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Jean Cardinale is the head of the UConn Libraries' Public Programming, Marketing & Communications efforts.

Screening of Documentary, “Health For Sale” at UConn Med School

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Wed, December 17th

5-8pm

UConn Health Center- Patterson Auditorium Farmington, CT

 

FREE!  

 

Refreshments will be provided. 

 

IMPAX and AMSA invite you to join us for our last film event of this year for the AMSA Pharm-Free week.

 

Film Synopsis:  The film focuses on Big Pharma, the ten largest pharmaceutical makers, who account for 500 billion dollars of world health spending a year. Officials from all sides debate the impact of drug companies’ patenting, “intellectual property,” pricing and new product development strategies on global public health.

 

Film followed by Panel Discussion:

Zita Lazzarini, JD  

Kevin Dieckhaus, MD

Robert L. McCarthy, Ph.D.

Thomas Buckley, B.S., M.P.H.

 

Directions:  263 Farmington Ave. Farmington CT 06032.  Enter at the Academic Entrance and park anywhere. 

Fulfilling the Promise of Human Rights: Conference at Quinnipiac University

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The Connecticut Coalition for Human Rights is pleased to present…

Fulfilling the Promise of Human Rights: the Universal Declaration at 60

a statewide conference marking the 60th anniversary of the UDHR

Featuring…
U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr.

Saturday, December 6th from 8:30 to 4pm  
Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT

The CT Coalition for Human Rights is honored to have U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr. of the 14th District of Michigan deliver the keynote address on December 6th in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the UDHR.  Representative Conyers has devoted 43 years in the U.S. House of Representatives for “jobs, justice and peace” for the people of Michigan’s 14th District and the country as a whole.  He has long been a champion for civil rights as one of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus and as Chairman of the pivotal House Committee on the Judiciary.  His legislative accomplishments include: the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, the Motor Voter Bill of 1993, the Martin Luther King Holiday Act of 1983, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 

Register now at http://www.udhr.net 

Please join the Coalition on December 6th at Quinnipiac University to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and continue the statewide effort to promote and implement human rights as enshrined in the UDHR throughout Connecticut and throughout the United States. 

 

Organizational Sponsors of the CT Coalition for Human Rights

AFL-CIO, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University; American Civil Liberties Union of CT; American Friends Service Committee; American Immigrant Lawyers Association; Amistad Committee; Amnesty International, CT; City of New Haven Peace Commission; Connecticut Bar Association, Connecticut Center for a New Economy, Connecticut Citizen Action Group; Connecticut Communist Party; Connecticut Education Association; Connecticut Federation of Teachers; Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty; Connecticut Permanent Commission on the Status of Women; Connecticut State Conference – American Association of University Professors; Connecticut United for Peace; Connecticut Women’s Educational and Legal Fund; Eastern Coalition for Peace and Justice;  Greater Hartford Coalition on Cuba; Greater New Haven Central Labor Council; Greater New Haven Peace Council; Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut; Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services; Love 146; Love Makes a Family; NAACP-New Haven; National Association of Social Workers; National Organization for Women; Northeast Connecticut for Peace & Justice; Pax Educare; Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, Promoting an Enduring Peace; Third Sector New England; Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut; United Nations Association, CT Division; Vecinos Unidos; We Refuse to Be Enemies; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom

For more information about the CT Coalition for Human Rights please visit http://www.udhr.net or email rebecca.lenn@ppct.org.

Human Rights & Human Welfare (HRHW) Launches new blog

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Remember to go vote today!

Human Rights & Human Welfare (HRHW) is pleased to announce the launch of their new interactive blog, http://www.hrhw.org/

Human Rights & Human Welfare (HRHW) is an online journal published through the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. HRHW posts content in five sections, all unique forms of literature review: Review Essays, Book Notes, the Roundtable, Topical Research Digest and Working Papers. All of the content, since inception in 2001, is archived on the website and all is available free of charge. Please visit Human Rights & Human Welfare online at www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw. To subscribe to receive HRHW‘s monthly update newsletter, click here.

