NEWS & EVENTS

Events

• Rethinking Human Rights and the Enlightenment: A View from the Twenty-First Century

• Oxford Amnesty Lecture by James Tully, University of Victoria.  5.30pm, 10 February 2010, Taylor Institution Library, St Giles, Oxford.

• Anniversary: An act of memory at LSE Human Rights Centre

• Part of the LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival. Recitations from individual and collective memory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Saturday 13 February 2010, 12noon-1pm, New Academic Building, LSE, London.

• From Natural Rights to General Liberty: Slavery, Emancipation and the Origins of Human Rights

• Oxford Amnesty Lecture by Robin Blackburn, Professor of Sociology, Essex, and Editor of New Left Review. 5.30pm, 10 March 2010, Taylor Institution Library, St Giles, Oxford.

• Outside the Law: stories from Guantanamo

• This fascinating documentary follows the story of three detainees, one of whom remains in prison. Followed by a discussion with former detainee Omar Deghayes and film maker Andy Worthington. Tue 16 Feb 2010 Human Rights Action Centre, London.