The Business and Human Rights Workshop is dedicated to the development and discussion of works-in-progress and other non-published academic research. Below find the abstract for a preview of the paper.

This paper attempts to explain why, in similar contexts, multinational enterprises (MNEs) respond differently to human rights questions, and why external audiences appear to tolerate these differences. Our explanation focuses on the perceived legitimacy of MNE human rights actions. This approach recognizes that organizations are actors that make legitimacy assessments, rather than mere legitimacy objects. We conceptualize organizational human rights attitudes and reasons for action, and we show how the two interact. We relate the norms that are used in legitimacy judgments, and the way that they are interpreted in different contexts, to different MNE human rights attitudes. Our analysis yields new predictions of the factors that might lead MNEs to adopt active, passive, or non-engagement human rights attitudes.

Presenter:

Prof. Rita Mota,
ESADE Business School

Discussant:

Prof. Harry Van Buren,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

This workshop will be hosted on Zoom. Please register to receive the Zoom information and paper. The workshop will not be recorded.

https://humanrights.uconn.edu/2022/02/01/human-rights-multinational-enterprises-and-legitimacy/

This event is sponsored by the Business and Human Rights Initiative, a partnership of Dodd Human Rights Impact, the UConn School of Business, & Human Rights Institute.

A Book Celebration.


Moderator: Mathilde Cohen, George Williamson Crawford Professor of Law

Discussants:

Jillian Chambers, LAW '21

Daniel Kanstroom, Thomas F. Carney Distinguished Scholar, Faculty Director of the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy and Co-Director of the Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice

Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Associate Dean for Research, I. Herman Stern Research Professor, Temple University Beasley School of Law

Co-sponsored by the UConn Human Rights Institute

RSVP by February 24 at https://www.events.foundation.uconn.edu/ereg/index.php?eventid=731874&

If you require a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Law School at 860-570-5079 or via email at law.access@uconn.edu at least two weeks in advance.

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, ROE reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

Join us for this community conversation event with Jelani Cobb, this year’s Pennington lecture speaker, to explore the history and legacy of Black writing, Black journalists, and advocacy in and through the Black press.

Register in advance for this event: http://s.uconn.edu/encounters/black-press

Partners: The Old State House, Wadsworth Atheneum of Art, The Amistad Center for Art & Culture

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, ROE reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, ROE reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

Facilitator Training
Hosted by the Democracy & Dialogues Initiative
Monday, March 6. 1:00 pm-3:30 pm ET
Dodd Center for Human Rights, Room 162
405 Babbidge Rd., Storrs, CT 06269

Register in advance for this training:
https://s.uconn.edu/trainingform

Facilitators are fundamentally important to running a successful dialogue. They are the folks who work with the small breakout groups and keep the conversation moving and productive. Want to learn more about the theory and practice of facilitation? Join us in person at the Dodd Center for Human Rights, Room 162, on the UConn Storrs campus.

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, ROE reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

The Human Rights Graduate Research Forum provides an opportunity for graduate students in any discipline or school doing human rights-related work to receive feedback from peers and faculty in an informal and supportive environment. These forums occur once per month during the academic year. Each session is split between the student researcher's presentation and time reserved for questions and feedback.

For our second session, Francesco Rouhana, Ph.D. student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, will present "The Electric Vehicle Revolution: From a Human Rights Angle."

For more information and registration: http://s.uconn.edu/hri-graduate-research-forum

This Beyond the Field will examine and reflect on creative expression and creative process at the intersection of sport, art and social change. Speakers will share their journeys and their creative work and will discuss their perspectives on the role of art in the sport landscape and within the sport and social change movement. Speakers will be invited to share their ideas and visions for future projects and initiatives.

