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Since its inception in 2003, the Human Rights Program has brought leading figures in the field to the Law School. Recent events and speakers include:

Rashida Manjoo, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and UVA Distinguished International Fellow in Residence and visiting research professor

"STONEWALL UPRISINg," feature film and discussion with the film's co-director, David Heilbroner (about the rise of the gay rights movement)

International Symposium on Human Rights in Education, with human rights practitioners and scholars from India, South America, South Africa and more

Gender-Based Violence in Post-Earthquake Haiti, with Eramithe Delva, a founder of the Haitian women's organization KOFAVIV; Tamara Brown of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti; and Professor Deena Hurwitz

Indigent Defense from Brooklyn to Kathmandu,with Adam Heyman ’03 of the Brooklyn Legal Aid Society

Property, Indigenous Autonomy, and International Law: The Forestry Law Case in the Colombian Constitutional Court, with Daniel Bonilla, law professor and director of the Public Interest Law Group, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

Lucy Reed, partner and co-head of the global international arbitration group, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; arbitrator, Eritrea- Ethiopia Claims Commission; former president, American Society of International Law, International Tribunals and Victim Compensation

From Jack Bauer to Abu Ghraib: Holding the Mercenary Industry Accountable for Torture, with William Gould '90, Susan Burke, and Becky Burke '90 of law firm Burke O'Neil

What Islam? Whose Islam? Gender and Other Constitutional Rights in Pluralist Legal Systems, with Zainah Anwar, project director, Musawah, Global Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family; Founder, Sisters in Islam

The Iraq History Project: The Right to Truth, Transitional Justice and Mass Data Collection in a Conflict Zone, with Daniel Rothenberg, managing director, International Projects, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul College of Law


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