Realizing the Promise of Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Examining the First 60 Years and Beyond
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016
Room 603
Sponsored by the American University Washington College of Law and the American Society of International Law
As part of the global celebration of the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), American University Washington College of Law and the American Society of International Law sponsored a day-long conference examining the past, present, and future of this landmark document.
9:00 – 9:30: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dean Claudio Grossman, American University Washington College of Law
Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director, American Society of International Law
Hadar Harris, Executive Director, WCL Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
9:30 – 11am: Incorporating the UDHR into the Domestic Realm
- Overview: Professor Herman Schwartz, American University Washington College of Law
- Regional Systems: Antti Korkeakivi, Council of Europe (on leave)
- Remedies and Implementation: Professor Dinah Shelton, George Washington University Law School
Moderator: Professor Diane Orentlicher, American University Washington College of Law
11:00 – 11:15: Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30: Challenges to Promoting the UDHR: International Supervision and Enforcement
- United Nations: Dean Claudio Grossman, American University Washington College of Law
- European System: Joaquín González Ibáñez, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain)
- Inter-American System: Claudia Martin, WCL Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
- NGO Perspectives: Michael Camilleri, Center for Justice and International Law
Moderator: Hadar Harris, American University Washington College of Law
12:30 – 2:00: Lunch and Keynote Address: The Politics of Implementation: The Role of Human Rights in
Foreign Policy
Dean Harold Koh, Yale Law School
2:00 – 3:30: New Frontiers for Universal Rights: The Next Sixty Years
- Climate Change and the Environment: Marcos Orellana Cruz, Center for International Environmental Law
- Science and Technology: Rick Weiss, Center for American Progress
- Poverty, Economic and Social Rights: Maria Foscarinis, National Law Center for Homelessness and Poverty
- The Future of Human Rights Advocacy: Sarah Mendelson, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Moderator: Elizabeth Andersen, American Society of International Law
