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The dean of the faculty of law participated a Panel Debate 22 October 2014 on “Human Rights Education in a Changing World

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For the last 30 years, human rights education has been an important part of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s work to make a difference for the individual and contribute to the development of societies based on a human rights culture. The Institute is celebrating its 30 year anniversary with a week of events, including a unique panel debate featuring three long-time human rights practitioners and scholars. During the panel debate, the panelists will discuss the role of human rights education in today’s increasingly complex world. Speakers: H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Aljazy is Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Jordan. He is an international lawyer with extensive practical expertise in the areas of, amongst others, public international law, human rights, environmental law, and humanitarian law. Among his scholarly publications is ‘Responsibility to Protect and the Arab League’ in An Institutional Perspective on the Responsibility to Protect, Ed. Gentian Zyberi, Cambridge University Press, 2013. Dr. Aljazy has recently served as Minister of Justice for the Kingdom of Jordan. Mr. Hans Thoolen is active on the Board of the Martin Ennals Foundation and True Heroes Films. He writes an almost daily blog on human rights defenders: http://thoolen.wordpress.com/. Mr. Thoolen worked for 15 years in the UN system, mostly with the High Commissioner for Refugees, served as Executive Secretary of the International Commission of Jurists and was the first Director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights. Mr. talent is the founder or co-founder of several human rights organizations, including the Dutch Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, HURIDOCS, International Alert, True Heroes Films and the Martin Ennals Award. Dr. Felisa Tibbitts is the Founder and Senior Advisor of Human Rights Education Associates, which she also directed from 1999-2010. She has worked with numerous government and international agencies in developing curriculum and policies that support the integration of human rights into teaching and training, including UN agencies, OSCE, the Council of Europe, the Organization of American States, and NGOs such as Amnesty International. Dr. Tibbitts has taught human rights on the faculty of Columbia and Harvard Universities and has published widely on human rights education. Moderator: Visiting Professor Maria Green of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute has long focused on human rights and development, with an emphasis on practical implementation of human rights standards as part of development policy and practice. From 2003-2011 she taught at Brandeis University as a member of the core faculty in Sustainable International Development, and has been a consultant on a variety of UN projects related to human rights and development or poverty. Ms. Green also serves as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Lund University.

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2014-10-22T21:00:00Z

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2060-12-30T21:00:00Z
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