[afro-nets] Tentative program for Commission on International Human Rights

["George Kent" <kent@hawaii.edu>]

Tentative program for Commission on International Human Rights
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June 29 - July 3, 2006
Calgary, Canada

Here is the TENTATIVE program for the IPRA Commission on International Human Rights. Unfortunately, several people had to drop out because they could not get the funding they had hoped for. In several cases, final decisions are pending. We would welcome updated information so that we can correct the program.

Aloha, George

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PROGRAM OF THE COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS at the 21st Biennial Conference of the INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

Calgary, Canada, June 29 - July 3, 2006

(draft of June 1, 2006)

The Commission on International Human Rights of the International Peace Research Association emphasizes the international dimensions of human rights work. It presses for greater clarity regarding not only the obligations of states toward their own people but also their obligations to people everywhere.

CIHR Commission Session 1
Thursday, June 29, 2006   4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Session Title:  OVERVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE

Chairs: Maria Eugenia Villareal, End Child Prostitution and Trafficking, Guatemala City, Guatemala, and George Kent, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

Greetings, Introductions, CIHR Work Plan

Human Rights Law as an Instrument of Peace
Lawrence Albrecht, Attorney, Milwaukee, USA

CIHR Commission Session 2
Friday, June 30, 2006   11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session Title: THE RIGHT TO FOOD

Chair: Maria Eugenia Villareal, End Child Prostitution and Trafficking, Guatemala City, Guatemala

852 Million Court Cases on the Right to Food
Irene Galtung, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

International Obligations Regarding the Human Right to Adequate Food
George Kent, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

CIHR Commission Session 3
Friday, June 30, 2006   2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Session Title:  THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
Chair: George Kent, University of Hawaiâi, Honolulu, USA
International Obligations toward Internally Displaced Persons in Africa’s Great Lakes Region
Joseph Chilengi, Africa IDP Voice, Lusaka, Zambia

CIHR Commission Session 5
Saturday, July 1, 2006 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

JOINT SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

Chair: Bernedette Muthien, Engender, Cape Town, South Africa

Session Title: GENDER AND ECONOMICS
Violence Against Women
Anita Wenden, Earth and Peace Education Associates International, New York, USA
Violations of the Human Rights of Migrant Women
Maria Eugenia Villareal, End Child Prostitution and Trafficking, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Structural and Cultural Violence against Unskilled Women Workers in Latin America
Sara Horowitz, Professor, Buenos Aires University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gender, Human Rights, Economics: Africa and Beyond
Ruth Ochieng Ojiambo, Isis-Women’s International Cross Cultural Exchange, Uganda

CIHR Commission Session 6
Sunday, July 2, 2006   11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Session Title: THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION

Chair: Maria Eugenia Villareal, End Child Prostitution and Trafficking, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Struggle for the Right to Information: The Rajasthan Women’s Struggle
Rupa Manglani, Jaipur Peace Foundation, Jaipur, India

Censorship of Writers in Andhra Pradesh
Maha Jabeen Mohammed, Human Rights Advocate, Hyderabad, India


CIHR Commission Session 7
Sunday, July 2, 2006  2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Session Title:  TRAFFICKING AND HIV/AIDS

Chair: George Kent, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes in Central America
Maria Eugenia Villareal, End Child Prostitution and Trafficking, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Parental Control Over Medical Decisions in HIV/AIDS
David Crowe, Alberta Reappraising AIDS Society, Calgary, Canada

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George Kent 
mailto:kent@hawaii.edu