GHRN Information Bulletin, 17th January 2014
1. Events
Tuesday 21st January 2014, 6.00pm (doors 5.30pm)
The 14th Holocaust Memorial Lecture: Human Experiments and The Holocaust: A Victim-based Analysis
Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre (WILT), University of Glasgow
Speaker: Professor Paul Weindling
Professor Paul Weindling is Wellcome Trust Research Professor in the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University. His research covers evolution and eugenics, public health, refugees from Nazism, and Nazi coerced experimentation. He has been on the boards of projects on the history of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society under National Socialism, and the Robert Koch Institute. He leads the research project into "Victims of Human Experiments and Coerced Research under National Socialism", researching victim narratives and reconstructing the experiences and life histories of victims.
This lecture is free and open to the public. However, prior registration is essential. To register, or for more information, please visit: www.glasgow.ac.uk/hml2014.
Thursday 23rd January 2014, 5.15pm
The Family, Sexuality, and Human Rights in Global Perspective
Basement Seminar Room, Sir Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow
Chair: Dr Vikki Turbine (Politics, University of Glasgow)
Dr. Kelly Kollman (Politics, University of Glasgow)
Dr. Roona Simpson (Sociology, University of Glasgow)
Dr. Matthew Waites (Sociology, University of Glasgow)
Drs. Kollman, Simpson and Waites will discuss their recent books:
Kelly Kollman (2013) The Same-Sex Unions Revolution in Western Democracies (Manchester University Press)
Lynn Jamieson and Roona Simpson (2013) Living Alone: Globalization, Identity, Belonging (Palgrave Macmillan)
Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites (eds.) (2013) Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change (School of Advanced Study, University of London)
To register for this event, please visit: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ghrn-lecture-series-201314-tickets-7621960489
Thursday 6th February 2014, 10.15am – 4.30pm
The Next Steps to Eliminate Human Trafficking: Targeting Modern Day Slavery in the UK
Central London
During a period of great change in the sector, this special symposium offers an invaluable opportunity for practitioners across the police, social and health services, NGOs and other key stakeholders to assess current progress in tackling the scourge of modern day slavery in the UK and examine the next steps to prevent trafficking, provide better protection to victims and secure successful prosecution of traffickers.
For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/events/EB06-PPE
Wednesday 12th February 2014
Reducing Poverty and Creating Income Equality: Creating a Wealthier and Fairer Scotland
MacDonald Holyrood Hotel, Edinburgh
The conference will take an in-depth look at challenges and opportunities facing Scotland and the steps being taken to tackle poverty and develop income equality. The event will foster an environment for informed debate and discussion and will provide the opportunity for delegates to discover best strategies and innovations that will help further Scotland's social justice and economic prosperity.
Key topics for discussion include:
• The current state of poverty and income inequality
• A New Commitment to Collaborative Working
• Case Study Session: Creating Successful Learners and Confident Individuals – Glasgow City Council
• Case Study Session: Improving Family Support and Employability: Edinburgh City Council
For more information, please visit: http://govknow.com/event-detail.html?id=603
Tuesday 18th February 2014, 5.30pm (time tbc)
Annual Human Rights Lecture
Self-Determination in the 21st Century: Scotland's Phoenix or a Pandora's Box?
Professor Hurst Hannum, Tufts University, USA
Sir Charles Wilson Building Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow
More details to follow.
Tuesday 4th March 2014
Human Rights in Scotland: Understanding the challenges and embracing the opportunities
Thistle Hotel, Glasgow
This conference aims to promote greater respect for the importance of human rights by ensuring a better understanding of the extent of the obligations and freedoms deriving from domestic and international human rights law.
For more information and to book, please visit: http://www.mackayhannah.com/conferences/human-rights-in-scotland
4th - 5th March 2014
How to Litigate Before the European Court of Human Rights - Practical Guide to Procedure
Strasbourg
This seminar aims to prepare the parties of a potential case before the Strasbourg Court on the practical aspects of its procedure.
Key topics:
• What national remedies must be sought before submitting an application to the Court in Strasbourg?
• What admissibility criteria have to be complied with?
• What should an individual application contain?
• What are the objectives of the written and the oral parts of the proceedings?
For further information and details of how to register, please visit: https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=0a18f4fff9e2db2cc7b2e72379252c7b9bf23ef900275267550820&_sprache=en&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idartikel=124238
2. Opportunities and Resources
Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth
The first book on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights in the Commonwealth has been published and is available to download entirely free online as part of a global dissemination strategy in partnership with activists and NGOs that contributed chapters. Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change is co-edited by Matthew Waites (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Glasgow) and Corinne Lennox (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London), and published by School of Advanced Study on a not-for-profit basis, in print or free online at: http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/publications/house-publications/lgbt-rights-commonwealth.
For ongoing updates on debates and knowledge exchange related to the book, see Matthew’s staff website: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/matthewwaites/ and follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewWaites.
Further information can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/#!/HumanRightsSOGICommonwealth
Call for Papers
Scotland's Children: Possible Futures?
5th – 6th September 2014
School of Education, University of Strathclyde
On the 18th September 2014 the people of Scotland will vote to determine whether it will become an independent nation. Whatever the outcome, there will be implications for Scotland’s children. Interestingly, too, many children will have a real voice in this referendum since sixteen and seventeen year olds will be enfranchised.
Proposals of up to 200 words should be submitted electronically by the deadline of Monday 31st March 2014.
For more information and details of how to submit a proposal, please visit:
http://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/schoolofeducation/ccc/.
The Poverty and Social Exclusion (PSE) website, http://www.poverty.ac.uk, is a free educational resource for academics, students, NGOs and policy makers interested in evidence-based research on poverty and social exclusion in the UK. It is a comprehensive research tool, containing information on: methodology, conducting original and ethical research, research findings, international surveys, as well as up-to-date articles and a searchable digest of news stories and reports on welfare, poverty, inequality and more. It will also be publish the results of two major surveys over the next few weeks.
This website is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, (ESRC) and is a major collaboration between the University of Bristol, Heriot-Watt University, The Open University, Queen's University Belfast, University of Glasgow and the University of York, working with the National Centre for Social Research and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE PART
Join in the Poverty and Social Exclusion attitudes to necessities survey at www.poverty.ac.uk/take-part.
• Contact the PSE if you are interested in writing an article for the website.
• Follow and tweet comments @PSE2010
• Register to post comments on the website
The PSE are keen to hear from students and educators about what they would like to see on the PSE website, including any specific research papers they would like to suggest for inclusion. The PSE are also in the process of adding links on the PSE website to other organisations and projects researching poverty and social exclusion so if you have suggestions, again, do contact the PSE.
3. Notices
The Rainbow International LGBT Activist Solidarity Fund
A new fund was been launched in Central London 8th December. The Rainbow International LGBT Activist Solidarity Fund will provide critical financial assistance to frontline LGBT rights activists – principally in the countries where being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender is still illegal – so as to empower individuals and groups to campaign for LGBT rights, sexual liberation, equality, justice, democratic change, and working class unity.
For more information, please visit: www.rainbow-international-fund.org
If you have an announcement for an event or resource which may be of interest to other members of GHRN, please send them to GHRNadmin@glasgow.ac.uk for inclusion in the bulletin.