Speakers:
Ilina Arsova, Visual artist/Activist/Athlete/ Creator of This is HERstory film
Chris Cardoza, photographer and filmmaker
Mel Day, interdisciplinary artist, educator, and co-founder of The Wall of Song Project
Carling Jackson, humanitarian and professional athlete portrait artist


For more info and to RSVP, visit http://s.uconn.edu/BeyondTheField

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, ROE reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

Moderator Training - Virtual
Hosted by the Democracy & Dialogues Initiative
Thursday, March 9. 9:00 am-11:00 am ET

Register in advance for this training:
https://s.uconn.edu/trainingform

The role of moderators is to run or direct a dialogue. This is the "emcee" position and the person serving in it walks participants from welcome to closing. They manage the structure and timing of the event and provide support to the facilitators. And they are always in demand! Join us!

In this first session of the Research Program on Arts & Human Rights' Faculty Seminar Series, Prof. Asif Majid (Dramatic Arts & Human Rights) will join us for a talk titled "Subverting Statues: Race, Space, Performance, and the Arab American National Museum."

For more information and to register, visit https://humanrights.uconn.edu/2023/02/13/arts-faculty-seminar-series/

This event will be held in-person and online.
*Please note this event has been rescheduled from March 2 to March 9.

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, ROE reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, ROE reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, ROE reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

Public Lecture

With generous co-sponsorship from ELIN, IIREP, GERM, GLOBAL AFFAIRS, HRI, LAW, NAIS, PHIL, and SOCI. . .

"The Coloniality of Law in the US and Brazilian Indigenous Peoples' Contexts,"
Fernanda Frizzo Bragato,
Unisinos Law School (Brazil)


How and why does law undermine Indigenous rights in the US and Brazil? Legal rules and legal adjudication enable a broad range of deprivations in Indigenous rights to continue the colonial project.


About speaker:
Fernanda Frizzo Bragato, CNPq research & full professor of Law, teaches and supervises undergraduate and graduate students. Since 2015, her work has focused on Indigenous land rights/conflicts in Brazil in the context of risk for atrocities. She is the editor of "The Legal content of Human Rights: Civil and Political Rights in the International Instruments," the first handbook in Brazilian Portuguese to compile the primary international human rights standards.



Live Stream will be available

Informal seminar about a pre-circulated work-in-progress.

Once per month, we invite graduate students in Human Rights to a quiet space in the Dodd Center to focus on their writing. This quiet time allows for space to concentrate or collaborate with other Human Rights grad students, develop paper topics, work products, or writing assignments.

Light refreshments are provided. Come and go as you please!

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Konover Auditorium, The Dodd Center for Human Rights

Directed by Emmy™ Award-winning filmmaker and UConn DMD Associate Professor Oscar Guerra, After Zero Tolerance brings a compelling and intimate perspective to the ongoing debate around US immigration policy and the treatment of families and children at the border. The film follows the story of Anavelis, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her then-six-year-old daughter, Genesis, in 2018. They were forcibly separated by law enforcement at a border camp, and Anavelis was deported back to Honduras without Genesis – kicking off a years-long quest to reunite with her daughter.

This event will feature a full screening of After Zero Tolerance (2022, 29 minutes), followed by a discussion with Oscar Guerra, Nan Schivone, and Anavelis.

Please RSVP at https://s.uconn.edu/hrfs/after-zero-tolerance

This event is sponsored by the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, Dodd Impact, and the Department of Digital Media & Design.

Take A Walk In My Shoes: A Reentry Simulation

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (multiple sessions)

State Capitol Building, North Lobby, Hartford CT

Participate in a reentry simulation designed to help you understand the struggles and complexities of reentry and the importance of providing support and resources to returning citizens. Join us for an impactful, transformative, and eye-opening experience, and help us build a more inclusive and compassionate community for all.

This is a "One State One Film" event by The Connecticut Collaborative on Poverty, Criminal Justice, and Race. Presented by Formerly Inc. and Dodd Impact.

