Human Rights in Practice

Race & Reparations in the
United States and Beyond

 
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Law School Room 3037
12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m.

Please join us for our first program of the fall semester featuring Kaaren Haldeman, former Vice Chair, Durham Racial Equity Task Force; Dreisen Heath, Researcher/Advocate, US Program, Human Rights Watch; Yuvraj Joshi, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia Allard School of Law; and, Virginie Ladisch, Senior Expert, International Center for Transitional Justice; discussing “Race and Reparations in the United States and Beyond.” The program will be moderated by Jayne Huckerby, Clinical Professor of Law & Director, Duke Law International Human Rights Clinic.

The event is organized by the Center for International and Comparative Law and the International Human Rights Clinic. Co-sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA); the Black Law Students Association (BLSA); the Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute; the Duke Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics; the Duke Law Center on Law, Race and Politics; the Human Rights Law Society; the International Law Society; the Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA); the South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA); and the Womxn of Color Collective (WoCC). The event is free and open to all. No registration is required. For more information contact Balfour Smith at bsmith@law.duke.edu.

Please remember that Duke University has a mandatory mask requirement on campus (indoor and outdoor). Due to pandemic restrictions, the program will be limited to 45 minutes. Boxed lunches for take away will be available for attendees at the end of the program; you cannot eat in the room during or after the event.

To accommodate those who cannot attend in person, the event is also available to view via livestream at https://bit.ly/3DzC3Yl.