Online Encyclopedia of Peace Education

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The ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PEACE EDUCATION is now accessible.

http://www.tc.edu/centers/epe/ 

The online Encyclopedia of Peace Education provides a comprehensive overview of scholarly developments in the field to date as well as new insights from across the globe from various actors involved in advancing peace education. This online resource serves as a living reference guide that traces the history and emergence of the field, highlights foundational concepts, contextualizes peace education practice across international and disciplinary borders, and suggests new directions for peace educators. From core conceptual perspectives to the moral and spiritual foundations of the field to the role of the United Nations, the Encyclopedia grounds peace education in a solid theoretical and practical framework through the writings of some of the field’s most renowned scholars and its emerging voices. This online resource targets undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars and practitioners working in international and non-governmental organizations in the field of peace education.

Present entries include:

* A History of Peace Education in the U.S. (Aline Stomfay-Stitz)
* Access to Peace Education (Surya Nath Prasad)
* American Friends Service Committee and Peace Education (Charles F. Howlett)
* American School Peace League and the First Peace Studies Curriculum (Charles F. Howlett)
* Andrew Carnegie’s Educational Efforts For World Peace (Charles F. Howlett)
* Baha’i Faith and Peace Education (Marie Gervais)
* Brookwood Labor College and Peace Education (Charles F. Howlett)
* Caring and Peace Education (Nel Noddings)
* Coexistence Education (Daniel Bar-Tal)
* Comparative and International Education and Peace Education (Robin J.
Burns)
* Conceptual Perspectives in Peace Education (Magnus Haavelsrud)
* Countering Militarism through Peace Education (Carl Mirra)
* ‘Critical’ Peace Education (Monisha Bajaj)
* Elise Boulding and Peace Education (Mary Lee Morrison)
* Environmental Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding (Patricia Mische)
* Form and Content of Peace Education (Johan Galtung)
* Futures Education (David Hicks)
* Global Citizenship Education (Lynn Davies)
* History of Peace Education (Ian Harris)
* Human Rights Education (Felisa Tibbitts)
* International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) & Community-Based Institutes on Peace Education (CIPE) (Tony Jenkins)
* Islam and Peace Education (Mustafa Köylü)
* Jane Addams and the Promotion of Peace and Social Justice Among the Masses (Charles F. Howlett)
* John Dewey and Peace Education (Charles F. Howlett)
* Learning to Communicate Peacefully (Francisco Gomes de Matos)
* Learning to Live Together (Margaret Sinclair)
* Maria Montessori’s Contribution to Peace Education (Cheryl Duckworth)
* Merle Curti and the Development of Peace History in American Thought and Culture (Charles F. Howlett)
* Multiculturalism: Critical Reflections (Zvi Bekerman)
* Nonviolence and Peace Education (Barry L. Gan)
* Paulo Freire and Peace Education (Lesley Bartlett)
* Peace History Society (Charles F. Howlett)
* Philosophy of Peace Education (James Page)
* Schools, Violence, and Peace Education (Clive Harber)
* The Moral and Spiritual Foundations of Peace Education (Dale T. Snauwaert)
* The United Nations and Peace Education (James S. Page)
* UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) and Peace Education (Lynn Davies)
* Unity-Based Peace Education (H.B. Danesh)
* Youth and Peacebuilding (Roshan Danesh)

Upcoming Human Rights Events

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 The Human Rights Reception will take place on Tuesday, September 23 from 4-6PM at the Dodd Center Lounge.

Namaste, the student run human rights journal at UConn, is currently looking for an editor. This is a great opportunity, especially for those interested in the position and are looking for a HR internship for the Spring semester.   Namaste is also now accepting essays, artwork, poetry, creative fiction, photography and much more for the next issue of the journal.  This is an excellent opportunity to get published as a college student and a great resume builder! If you would like to learn more about the journal or submit your work, please contact Namaste at namastejournal@gmail.com or join the Namaste Journal on Facebook.

 

The Global Health and Human Rights Film Series is showing A Walk to Beautiful, a documentary about five women with obstetric fistula in Ethiopia.

The dinner, film, and panel discussion will take place on Thursday, October 2, 5:00-8:00PM at the Patterson Auditorium at the UConn Medical School Campus in Farmington, CT.

 

 

 

2008-2009 Human Rights Film Series– The Kite Runner

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Dear All,

My apologies for the delay in updates, but there has been a flurry of activity lately with the start of the academic year and little time left for writing!

