UCL Institute for Human Rights’ Panel Discussion
Human Rights, Southern Voices
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
5.30 – 7pm, followed by reception
Main Lecture Theatre, UCL Faculty of Law
Panellists:
- Professor William Twining (Emeritus Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, UCL)
- Dr Oscar Guardiola-Rivera (School of Law, Birkbeck)
- Professor Tariq Ramadan (Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies and Research Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford)
- Sharath Srinivasan (David and Elaine Potter Lecturer in Governance and Human Rights, Cambridge)
- Dr Ann Stewart (School of Law, University of Warwick)
- Chair:
- Professor Peter Fitzpatrick (Anniversary Professor of Law, Birkbeck)
About this event: Academic and activist discourses on human rights have developed largely without reference to the standpoints, interests, concerns and beliefs of non-Western people and traditions. Professor Twining’s book gives voice to the ideas of four jurists who present distinct ‘Southern’ perspectives on human rights, providing alternative viewpoints. The panel discussion aims to critique the book, examining issues such as Islam and human rights, women and human rights, and ethnocentrism and human rights.
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