Dear Students:

 

We invite you to attend our event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Together with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these three documents comprise the International Bill of Human Rights, the universal standard to protect and promote human rights for everyone, everywhere.

 

The event is taking place on Thursday, December 15 at Roosevelt House, and will feature eight truly distinguished speakers who will celebrate the treaties, and appraise their impact.

 

Event Schedule:

4:15pm: Photo Exhibit & Coffee Reception

5pm: Program (See below or attached for the speakers!)

7pm: Reception

 

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We hope to see you there!

 

Best,

Kelsey

 

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Kelsey Adolphs

Program Associate

Human Rights Program

Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College

47-49 East 65th Street

New York, NY 10065

Phone: 212.396.7948

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50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COVENANTS

A Celebration and Appraisal

 

Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute

47-49 E 65th Street (between Park & Madison Avenues)

 

Thursday,  December 15, 2016

4:15pm Photo Exhibit & Coffee Reception

5pm Program

7pm Reception, sponsored by the Mission of Finland to the UN

 

 

On December 16, 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Together with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these three documents comprise the International Bill of Human Rights, the universal standard to protect and promote human rights for everyone, everywhere.

 

Please join Roosevelt House, the Hunter College Human Rights Program, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in commemorating this 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Covenants. Two panels will explore in depth the development and impact of the treaties, and their value as tools for change. The event will also feature a preview of a photo exhibition illustrating the principles in the two Covenants.

 

Panel I: From Declaration to Covenants & the Quest for Universal Ratification (5pm)

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·         Blanche Wiesen Cook, CUNY Graduate Center; Eleanor Roosevelt biographer 

·         Michael Posner, NYU Stern School of Business; former US Asst. Secretary of State

·         Jerome A. Cohen,  NYU US-Asia Law Institute

·         Gay McDougall, Fordham Law School; former UN Independent Expert

 

Panel II: Impact of the Covenants, Past and Future (6pm)

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·         Gerald Neuman, Harvard Law School; former Human Rights Committee member

·         Beth Simmons,  University of Pennsylvania

·         Aisling Reidy,  Human Rights Watch

·         Miloon Kothari,  President, UPR Info; former UN Special Rapporteur

 

 

 

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