International Legal Studies Events Calendar

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Upcoming Events
Monday, November 3
12:00-1:00 p.m.
“The Cartoon Controversy: How South African Courts Define Hate Speech”
Professor Karmini Pillay
University of Witwatersrand
 Introduction by former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Richard Goldstone
Lunch will be served. 
Morgan Courtroom, Austin Hall
Sponsored by International Legal Studies

Monday, November 3
12:00 p.m.
"Autism in China"
Helen McCabe
Assistant Professor of Education, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Light refreshments will be served.
Pound Hall, 419
Sponsored by the Harvard Project on Disability and East Asian Legal Studies

Friday, November 7
9:00 a.m.
Breakfast and Discussion with the Deans of Baghdad College of Law
Please join us for a discussion with the Dean and Assistant Dean of Baghdad College of Law, the 100-year-old premier law college in Iraq. Dr. Ali Kadhum Aziz Al-Rufaie and Dr. Salah Hadi Saleh will be in the US to learn about how American law schools operate and to speak about the state of legal education in Iraq.
Breakfast will be served.
Lewis 211
Sponsored by International Legal Studies

Friday, November 7
12:00 p.m.
"Legislating Equality in Korean Law and Policy"
delivered by
Ilhyung Lee
Edward W. Hinton Professor of Law, University of Missouri and
Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution
Pound 419
Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies

Wednesday, November 12
12:00 p.m.
Information Session on Harvard Law School/University of Cambridge J.D./LL.M. Joint Degree Program
Join us for an information session about the Harvard/Cambridge joint degree program! The program allows Harvard J.D. candidates to earn a Cambridge LL.M. and a Harvard J.D. in a total of three-and-a-half years. Up to six Harvard 2Ls are selected annually to spend their 3L year reading for the LL.M. degree in Cambridge, England. The 2009–2010 application deadline is Friday, November 21, 2008. Further information about the program, eligibility, and application requirements can be found at:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/degrees/special-programs/study-abroad/joint-degree-program.html.
Lewis 202
Lunch will be served.
Sponsored by International Legal Studies

Thursday, November 13
12:00 p.m.
International Summer Funding Information Session
Want to know what funds exist for International public interest work? This event will discuss International Summer Funding and will be helpful to anyone considering applying for a Chayes International Public Service Fellowship or Human Rights Program Internship for summer 2009. These two funding sources supplement the guaranteed summer funding disseminated by the Student Financial Services. The event will feature brief presentations by past Chayes Fellows who will talk about how they obtained their placements, the projects they worked on, and what advice they would give to students considering the program.
Austin East
Pizza lunch will be provided.
Sponsored by International Legal Studies, OPIA, Student Financial Services, and the Human Rights Program

Thursday, November 13
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Can Democracy Survive Prolonged Occupation and War on Terror?
   Please join us for this panel presentation, featuring:
Adv. Michael Sfard
Legal Counsel, Yesh Din (Volunteers for Human Rights)
Adv. Sari Bashi
Director, Gisha (Center for the Legal Protection of Freedom of Movement)
Adv. Limor Yehuda
 Director of Occupied Territories Program (Association for Civil Rights in Israel)
Dr. Amir Paz-Fuchs, Board Member
Bimkom (Planners for Planning Rights)
This event is open to the public.
For more information on this event, please contact the Human Rights Program at hrp@law.harvard.edu or call 617-495-9362.
Pound 202
Refreshments will be served
Sponsored by the Human Rights Program and the Middle East Initiative at the Kennedy School of Government

Friday, November 14
12:00-1:00 p.m.
"The International Court of Justice and Enforcement of Human Rights Law:
Reflections from the Georgia v. Russia Case"
A presentation by
Dr. Payam Akhavan, LL.M. '90, S.J.D. '01
This event will feature Dr. Payam Akhavan (LL.M. '90, S.J.D. '01). Dr. Akhavan is a Professor of International Law at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is the lead Counsel for Georgia in the World Court Case on the Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination alleging Russian support for ethnic cleansing and secessionism in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Professor Akhavan was previously the Legal Advisor to the ICTY-ICTR at The Hague, Senior Fellow at Yale Law School, and has published extensively on international criminal law and human rights.
Lewis 202
This event is open to all. For more information on this event, please contact the Human Rights Program at hrp@law.harvard.edu.
Sponsored by the Human Rights Program

Tuesday, November 18
5:00-6:30 p.m.
"The U.S. and Human Rights: What Difference Would a National Institution Make?"
This panel will look at the potential difference a U.S. Human Rights Institution could make. Panelists include:
Robin Toma
Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission;
Yvonne Johnson
Mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina;
Richard Carver
Associate Lecturer at the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice, Oxford Brookes University;
Prof. Chris Stone
Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of the Practice of Criminal Justice, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
The panel will be moderated by Professor Ryan Goodman, and will address what state and local human rights commissions are doing that could be a good example for a national human rights institution, how international mechanisms might be used to address human rights concerns within the U.S., and case studies of truth and reconciliation commissions convened in the U.S. and how they may be relevant to the creation of an NHRI.
Pound Hall 335
 For more information on this event, please contact the Human Rights Program at hrp@law.harvard.edu or call 617-495-9362.
Sponsored by the Human Rights Program

Wednesday, November 19
10:00 a.m.
Please join us for the presentation of the
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL MEDAL OF FREEDOM
to
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
IFTIKHAR CHAUDHRY
in recognition of his courageous efforts to uphold the rule of law
Dean Elena Kagan will present the award
Chief Justice Chaudhry will offer remarks and respond to questions
Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall
Please note: large bags and backpacks will not be allowed
Sponsored by International Legal Studies

Wednesday, November 19
12:15-1:30 p.m.
National Human Rights Institutions and the Domestication of International Law
Richard Carver
Associate Lecturer, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice, Oxford Brookes University
Richard Carver has worked for Oxford Media Research, Article 19, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch and served as a consultant to many non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations including Fahamu, the International Institute for Democratic and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), the Commonwealth Secretariat and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. He has written books on health and development and on the post-independence history of Malawi, and was lead author of the International Council's report Performance & Legitimacy: National Human Rights Institutions as well as a report on national human rights institutions in Africa for the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies.
Lewis 301
Lunch provided, but RSVP is necessary. Please e-mail hrp@law.harvard.edu to RSVP. The event is open to the public.
Sponsored by the Human Rights Program

Thursday, November 20
8:15 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
"Hope, Critique, and Possibility: Universal Rights in Societies of Difference"
Harvard Law School, Pound Hall
For further details and registration information, please see www.facinghistory.org/conference08.
Sponsored by Harvard Law School and Facing History and Ourselves

Wednesday, December 3
6:30 p.m.
Informational Reception for Chayes International Public Service Fellowship
Please join us for an opportunity to learn about the Chayes International Public Service Fellowship and to hear about the experiences of past Chayes Fellows.
Open to 1Ls and others eligible for the Chayes Fellowship.
For more information, see:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/spotlight/ils/fellowships/chayes-fellowship-info-for-students.html.
Bring your questions!
Ropes Gray Room, Pound Hall
Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Sponsored by International Legal Studies

Links to past events: 

• Spring 2008
• Fall 2007
• Spring 2007
• Fall 2006
• Spring 2006
• Fall 2005