Newsletter Issue 14
9 February 2017
In this issue: Human Rights Narratives, Call for Papers, Conferences, Jobs & More
|
|
|
HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCHER TRIBUTE
A Commemoration of the Life of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley
The first months of 2017 have been extremely tough for the human rights community. The use of torture as a legitimate form of interrogation in the war against terror is being revisited by the world’s most powerful country. And sadly, the man who fought tirelessly to bring to an end the use of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, Professor Sir Nigel Rodley, passed away on 25th January 2017.
Professor Rodley was a world renowned academic, professor, international lawyer and United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (serving from 1993-2001). He was also incredibly humble and kind, not wishing his students or colleagues to refer to him as ‘Sir’ or indeed, ‘the authority on international law’, despite his encyclopedia knowledge of the subject.
As Amnesty International’s legal adviser, his passion and tireless campaign to end torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment led to the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. This was adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 1975 and then led to the development of the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) in 1987. This work was recognized in his appointment as Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 1993.
Following on from his work as Special Rapporteur, he served on the UN Human Rights Committee from 2001-2016. At the same time, he continued to teach students at the University of Essex, where he co-founded the internationally renowned Human Rights Center in 1990, where he is already greatly missed.
Professor Rodley’s life and dedication to the cause of human rights should serve as an inspiration to us all to ensure that there is, in his words, ‘no safe haven for torturers’. To find out more about the life of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley, please see the pieces published about him on the Guardian, Amnesty International, and the BBC. To leave a tribute, please follow this link.
|
|
HUMAN RIGHTS NARRATIVES
The recent inauguration of President Trump and the highly divisive Executive Orders he has signed within the first weeks of his presidency have caused great alarm both in the human rights community and wider society. Indeed, Columbia Human Rights Law Review has created a ‘Trump Human Rights Tracker’ to closely monitor his policies and laws and their impact on human rights law. Open Democracy are encouraging one paragraph submissions to the question ‘Trump and human rights: How should activists respond?’.
The inauguration itself led to a worldwide solidarity women’s rights march on 21st January 2017, where protesters marched for not only women’s rights, but against racism, discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and environmental rights. The Executive Orders, one of which prohibits the entry of citizens, allegedly for a limited amount of time, from seven predominantly Muslim states into the United States and another which allows for the controversial Dakota Pipeline to be constructed, have prompted mass protests. Salil Shetty, Secretary-General of Amnesty International has queried, in his article ‘Now more than ever we need to protect human rights. But do people still care?’ whether the public still has an interest for the promotion of human rights, given the rise of the populist movements in the West.
The worldwide protests, condemnations from other world leaders, the legal challenges to the constitutionality of the Orders, pro bono assistance of US immigration lawyers at airports and a petition against the state visit of the US President to the UK which reached 1.8 million signatures, all suggest that the public does still care and is willing to fight for human rights against tyranny. Indeed, Scholars at Risk have issued a response condemning the Executive Order on immigration. If anything the actions of President Trump have galvanized support for the human rights movement, but it is going to be a long and sustained fight.
The HRRN, in conjunction with the Human Rights Consortium of the School of Advanced Study held a workshop open to academics, students and NGOs on 9th December 2016 on Strategies to Protect Human Rights Researchers and Academics. It was a successful and well attended event with representatives from numerous organisations, like Amnesty International, Peace Brigades International, academics, students and even the Honduras judiciary. It is hoped that a publication will soon be published on the outcomes of the workshop.
|
|
How Do Western Democracies Cope with the Challenge of Diversity?