For more info & registration, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScptJuk0N2ZbvKIF6pYjHJRfO58kjzB2_Z_pd5GXAr6BmrfqQ/viewform

Tony award-winning Glenn Close, Richard Dreyfuss and Gene Hackman starred on Broadway in this political thriller. Set in an unnamed country that is, like the author's native Chile, emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship, the play explores the after effects of repression on hearts and souls. Paulina Escobar's husband Gerardo is to head an investigation into past human rights abuses. A Dr. Miranda stops at Escobars' to congratulate Gerardo. Paulina overhears them speaking and is convinced that Miranda supervised her prison torture sessions. She ties him to a chair and conducts her own interrogation, gun in hand. Escobar doesn't know whether to believe his distraught wife or his persuasive new friend. This white knuckle thriller is a riveting intellectual and emotional tug of war. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

Tony award-winning Glenn Close, Richard Dreyfuss and Gene Hackman starred on Broadway in this political thriller. Set in an unnamed country that is, like the author's native Chile, emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship, the play explores the after effects of repression on hearts and souls. Paulina Escobar's husband Gerardo is to head an investigation into past human rights abuses. A Dr. Miranda stops at Escobars' to congratulate Gerardo. Paulina overhears them speaking and is convinced that Miranda supervised her prison torture sessions. She ties him to a chair and conducts her own interrogation, gun in hand. Escobar doesn't know whether to believe his distraught wife or his persuasive new friend. This white knuckle thriller is a riveting intellectual and emotional tug of war. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

March 29-31, 2023 | Storrs, CT

To celebrate our 20th anniversary, the Human Rights Institute is convening an international conference, showcasing the thematic foci of our research and practice clusters. Bringing together more than 40 speakers over the course of three days, this conference continues the Institute's tradition of drawing scholars and practitioners from around the world to renew ongoing conversations and inspire new ones about the latest challenges in the field.

Learn more about the conference and register at https://humanrights.uconn.edu/2022/10/17/evolving-landscapes-of-human-rights/.

Tony award-winning Glenn Close, Richard Dreyfuss and Gene Hackman starred on Broadway in this political thriller. Set in an unnamed country that is, like the author's native Chile, emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship, the play explores the after effects of repression on hearts and souls. Paulina Escobar's husband Gerardo is to head an investigation into past human rights abuses. A Dr. Miranda stops at Escobars' to congratulate Gerardo. Paulina overhears them speaking and is convinced that Miranda supervised her prison torture sessions. She ties him to a chair and conducts her own interrogation, gun in hand. Escobar doesn't know whether to believe his distraught wife or his persuasive new friend. This white knuckle thriller is a riveting intellectual and emotional tug of war. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA

March 29-31, 2023 | Storrs, CT

To celebrate our 20th anniversary, the Human Rights Institute is convening an international conference, showcasing the thematic foci of our research and practice clusters. Bringing together more than 40 speakers over the course of three days, this conference continues the Institute's tradition of drawing scholars and practitioners from around the world to renew ongoing conversations and inspire new ones about the latest challenges in the field.

Learn more about the conference and register at https://humanrights.uconn.edu/2022/10/17/evolving-landscapes-of-human-rights/.

Learn how four professionals made their path in sustainability. Q+A, Networking and snacks!
Panelists:
Dr. Sean Bradshaw - Sustainable Propulsion Fellow @ Pratt & Whitney
Sam King - Co-founder of Blue Earth Compost
Aziz Dehkan - Exec. Director of CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs
Emma MacDonald - Environmental Analyst, DEEP

To RSVP visit: https://sustainability.uconn.edu/2023/03/15/green-careers-panel-gcp/

Tony award-winning Glenn Close, Richard Dreyfuss and Gene Hackman starred on Broadway in this political thriller. Set in an unnamed country that is, like the author's native Chile, emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship, the play explores the after effects of repression on hearts and souls. Paulina Escobar's husband Gerardo is to head an investigation into past human rights abuses. A Dr. Miranda stops at Escobars' to congratulate Gerardo. Paulina overhears them speaking and is convinced that Miranda supervised her prison torture sessions. She ties him to a chair and conducts her own interrogation, gun in hand. Escobar doesn't know whether to believe his distraught wife or his persuasive new friend. This white knuckle thriller is a riveting intellectual and emotional tug of war. https://crt.uconn.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=070004C2-6E4A-474F-8C46-992B424DA896&menu_id=3CD3099C-E1FA-45ED-8066-9C7856768BBA