On September 25 and 26, the graduate program in International Affairs presents a conference on the practices of human rights.
Over the two days, panels will be held on gender violence and human rights, the practice of human rights, human rights and economic policy, and humanitarianism and human rights.

Panelists include Leila Abu-Lughod, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University; Philip Alston, John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law, NYU Law School; Radhika Balakrishnan, director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers University; Amal Fadlalla, assistant professor for Women's Studies Program and Afro-American and African Studies, University of Michigan; and Iain Levine, program director, Human Rights Watch.

The conference will take place both days from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510. Admission is free