Can Local Human Rights Commissions Save International Law in the United States? with Professor Martha Davis
Join the Human Rights Center on Monday, Dec. 2 from 12:00 to 1:00pm for a special conversation with Professor Martha Davis to kick off our week commemorating International Human Rights Day.
Professor Davis will be presenting her research and policy work in partnership with the Carter Center and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights looking at the role of local human rights commissions in light of international human rights law.
Professor Martha Davis is a University Distinguished Professor of Law at Northeastern University's School of Law and there co-directs the Center for Global Law and Justice. Martha is a renowned human rights and civil rights scholar and advocate and lead convener for the "Bringing Human Rights Home Lawyers Network."
A light lunch will be served. Please RSVP here.
This event is featured as part of the Human Rights Center's international human rights day programming. Join us for our other events:
Tuesday, December 3: The Interwoven Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy in the U.S., lecture by Margaret Huang, Southern Poverty Law Center
Wednesday, December 4: Human Rights Day 2024 with the Law Library and Human Rights Center
Thursday, December 5: The Road to Qamishli: Chasing Law in a Time of Counter-Terrorism, lecture by Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
