EXECUTIVE COURSE Women's Human Rights 18 & 19 June 2015
Book by International Women's Day for a discount on the course fee  We are pleased to be offering our highly successful two-day course examining women's human rights for the third year. The course is convened and led by Jane Gordon, with specialist sessions taught by other leading practitioners in the field of women's human rights.
With two full days (9.15am - 5.30pm) of taught sessions and case study work, the course will examine the international human rights law framework that guarantees the rights of women and critically evaluate its potential to challenge core obstacles undermining the effective protection of women's rights in the world today. · Standard individual rate: £990 (£850 if booked by 8 March) · Concessionary rate for voluntary sector organisations & students: £740 (£600 if booked by 8 March) · The Centre is able to offer up to five subsidised places, at £495, in support of those who would otherwise be unable to take the course.
The deadline for applying for a subsidised place is 12 Noon, Thursday 14 May 2015. The fee includes a comprehensive set of fully updated supporting papers in hard copy and electronic format, and lunch and refreshments over both days.
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Conferences & Events TTIP: Shaping the Future of Investor−State Dispute Settlement?
 4 March 2015, Chatham House, London.
The proposed TTIP between the EU and the US is intended to remove trade barriers, create wealth and promote investment, so why is it controversial? Andrea Shemberg, co-lead of the Lab's Investment and Human Rights Project joins a panel of specialists to discuss the key issues. Register to attend.  The Future of Human Rights in the UK after the Next Election: Proposals and Prospects
31 March 2015, Doughty Street Chambers, London.
Professor Francesca Klug is participating in this public seminar along with Professor Geraldine Van Bueren QC, Professor Colin Harvey and John Wadham. Register to attend.
 Senior Research Associate Dr Claire Moon was invited to participate in a workshop on 'Global Justice: assessing spaces of practice and institutional convergences' at the Écoles des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris on 26-27 January 2015. Participants explored the themes of global justice at a juncture; the limits of the global justice field; global justice and diverging paths of transnational legal fields; its organisational practices and connected fields; and global justice and national dynamics. The proceedings of the workshop will be published in a special issue of Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales.
Interviews & Podcasts
 In a recent Gearty Grilling, Dr Awol Allo discussed the courtroom as a method of resistance, the current political climate in Ethiopia, and his own activism. He highlighted the central themes of his forthcoming edited volume The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance: Reflections on the Legacy of the Rivonia Trial (Ashgate, 2015). Watch the interview.  A recording of Dr Margot Salomon's presentation at the University of Oxford conference, Human Rights and Post-2015 Development Agenda, is now online. The conference was organised by the Oxford Martin School Human Rights for Future Generations programme and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (University of Oslo) and took place in November 2014. It brought together leading scholars and practitioners from around the world to examine the challenges and prospects of merging human rights with the Post-2015 Development agenda. Watch the presentation.
 Visiting Fellow Hilary Stauffer was recently interviewed by Future Foreign Policy, a student and graduate led International Affairs Think Tank, on the challenges in balancing human rights and national security concerns. Prompted by the Charlie Hebdo attack, this interview explores a range of pressing issues. Watch the interview.
PROJECT NEWS
Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy  On 25-27 February 2015, Andrea Saldarriaga, co-lead of the Investment and Human Rights Project, participated in UNCTAD's Expert Meeting on The Transformation of the International Investment Agreement Regime in Geneva, Switzerland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the need for reform and identify strategies to help shape a sustainable-development friendly international investment framework.
In her latest article 'Of Austerity, Human Rights and International Institutions', to be published in the LSE Law, Society and Economy Working Papers series and the European Law Journal, Dr Margot Salomon, Lab Director, offers a timely set of arguments as to what is required as matters of law and societal expectation when it comes to having international institutions respect socio-economic rights.
