Confidence Crisis in Human Rights: Implications for the UK (30 juin – 4 juillet, Londres)

Law Department, Middlesex University: Confidence Crisis in Human Rights, Implications for the UK, 30 June – 4 July

Running from 30 June to 4 July 2014,  this intensive course explores the antagonism of the United Kingdom towards regional and universal human rights systems of protections it once helped  to create and embraced.

Today, we are confronted with unfair consequences of structural adjustment programmes, uneven impact of trade liberalisation, side effects of the protection of intellectual property regimes, and in the midst of this, a renewed perception of human rights as a neo-colonial tool to implement hidden political agendas. Mistrusts of the international human rights regime, often voiced by countries in the South as attempts to undermine their sovereignty, are increasingly being augmented by the voices of Western States such as the UK and the USA.

The five-day courses, led by 10 renowned human rights experts debates the events and ideologies that have resulted in this view, focusing on incendiary and divisive human rights topics that dominate intergovernmental agendas, in particular: (i) the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of religion; (ii) the consequences for human rights of austerity measures and migration policies; (iii) a critical examination of the role of the United Nations Security Council and international law in conflict zones; (iv) business and human rights; (v) the environment.

A detailed programme, full list of speakers and information about how to register for the course can be found at:  http://www.mdx.ac.uk/courses/short/summer-school/courses/confidence-crisis-in-human-rights.aspx