2016-2017
September 29, 2016
“Social Rights and Participatory Health Policymaking: The Negotiating of Citizenship” by American Indian Tribal Nations in the U.S.
Lauren MacLean (Indiana University)
October 21, 2016
"You Can't Sit With Us: International Law, Human Rights, and Homelessness"
Alyssa Webb (Doctoral candidate, Political Science, University of Connecticut)
November 4, 2016
"Designing and Drafting Legislation to Secure Economic & Social Rights: The Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment & Training Act (HR 1000)"
Phil Harvey (Rutgers Law)
December 5, 2016
“Big Data, Big Business, Big Problems: An International Human Rights Perspective on Legal and Ethical Standards”
David Nersessian (Babson College)
February 8, 2017
“Daughters & Dowry: Marriage Payments & Consumption Spending”
Nishith Prakash (Department of Economics and Human Rights, University of Connecticut) and Sungoh Kwon (Department of Economics, University of Connecticut) and S. Anukriti (Boston College)
March 21, 2017
“Rights and Queues: On Distributive Contests in the Modern State”
Katie Young (Boston College Law School)
April 25, 2017
“Health Consequences of Schooling for Disadvantaged Women in Zimbabwe”
Jorge Aguero (Department of Economics, University of Connecticut)
2015-2016
September 9, 2015
“Institutional Investment for Human Rights Impact”
Keynote address for “The University as Corporate Citizen: How to Promote Human Rights and Sustainability in Collegiate Licensing, Procurement, and Investment” Conference.
Conference co-sponsored by the President’s Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility; The Thomas J. Dodd Center; the Human Rights Institute Economic & Social Rights Program/ESRG
September 28, 2015
“Policy Reforms and Challenges Related to Human Trafficking in Bihar: Role of Police”
Rajyabardhan Sharma (former Indian Police Service)
Co-sponsored by India Studies; Human Rights Institute Economic & Social Rights Program/ESRG; Unfree Labor in the Americas Study Group
October 23, 2015
Challenges to Freedom of Expression in a Digital Age
David Kaye (UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression)
Keynote for a Conference on “Human Rights and New Technologies Conference”
November 18, 2015
Discussion led by Susan Randolph of her new book (co-authored with Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Terra Lawson-Remer) Fulfilling Economic & Social Rights (Oxford University Press 2015)
December 10, 2015
“Poor Democracies in a Conundrum: International Trade and Government Revenues in Developing Countries”
Nita Rudra (Government, Georgetown University)
January 28, 2016
"A Blueprint for Ending Poverty…. Permanently”
David Grusky (Director, Center on Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University)
February 4, 2016
"Extra-Territorial Obligations" (ETOs) for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights: An update on the international forum and state of debate"
Ute Reisinger (Fulbright Scholar, Austria; Candidate for MA in International Affairs, UConn)
March 7, 2016
“Economic and Social Rights Fulfillment in the United States: A Spatial Perspective”
Patrick Heidkamp (Southern Connecticut State University)
April 8-9, 2016
2016 Annual Economic and Social Rights Lecture Keynote
Professor James Anaya
2014-2015
September 11, 2014
"The Right to Read"
Lea Shaver (Law, Indiana University)
October 7, 2014
"Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India"
Nishith Prakash (Economics and Human Rights, University of Connecticut)
November 3, 2014
"Local Funds and Political Competition: Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India"
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi)
November 2013
"Monitoring the right to adequate food in Brazil: an analysis from human rights indicators and their application to public policies"
Ana Luiza Gama (Estácio de Sá University/UNESA, Brazil)
December 2, 2014
“Human Rights & Economic Justice: Re-Reading the Quran & the International Bill of Rights"
Zehra Arat (Political Science, University of Connecticut)
January 21, 2015
"State Capacity and Human Rights: Examining the tools of repression."
