Glasgow Human Rights Network (GHRN) Public Seminar:
9/11 + 10: A New Human Rights Research Agenda
Thursday 16 February 2012, 17.15 – 19.00, University of Glasgow, Wolfson Medical School Building Seminar Room 1 (Yudowitz)
Location C8 on Campus map: http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_1887_en.pdf
Speaker: Dr Stephanie Carvin (Lecturer in International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London)
In the ten years since 9/11 there has been an ongoing and contentious debate over torture, human rights, humanitarian law and civil liberties within the larger issue over what states may do in order maintain their security in the face of terrorist threats. But what can be said that is new after a decade of this discussion? And what has it actually accomplished? With Guantanamo Bay still open, the PATRIOT Act still in effect and the return of “control orders lite”, human rights research may have helped to inform, but it has done little in terms of actually affecting change.
Although the human rights issues related to the war on terror remain pressing and compelling, human rights research seems to be ‘sitting on the sidelines’ while individual cases work their way through the court systems and counter-terrorism policy is being made. Surely human rights research can do better than this?
About the speaker: Dr Carvin holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics. In 2010, she published her PhD thesis as “Prisoners of America’s Wars: From 1750 to Guantanamo” with Hurst/Columbia University Press. She researches/ publishes in the areas of security, terrorism, human rights and the laws of armed conflict.
All are welcome – free of charge. The event will conclude with a wine reception in the Wolfson Atrium.
If you plan to attend please register below or at http://ghrn-carvin.eventbrite.com
Event jointly organised by Glasgow Human Rights Network & Glasgow University Global Security Roundtable