London School of Economics and Political Science
9th February 2017, 18.30-20.00
The New Enemies of Democracy and Human Rights in Europe
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study
10th February 2017, 14.00-15.30
Getting Respect: Responding to Stigma and Discrimination in the United States, Brazil, and Israel
Open Society Foundations
Live Webcast, 13th February 2017, 17.30-19.00, (New York)
Louis Riel Day
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
20th February 2017, 10.00-16.00
Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice: the radical potential of human rights
London School of Economics and Political Science
28th February 2017, 18.30-20.00
Geneva Against Trump(ing) Human Rights
Place des Nations, Geneva, Swizerland
1st March 2017, 12.00
|
|
|
We are pleased to announce a new privilege for HRRN members. You are eligible to a 20% discount on Routledge books. Please use the promo code HRN15* at the checkout.
|
|
|
PUBLICATIONS / DIGITAL RESOURCES
|
|
Volume 21, Issue 1: Special Issue: Facilitating Child Participation in International Child Protection
International Journal of Human Rights
(Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2017)
The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Commentary
By Malcolm Langford, Bruce Porter, Rebecca Brown and Julieta Rossi (Eds)
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2016)
Religious Freedom in an Egalitarian Age
By Nelson Tebbe
(Harvard University Press, 2017)
Reparations for Child Victims of Armed Conflict
By Francesca Capone
(Intersentia, 2017)
Discrimination as Stigma A Theory of Anti-discrimination Law
By Iyiola Solanke
(Hart, 2017)
The Cybersecurity Dilemma
Hacking, Trust and Fear Between Nations
By Ben Buchanan
Hurst Publishers, 2017)
Just Violence
Torture and Human Rights in the Eyes of the Police
By Rachel Wahl
(Stanford University Press, 2017)
|
Towards Convergence in International Human Rights Law: Approaches of Regional and International Systems
By Carla M. Buckley, Alice Donald and Philip Leach (Eds)
(Brill Nijhoff, 2016)
Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights
By Stéphanie Lagoutte, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, and John Cerone
(Oxford University Press, 2016)
When States Come Out
Europe's Sexual Minorities and the Politics of Visibility
By Phillip M. Ayoub
(Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Reexamining Customary International Law
By Brian D. Lepard (Ed.)
(Cambridge University Press, 2016)
The New Turkey and its Discontents
By Simon A. Waldman and Emre Caliskan
(Hurst Publishers, 2016)
The Contradiction in Disability Law
Selective Abortions and Rights
By Smitha Nizar
(Oxford University Press, India, 2016)
Oxford Human Rights Hub Seminars
(University of Oxford)
|
|
FUNDED DOCTORAL PROGRAMS / POST-DOC POSITIONS
|
|
Multi-Country Research Fellowship
Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Location: Various
Deadline: 12th February 2017
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, University of Southern California
Location: U.S.A.
Deadline: 15th February 2017
Hardiman PhD Scholarship
National University of Ireland, Galway
Location: Ireland
Deadline: 17th February 2017
National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Scholar Fellowship
Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Location: Various
Deadline: 26th February 2017
2017 Senior Indigenous Fellow
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Location: Switzerland
Deadline: 28th February 2017
|
Newton Advanced Fellowships
British Academy
Location: UK
Deadline: 15th March 2017
Henigson Human Rights Fellowship
Harvard University
Location: Any
Deadline: 20th March 2017
Two-Week Research Fellowships for PhD Students/Candidates from Aboard 2017
Yad Vashem – International Institute for Holocaust Research
Location: Israel
Deadline: 1st April 2017
Funded Doctoral Position on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Pedro Arrupe Institute of Human Rights, Deusto University
Location: Spain
Deadline: Rolling
Research Fellow, Human Rights Initiative
Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Location: U.S.A.
