Rights and Their Translation Into Practice: Toward a Synthetic Framework
April 22-24, Rogers College of Law
Conference Schedule, Updated April 15, 2011
Transportation will be provided each day from Westward Look to the Conference Venue, from the Conference Venue to Dinner, and from Dinner back to Westward Look.
Transportation from the conference site to the airport will be provided for participants.
All listed breakfasts, lunches, and coffee breaks will be served on site.
The conference site is the Rogers College of Law, Room 237 Faculty Lounge, at 1201 E. Speedway Blvd.
FRIDAY
7:45-8:30 – Arrival, Registration, and Continental Breakfast
Arrival, registration table with schedules and name tags, informal meet & greet & continental breakfast
8:30-9:30 – Welcome
Welcomes by University of Arizona Provost Meredith Hay; Toni Massaro, Regents Professor, Milton O. Riepe Chair in Constitutional Law and Dean Emerita, James E. Rogers College of Law, UA; and by co-organizers Robin Stryker, University of Arizona and LaDawn Haglund, Arizona State University
9:30-9:45 – Coffee Break
9:45-11:45 – Panel Session 1: ESCR Overview - The State of Research on Global Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Presenters:
- LaDawn Haglund, ASU "Test of our Progress: The Translation of Economic and Social Rights Norms into Practice" PDF co-authored with Rimjhim Aggarwal, ASU).
- Varun Gauri, World Bank, "Courts and the Domestic Practice of Human Rights." PDF (co-authored with Daniel Brinks, University of Texas)
11:45-1:00 – Lunch
1:00-3:00 – Panel Session 2: ESCR - Concepts and Measures
- Presenters:
- Susan Randolph, University of Connecticut, "Making the Principle of Progressive Realization Operational - The SERF Index, an Index for Monitoring State Fulfillment of Economic and Social Rights Obligations" PDF
- William F. Felice, Eckerd College, "Linking Law and Economics: Translating Economic and Social Human Rights Norms into Public Policy."PDF
3:00-3:15 – Coffee Break
3:15-5:30 – Panel Session 3: ESCR – The Role of Civil Society in Rights Fulfillment
- Presenters:
- Paul Nelson, University of Pittsburgh, "Social Movements and the Expansion of Economic and Social Human Rights Advocacy among International NGOs" PDF
- Shannon Rivers, Akimel O’Odham Nation, Co-Chair, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), Global Indigenous People’s Caucus, 2009-10, "A brief history of the United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its impact on the state of Arizona"
- Hans-Otto Sano, World Bank, "Social Accountability in the World Bank. How does it overlap with human and ESCR rights?" (by SKYPE)
- Discussants:
- John Hagan, Northwestern University and American Bar Foundation
- Barry Goldstein, Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
6:00 – Informal Gathering and Buffet Dinner, home of Kathie Barnes and Gautam Gowrisankaran
Transportation will be provided for participants from Conference Venue to Dinner, and from Dinner Venue back to Westward Look.
SATURDAY
8:30 – Continental Breakfast
9:30-11:30 – Panel Session 4: Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Rights
- Presenters:
- Rebecca Tsosie, Arizona State University "Indigenous Women and International Human Rights Law: The Challenges of Colonialism, Cultural Survival, and Self-Determination" PDF
- Leonardo Alvarado, University of Arizona, "Prospects and Challenges in the Implementation of Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights in International Law" PDF
11:30-12:30 – Lunch
12:30-2:30 – Panel Session 5: Using Human Rights Law in Novel Ways
- Presenters:
- Sumudu Atapattu, University of Wisconsin, "The Role of Human Rights Law in Protecting Environmental Rights in South Asia" PDF
- Doris Marie Provine, Arizona State University, "Making Rights Real by Not Claiming Them: The Case of Settled Immigrants without Status to Remain."PDF
2:30-2:45 – Coffee Break
3:00-5:00 – Panel Session 6: Achieving Rights in Practice
- Presenters:
- Heinz Klug, University of Wisconsin, "Achieving Rights to Land, Water and Health in Post-Apartheid South Africa" PDF
- Shareen Hertel, University of Connecticut, "Measuring Fulfillment of the Right to Food: A Global Overview and Grass Roots Insights" PDF (co-authored with Susan Randolph).
- Discussants:
- John Hagan, Northwestern University and the American Bar Foundation
- Marjorie Zatz, Arizona State University
5:30 – Informal Gathering and Dinner Buffet, home of Robin Stryker and Scott Eliason
Transportation will be provided for participants from Conference Venue to Dinner, and from Dinner Venue back to Westward Look.
SUNDAY
8:00 – Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:30 – Panel Session 7: ESCR - The Impact of Human Rights Instruments
- Presenters:
- Varun Gauri, World Bank, "Rights for the rich, privation for the poor? The distributive impact of litigating social and economic rights" PDF co-authored with Daniel Brinks, University of Texas
- David Cingranelli and M. Rodwan Abouharb, "International Regimes: The Impact of the UN ICESR and Structural Adjustment on Respect for Cultural, Economic and Social Rights in Developing Countries" PDF Appendix (presented by M. Rodwan Abouharb, by SKYPE)
10:30-10:45 – Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 – Session 8: Wrap Up
Collective Brainstorming to synthesize what we have learned and work toward an edited volume.
12:15-1:30 – Lunch