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Save the date: Wednesday 10 June 2015 On Wednesday 10 June (6.30pm) we will host a very special event to launch Francesca Klug's new book, A Magna Carta for all Humanity: homing in on human rights (Routledge, 2015). Chaired by Jane Gordon, Shami Chakrabarti and Francesca Klug will discuss the themes in the book. The event will be open to all and free to attend. Missed a Centre event? download the podcast
Recent highlights: · Defending Human Rights in Russia (21 January 2015)
Speakers: Mary McAuley, Dmitri Makarov, Roman Udot
Audio recording, presentation slides and video clips
· Extradition and the Erosion of Human Rights (28 January 2015)
Speakers: Gareth Peirce, Saskia Sassen, Jeanne Theoharis
Audio recording, presentation slides
· Coming soon - recording of Francesca Klug and Conor Gearty at the LSE Literary Festival on Friday 27 February 2015 Browse the podcast index for more event recordings.
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES Access to Reproductive Rights in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Thursday 19 March 2015, LSE
This conference will bring together legal and policy specialists with front line service providers to discuss access to abortion in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Conference participants will consider the legal and policy challenges to secure women's reproductive rights across the island of Ireland. These important conversations will take place in the context of an absence of clear clinical guidelines on abortion in Ireland, and the narrow construction of the official consultation on possible reform of the law in Northern Ireland. This conference is hosted by the Centre for the Study of Human Rights in partnership with Sisters For Change and Amnesty International UK. Ethiopia: Identity Politics, Human Rights and Democratization
Friday 8 & Saturday 9 May 2015, LSE
2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Ethiopian Constitution and the 40th Anniversary of the 1974 Revolution, two watershed moments that radically re-oriented Ethiopian politics and redefined the form and structure of the Ethiopian state. This conference, hosted by the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, will explore the recurring theoretical and empirical issues that have dominated the Ethiopian political landscape.
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VISITING FELLOWSHIP Our Visiting Fellowship scheme enables human rights academics, researchers and practitioners to spend a period of time conducting research at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights. Visiting Fellows may be on sabbatical leave from their usual employment, or sponsored directly by other organisations. They might be undertaking post-doctoral research, a mid-career break, or pursuing an opportunity for late-career reflection and writing.
Applicants may be interested in working with an established project in the Centre and are invited to express that interest in their application. Visiting Fellows are required to have secured their own funds, but an hospitable and stimulating work environment awaits.
Visiting Fellowship applications are considered three times a year. The next deadline for applications is 12 Noon, Thursday 5 March 2015. Full information about the scheme, including practical arrangements, timing and how to apply.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------LSE HUMAN RIGHTS BLOG  In the first week of February 2015 the student-led LSE Human Rights blog ran a series of articles exploring the importance of representation in popular culture, initiated and led by PhD student Maria Werdine Norris. The Comics, Human Rights & Representation series explored how invisibility, on the basis of gender, sexuality, race and perceived ability, can be both challenged and reinforced in popular culture. Also on the blog in February:
The LSE Human Rights blog is a place for critical engagement with the idea of human rights, for studying the evolution of the concept, and for celebrating the work of people committed to realising human rights. The editorial team welcomes thought-provoking and accessible articles. You do not have to be affiliated to LSE to submit a post. Notes for contributors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------LSE MSC HUMAN RIGHTS The LSE MSc Human Rights offers a concentrated 12 month (or 24 months, part-time) multidisciplinary engagement with the foundations of, and key problems in, human rights. We are currently considering applications for entry in October 2015. More about the MSc Human Rights Scholarship for Palestinian and Israeli students The Sir Siegmund Warburg Scholarship offers Palestinian and Israeli students the opportunity to undertake full-time postgraduate human rights study at LSE. This year the scholarship has a value of £30,000, which will cover fees and contribute to living expenses. As scholarship applications can only be accepted by those who have already been offered a place on the MSc Human Rights programme, candidates are strongly advised to submit their application for the MSc Human Rights as early as possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------KEEPING IN TOUCH You received this email because you are subscribed to the Centre for the Study of Human Rights mailing list.   You can also keep in touch via Twitter and Facebook. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, you can
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