Benjamin Carbonetti (Political Science, University of Connecticut)
February 23, 2015
"From Apple to Nike: Making Globalization Work for All"
Richard Locke (Professor, Brown University)
February 20, 2015
“Human Rights Monitoring: Progressive Realization versus the Violations Approach"
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (The New School)
February 27, 2015
Discussion of Capital in the 21st Century, by Thomas Piketty
Jane Gordon (Political Science, University of Connecticut)
March 11, 2015
"Human Rights Requirements for Achieving Universal Health Coverage"
Audrey Chapman (UConn Health Center)
April 3, 2015
"Prospects and Challenges of Ensuring the Right to Food in Ethiopia"
Semahagn Gashu Abebe (Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut)
April 17-18, 2015
"Global Justice & Extra-Territorial Obligations"
Spring ESRG 2015 Workshop
2013-2014
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2012-2013
September 11, 2012
“The Right To Development Revisited”
Shareen Hertel (Political Science and Human Rights, University of Connecticut)
October 16, 2012
“Petro-Justice, Alien Claims, And The Limits Of Human Rights Discourse”
Heather Turcotte (Political Science and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Connecticut)
November 13, 2012
“Health And Human Rights After Genocide: A Cambodian Example”
Megan Berthold (School of Social Work, University of Connecticut)
December 4, 2012
“Hungry For Justice: Social Mobilization On The Right To Food In India”
Shareen Hertel (Political Science and Human Rights, University of Connecticut)
February 5, 2013
“Radical Reforms: What Do They Miss?”
Prakash Kashwan (Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut)
February 25, 2013
“Rights Based Fisheries Governance: From Fishing Rights To Human Rights”
Robert Pomeroy (Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut)
March 5, 2013
“Health And Human Rights After Genocide: A Cambodian Example”
Megan Berthold (School of Social Work, University of Connecticut)
April 4-5, 2013
“Health And Human Rights: Social Mobilization, Law & Policy”
Workshop
April 5, 2013
“Forging Economic And Social Rights: Why Institutions Matter”
Philip G. Alston (NYU Law School)
April 30, 2013
“Food Security In Central Asia: Realities And Challenges”
Fakhmiddin Fazilov (Trinity College)
2011-2012
September 30, 2011
“Roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)”
David Richards (Political Science/Human Rights, University of Connecticut)
October 14, 2011
“The Politics of Transition to Rights-Based Approaches to Conservation in India”
Prakash Kashwan (Political Science, University of Connecticut)
November 18, 2011
“Who Pays for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights?”
Michael Goodhart (Political Science, University of Pittsburgh)
December 7, 2011
“Roundtable on Gendered Dimensions of Economic and Social Rights”
Zehra Kabasakal Arat, Visiting Gladstein Professor (Juanita and Joseph Leff Distinguished Professor, Political Science and Women’s Studies, SUNY Purchase)
February 3, 2012
“Worker Rights In Law & Practice: New Data & Applications”
Chad Clay (International Affairs, University of Georgia)
Colin Barry (Political Science, Binghamton University)
February 29, 2012
“Environmental Rights And The Atmospheric Trust Litigation”
Kelly Matheson (Program Manager for the Americas, WITNESS)
March 30, 2012
“The Commitment To Public Services In India”
Vivek Srinivasan (Manager, Program on Liberation Technology, Stanford University)
April 13, 2012
“Keynote Lecture For ESRG Workshop”
April 14, 2012
“Corporate Social Responsibility And Human Rights”
ESRG Workshop
2010-2011
September 24, 2010
“On the Institutional Dilemmas of Human Rights Enforcement”
Derek Johnson (Economics, University of Connecticut)
October 8, 2010
“On the Right to Clean Water: On the Resolution Recently Passed by the UN General Assembly”
Chris Jeffords (Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut) and Corinne Tagliarina (Political Science, University of Connecticut)
October 29, 2010
“Macroeconomic Policy and Human Rights: A Case Study of the US and Mexico”
Radhika Balakrishnan (Rutgers, Women’s and Gender Studies) and Diane Elson (Sociology, Essex)
November 19, 2010
“Economics and Human Rights: The Non-Conversation”
Sanjay Reddy (Economics, New School for Social Research)
February 4, 2011
“Human Rights Protections for Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups: The Contributions of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”
Audrey Chapman (UCONN Health Center) and Ben Carbonetti (Political Science, University of Connecticut)
February 25, 2011
“Environmental Justice and ESC Rights: Derived Protections from the European Court of Human Rights”
Steve Kutcha (Economics, University of Connecticut)
March 25, 2011
“HIV Prevention Efforts, Human Rights, and Other Structural Dimensions: Factors related to the Success of Interventions around the Globe.”
Blair Johnson (Psychology, University of Connecticut)
April 9, 2011
“The State Of Economic and Social Rights”
ESRG Annual Workshop
April 29, 2011
"Spatial Considerations of Economic Rights Measurement"
Patrick Heidkamp and Colin Ryan (Geography, Southern Connecticut State University)
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