Deadline: Rolling
|
|
HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT COURSES
|
|
The Repression of Terrorism: Issues and Debates
16th February-10th March 2017
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: 9th February 2017
Training for International Electoral Observers
20th – 25th March 2017
European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC), Italy
Deadline: 12th February 2017
Strategic Human Rights Litigation
10-14th July 2017
Central European University and Open Society Justice Initiative, Budapest, Hungary
Deadline: 14th February 2017
Constitution-Building in Africa
3rd-14th July 2017
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Deadline: 14th February 2017
Mediation Theory and Skills
3rd -7th July 2017
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Deadline: 14th February 2017
Gender, Conflict and Preventing and Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism: International, Regional and Local Dimensions
Summer School on Transitional Justice
12th – 16th June 2017
Ulster University, Northern Ireland
Deadline: 17th February 2017
(Scholarship available, deadline: 17th February 2017)
Gender in Transitional Justice
21st February -16th May 2017
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: 17th February 2017
The Protection of Human Rights and the Environment
27th February-3rd March 2017
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: 20th February 2017
Interplay between International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
16th-31st March 2017
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: 9th March 2017
11th edition of the Summer School on International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
28th May-2nd June 2017
University of Ottawa, Canada
Deadline to apply: 14th April 2017
Summer School on The Arts and Human Rights (AHR)
19th- 23rd June 2017.
Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, Canada
Deadline: 17th April 2017
Deadline (For Non-credit Participants): 30th May 2017
|
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as an Answer to Rising Inequalities
3rd-12th July 2017
Venice Academy of Human Rights, Italy
Discount Deadline: 15th March 2017
Deadline: 19th April 2017
Human Rights, the Rule of Law and Institutional Reform: An Introduction
30th March-5th May 2017
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: 27th March 2017
Transitional Justice Spring School: Transitional Justice, Memory and Culture
3rd-7th April 2017
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: 27th March 2017
Human Rights as Our Responsibility
9th – 17th June 2017
Venice School of Human Rights, Italy
Early Bird: 30th March 2017
Deadline: 27th April 2017
Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations
6th April-4th May 2017
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: 30th March 2017
Human Rights Law Course
19th-30th June 2017
Academy of European Law Summer School, Florence, Italy
Deadline: 3rd April 2017
Hyperlink:
Law of the European Union
3rd-14th July 2017
Academy of European Law Summer School, Florence, Italy
Deadline: 3rd April 2017
Hyperlink:
Essex Human Rights Summer School
University of Essex Human Rights Centre, Colchester, UK
Deadline: 21st May 2017
Social Norms, Social Change Course
Free Online Course
UNICEF and University of Pennsylvania
Deadline: Rolling
Human Rights for Open Societies
Free Online Course
Utrecht University
Deadline: Rolling
An Introduction to International Criminal Law
Free Online Course
Case Western Reserve University
Deadline: Rolling
|
|
11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations: The Politics of International Studies in an Age of Crises
15th-16th September 2017
European International Studies Association and Institut Barcelona Estudis Internationals
Deadline: 10th February 2017
Realizing Rights 2017: Human Rights and Constitutionalism
8th-10th June 2017
Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC)
Location: University of Ottawa, Canada
Deadline: 15th February 2017
Discontinuities and Resistance in Latin America
26th-27th June 2017
Postgraduates in Latin American Studies (PILAS)
Location: University of Leeds
Deadline: 1st March 2017 (for papers) 1st April 2017 (for panels)
Studies in Arts and Humanities Journal
Special Issue on Indigenous and Minority Rights
Deadline: Rolling
|
Mixed Race in Asia and Australasia: Migrations, Mobilities and Belonging
12th – 13th October 2017
National University of Singapore
Location: Singapore
Deadline: 1st April 2017
Revitalizing the United Nations for Human Rights, Peace and Development
15th-17th June 2017
International Studies Association and Academic Council on the United Nations Systems
Sookmyung Women’s University
Location: Seoul, Korea
Deadline: 13th April 2017
Human Security in Difficult Times
19th -21st of October 2017
Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) at Coventry University, the United Nations Human Security Unit and Kadir Has University
Location: Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
Deadline: 20th June 2017
|
|
Research Assistant on International Law
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge, UK
Deadline: 9th February 2017
Departmental Lecturer in International Human Rights and Refugee Law
University of Oxford
Location: Oxford, UK
Deadline: 13th February 2017
|
Junior Faculty position - Comparative Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Central European University
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Deadline: 28th February 2017
Project Associate-Security Force Monitor
Human Rights Institute, Columbia University
Location: U.S.A
Deadline: Rolling
|
|
|
|
|
|
