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Anthropology and Sociology
Friday
15
February
Human Rights Transformation_15.02.2019

Human Rights Transformation in Practice

Organised by the Department of Anthropology and Sociology and the Global Health Centre
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Room S5, Petal 1, Maison de la Paix, Geneva
 

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Human rights are described as being in crisis, but their ideals remain appealing. Join us to launch this volume, which draws on ethnographic research to explore how human rights are embedded in everyday social practices and activism around the world.

Chair:  Grégoire Mallard (Professor, The Graduate Institute)

Panelists:

  • Tine Destrooper (Associate Professor, Ghent University; Director of Flemish Peace Institute, Belgium)
  • Johannes Waldmüller (Research Professor, Universidad de Las Américas Quito, Ecuador)
  • Meg Davis (Coordinator for Thematic Seminars on Sexual Violence in Conflict Settings and Emergencies, CERAH; Senior Fellow in Residence, The Graduate Institute)

Discussant: Mark Goodale (Professor, Université de Lausanne)