Here is a brief update:

The UConn Libraries are currently revising their strategic plan, so if you have comments about ways in which the library can improve, things you like, things you don’t like, please let us know!  Feel free to leave your comments here on this blog!

Also, the Human Rights Film Series is kicking off this week!  The 2008-2009 theme is, “A Cinematic Exploration through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” in celebration of the 60th Annivesary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948-2008

The film series is sponsored by the Human Rights Initiative

Text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Film Series Poster (Adobe PDF; 148 KB)

All films are free, open to the public, and held at 4:00 pm in the Konover Auditorium at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Article 1: Freedom and Dignity

Film: The Kite Runner (2007)

Chronicles the lives of two boys, Amir & Hassan, in a divided Afghanistan on the verge of war.

For more information, go to the Dodd Center’s website, or see the film series’s Facebook page. 

New Collections

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Summer is a wonderful time here in the archives.  Since there are fewer instruction sessions to teach and reference questions to answer, it means that I am able to spend more time processing archival collections, and making materials available for researchers.

Here are just a couple of new collections at the Dodd Center which pertain to human rights themes: 

A DVD-ROM of Basic Documents and Case Law from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

The DVD-ROM was compiled by the ICTR legal library in 2007 and contains 4,262 searchable PDF documents, including Case Law Decisions, Orders, Indictments, and Judgements; ICTR Basic Documents, Rules of Procedure and Statutes; UN Documents on Human Rights in Rwanda, ICTR Annual Reports, and documents regarding the operation, finances, and personnel of the ICTR.

The Poras Collection of Vietnam War Memorabilia

This collection contains materials from the American Vietnam War era, including American and Vietnamese propaganda, posters from the pro-war and anti-war movements, as well as artifacts from American soldiers who served in the war.

 

New Books at Babbidge Library on War Crimes and Nuremberg

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A lot of human rights themed books have been purchased for Homer Babbidge Library in the past few months.  This entry deals with books on war crimes and Nuremberg.  Check back for lists on other topics. 

DOCUMENTS ON THE TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL: CHARTER, INDICTMENT AND JUDGMENTS, edited by Robert Cryer.  Oxford, 2008.

LAW, WAR AND CRIME: WAR CRIMES TRIALS AND THE REINVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, by Gerry J. Simpson. Cambridge, 2007.

MISSING ITALIAN NUREMBERG: CULTURAL ANMESIA AND POSTWAR POLITICS, by Michelle Battini.  Palgrave MacMillan, 2007. 

WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: THE TOKYO TRIAL AND THE NUREMBERG LEGACY, by Madoka Futamura.  Routledge, 2008.

NUREMBERG LEGACY: HOW THE NAZI WAR CRIMES TRIALS CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY, by Norbert Ehrenfreund.  Palgrave MacMillan, 2007.

PERSPECTIVES ON THE NUREMBERG TRIAL, edited by Guenael Mettraux.  Oxford, 2008. 

ATROCITIES ON TRIAL: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE POLITICS OF PROSECUTING WAR CRIMES, by Patricia Herberer.  University of Nebraska, 2008.

TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL: A REAPPRAISAL, by Neil Boister.  Oxford, 2008.

TOKYO WAR CRIMES TRIAL: THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE IN THE WAKE OF WORLD WAR II, by Yuma Totani.  Harvard East Asian Series, 2008. 

CIVIL WAR AND THE RULE OF LAW: SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, edited by Agnes Hurwitz.  Lynne Rienner, 2008.

NO EASY FIX: GLOBAL RESPONSES TO INTERNAL WARS AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, by M. Patricia Marchak.  McGill/Queens University, 2008.

HUMANITARIAN OCCUPATION, by Gregory H. Fox.  Cambridge, 2008.

I’ll be posting more new book lists in the next few days. 

 

Ivory Coast Cocoa Industry Photos

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The Romano Human Rights Digital Photograph Collection now contains 23 new images of from cocoa plantations in the Ivory Coast.  The images are available to UConn students, faculty and staff through HuskyCT.  Please contact the curator  with your NetID to request access.

More information, as well as PDF versions of Robin Romano’s lectures on child labor, are available on the Human Rights Institute’s website.