] COMING TO TERMS WITH RUTHLESSNESS: Human Rights Violations, Moral Outrage, and the Role of International Law Brad Roth ‘84 Professor of Law, Wayne State University Monday, October 29, 2012 4:30 PM Trotter 301 Professor Brad Roth, Swarthmore Class of 1984, teaches political theory and international law…
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Prof. Krista Thomason on human rights and service learning
Prof. Krista Thomason will be giving a talk entitled “Philosophy and Human Rights: Scholarship and Activism” at the Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association in March 2013. The talk uses PHIL 051 Human Rights and Atrocity as a model for incorporating service learning into philosophy courses. It will feature examples of some of…
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Ian Kysel ’04 on Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union
Ian Kysel ’04 will speak on Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday, March 27, 2012; 5:30pm in Science Center room 183 at Swarthmore College Ian Kysel is the Aryeh Neier Fellow with Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union where he focuses on the solitary confinement of youth held…
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Nuremberg film screening
NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY (1948) The Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration One Screening Only! Monday, December 5, 2011 7:00 pm Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema (maps and directions) Special guest Sandra Schulberg (’71) – daughter of filmmaker Stuart Schulberg & producer of the restoration – will speak about the making of Nuremberg and its subsequent suppression in…