Multimedia
The Freedom Spot multimedia archive consists of footages from different independent media sources.
Lectures and Conversations on Human Rights
Lynn Hunt, UCLA Professor of Modern European History, discusses the genesis of human rights, a concept that only came to the forefront during the eighteenth century. When the American Declaration of Independence declared all men are created equal and the French proclaimed the Declaration of the Rights of Man during their revolution, they were bringing a new guarantee into the world. But why then? How did such a revelation come to pass? Series: “Walter H. Capps Center Series”
Louise Arbour, the former High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations, lays out a strategy for integrating security, development and human rights around the world in this talk to the Joan B.Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series.
Former Irish President Mary Robinson calls on the United States to renew its commitment to multilateralism and respect for international human rights law to meet the challenges of the globalizing world in this address to the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: “Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series”
Nobel Peace Laureate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi of Iran describes how education can lead to peace in the Middle East and calls for an end to discrimination against women in this riveting address presented by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice and the School of Law at the University of San Diego. Series: “Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series”
Internationally acclaimed playwright, filmmaker and activist Luis Valdez discusses the problems of citizenship in the U.S. and the blending of cultures in the dynamic California social landscape.
Rigoberta Menchú is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, indigenous woman and survivor of genocide in Guatemala. She seeks the observance of a code of ethics for an era of peace, as her contribution to humanity.
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a South African psychologist who was appointed by Nelson Mandela to the Human Rights Violations Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, recounts the gripping story of her encounter with Eugene de Kock - a man known as “Prime Evil” for his relentless pursuit and extermination of anti-apartheid activists. She argues that a victim who puts revenge aside can gain a more satisfying measure of power by becoming a “gatekeeper to what the outcast desires - readmission into the human community.” Series: “Walter H. Capps Center Series”
Miroslav Volf interviews John Witte, Jr. of Emory Law School about the place of
human rights language in today’s globalized world. Witte recounts the historical development of human rights law, and emphasizes the enduring need and relevance of universal human rights discourse in contemporary society.
“Terrorism, Torture and Human Rights”
A lecture by Professor Jonathan Glover
The British Humanist Association is pleased to share with you to the 2008 Bentham Lecture, held jointly with the Humanist Philosophers’ Group and University College London. 2008 was the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which gave us the theme for this year’s Bentham Lecture - the fifth to be held.
Professor Jonathan Glover speaks on “Terrorism, Torture and Human Rights” at UCL Archaeology Lecture Theatre, Gordon Square, London WC1 on Thursday 27th November at 6.30pm.
One September 29 2008, Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and UN High Commissioner, attracted over 500 people from the Madison community to the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture. Robinson discussed the importance of academic research on human rights. Her speech coincided with the public launch of the UW-Madison Human Rights Initiative, the first public initiative that redefines human rights to include cultural and social elements. The Division of International Studies and the Human Rights Initiative proudly welcomed Robinson to UW-Madison and appreciated her enthusiasm toward their new project
