Human Rights on the Hill

eedoms Forum. In our formative years, the course focused on reflection and education, we aim to build on this balanced foundation evolving into realization and engagement. There is an opportunity to mobilize to realize human rights in the United States of America and our partners for peace around the planet. The course will allow participants to actively be agents of positive social change in our country and the global civil society. The summer seminar will focus on important international human rights instruments. We will cover from ratification to realization in the lives of all Americans and citizens of the world. The seminar combines keynote addresses by international law professors as well as peace & policy makers, panel presentations by NGOs and indigenous peoples, updates on the latest developments at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the newly created UN Human Rights Council including the Universal Periodic Review, documentary film premieres daily during lunch and excursions of empowerment throughout the week around Washington D.C. The presentations will take place every 90 minutes starting at 9 A.M. throughout the day concluding at 5:00 P.M. Each day at noon, there will be the sixth annual Human Rights Film Festival featuring documentary movies on fundamental freedoms. We hope you can participate as much as possible in the five day program. A significant aspect of this advocacy course is participating actively with the decision-makers in our democracy. Therefore, there will be educational excursions of empowerment to complement the talks. For latest schedules please email [email protected] or [email protected]. We also want to welcome you to invite your membership to be part of the coalition aiming for ratification of treaties by the U.S. government and also to organize better monitoring of US involvement in the UN human rights mechanisms. We very much look forward to your participation in this empowering endeavor and hopeful future action to create a culture of peace and human rights. Maluhia Me Ka Pono,
Joshua Cooper, Coordinator, International Human and Peoples’ Rights Law Program

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People of all ages and educational backgrounds are welcome to participate in all or any part of this week-long international human rights program featuring organizers, activists and professionals from a wide range of non-profit and governmental organizations. No charge, but donations gladly accepted. UDC Clarke School of Law
4340 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20008
United States

Contact: Joshua Cooper
[email protected]