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American Exceptionalism & Human Rights Conference
Friday & Saturday, May 1 & 2
Emerson Library Conference Room
Webster University
101 Edgar Road
Webster Groves, MO
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Please join us as we explore American influence on—and resistance to—the International Criminal Court and United Nations’ Human Rights Council, and discuss other questions of leadership.
Conference co-sponsors: E. Desmond Lee Professorship in Global Awareness, College of Arts & Sciences, and United Nations Association of St. Louis
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Schedule
Friday, May 1
| Noon-1 p.m. |
Student Panel discussion, led by Andrea Miller, Interim Director, Center for the Study of Human Rights
Panelists: Anne Fischer, Emily Kothe, Zachary Otte, Justin Raymundo |
| 1:10 p.m. |
Welcoming Remarks
David Carl Wilson, Dean
College of Arts & Sciences
Introduction of conference moderator Rashida Manjoo, human rights lawyer, University of Cape Town (South Africa); Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow, Harvard Law School; and Webster University's current E. Desmond Lee Professor of Global Awareness
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| 1:30 p.m. |
U.S. Policy towards the International Criminal Court at the Crossroads
Leila Sadat, Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law, Washington University
in St. Louis, and Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute |
| 2:30 p.m. |
The International Criminal Court: Current Work and Challenges
Hans Peter Kaul, International Criminal Court judge and 2nd vice president of the court |
| 3:45 p.m. |
BREAK |
| 4:05 p.m. |
The ICC's African Foray: Justice, Politics and the Delicate Task of Building Legitimacy
Peter Rosenblum
Lieff Cabraser Clinical Professor of Human Rights and Faculty Co-Director, Human Rights Institute, Columbia University |
| 4:50 p.m. |
Q&A for all three speakers and wrap-up
Rashida Manjoo |
Saturday, May 2
| 9:45 a.m. |
Welcoming remarks |
| 9:50 a.m. |
The Human Rights Council: The Implementation Crises
Bruna Molina
Mary T. Hall speaker, United Nations Assocation
of St. Louis
Adjunct Professor, Webster Geneva and the Geneva School of Diplomacy, former Deputy Secretary of the Commission on Human Rights and Secretary of the War Crimes Commission on Rwanda
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| 10:50 a.m. |
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Panel discussion: American Exceptionalism and Accountability
Panelists: Jack Donnelly, Andrew Mellon Professor, Graduate School of International Relations, University of Denver;
David Forsythe, Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
Kelly-Kate Pease, Associate Professor of International Relations, Webster University |
| 1:00 p.m. |
LUNCH & Student panel discussion, led by Basiyr Rodney, Assistant Professor, Multidisciplinary Studies |
| 2:00 p.m. |
When the Levees Broke: A History of Un-Civil Rights in America
Carol Anderson
Associate Professor of African American Studies, Emory University |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Gulag America? Punishment in the United States as a Subject of International Human Rights Discourse
Warren Rosenblum
Associate Professor of History, Webster University |
| 3:30 p.m. |
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Universality and the Need to Join Forces for a Common Cause: Grotius Meets Eleanor
Peter van Krieken
Human rights lawyer in the Dutch ministry and Webster Leiden Adjunct Professor |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Closing remarks and wrap-up
Rashida Manjoo |
Costs
The conference is free; however, there is a $10 charge for lunch on Saturday for non-students.
Registration
You can register online or by calling Barbara Carrow, 314-968-6997.
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American Exceptionalism & Human Rights Conference--online registration
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