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Berlin: Human Rights in a Globalized World: Human Rights in Germany

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October, 20^th, Wednesday, 06:00 pm

Lecture Series 'Human Rights in a Globalized World' by Human Rights Watch and the Hertie School of Governance.

Human Rights and the Internet. How can the Global Network Initiative defend freedom of speech?

Guests
| Susan Pointer, Director, Public Policy, Google, London
| Arvind Ganesan, Director, Business and Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Washington

Date and Venue
| 20 October 2010, 6 pm
| Forum (1st floor), Hertie School of Governance, Friedrichstrasse 180, 10117 Berlin

Registration
Email: events@hertie-school.org
Fax: +49-30-259 219 444

About the Lecture Series "Human Rights in a Globalized World", October 2010 - May 2011

Globalization offers new opportunities to promote human rights across borders, but it also poses challenges to existing human rights law. In today’s fast changing world, human rights are relevant in areas ranging from political reconfiguration to economic globalization. One consequence includes shifts in sovereignty, with non-state actors becoming increasingly involved.

What role do global actors, such as large international companies, play today? What can be done to strengthen mechanisms such as voluntary standards of global governance to ensure respect for human rights across the globe? What special challenges do conflict zones present and what is the current human rights situation like here in Germany?

The Hertie School of Governance and Human Rights Watch have invited experts working at the heart of human rights issues across the globe. The lecture series aims to create an open dialogue forum on the various opportunities and challenges of globalization in the context of human rights today.

You are cordially invited to join us in the discussion.

Prof. Helmut K. Anheier Wenzel Michalski
Dean Germany Director
Hertie School of Governance Human Rights Watch

Programme - Lecture Series (1014 KB)

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Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes. For 30 years, Human Rights Watch has worked tenaciously to lay the legal and moral groundwork for deep-rooted change and has fought to bring greater justice and security to people around the world. www.hrw.org

Human Rights and the Internet
20 October 2010, 6 pm
How can the Global Network Initiative defend freedom of speech? Susan Pointer, Director, Public Policy, Google, London
Arvind Ganesan, Director, Business and Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Washington

A Global Ethic in a Globalized World
23 November 2010, 11 am
A new paradigm of international relations. Prof. Hans Küng, President, Global Ethic Foundation Prof. Helmut K. Anheier, Dean, Hertie School of Governance

Human Rights in Russia
16 February 2011, 6 pm
What are the responsibilities of big business for human rights in Russia? Martin Jäger, Head, Global External Affairs and Public Policy, Daimler AG
Anna Sevortian, Russia Office Director, Human Rights Watch, Moscow

Human Rights in Conflict Zones
16 March 2011, 6 pm
How to protect human rights in conflict zones, such as Israel and Gaza? Emmanuel Nahshon, Minister, Embassy of Israel, Berlin
Peter Bouckaert, Director, Emergencies, Human Rights Watch, Geneva

Human Rights around the Persian Gulf
14 April 2011, 6 pm
Do violations in countries around the Persian Gulf result in radicalism? Jürgen Chrobog, Chairman of the Board of Directors, BMW Foundation, State Secretary (ret.)
Christoph Wilcke, Senior Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch, Germany

Human Rights in Germany
16 May 2011, 6 pm
Defending human rights in Germany: Which challenges do we face? Prof. Udo Di Fabio, Judge at the German Constitutional Court
Prof. Helmut K. Anheier, Dean, Hertie School of Governance

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