Human Rights to be Highlighted at 2008 National Conference
Human Rights to be Highlighted at 2008 National Conference
For Immediate Release
July 2, 2008
Contact
John Neurohr, 202.481.8182
jneurohr@americanprogress.org
Washington, D.C. – Mark Hanis, Founder and Executive Director of the Genocide Intervention Network, will moderate a panel discussion on “Making Human Rights a Priority in Foreign Policy” at the 2008 Campus Progress National Conference on Tuesday, July, 8, 2008. Panelists will discuss how to make human rights a priority in the current foreign policy climate. China, seeking to become a global power, suppresses its own citizens and trades with Sudan despite genocide in Darfur. Russia, trying to restore past glory, has rolled back the freedoms that briefly flourished. America under the Bush Administration, aiming to fight terrorists, ignores international standards on detainees and makes security deals with a range of regimes with poor political rights record. In this turbulent climate, how can we ensure that human rights are a priority in international affairs?
The Forgotten Factor
Making human rights a priority in foreign policy
11:30 a.m.—12:45 p.m.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert St NW
Washington, DC 20008
Apuk Ayuel, Special Assistant to the Head of Mission, Government of Southern Sudan Mission to the United States
Mallika Dutt, Founder and Executive Director, Breakthrough
Nancy Rubin, Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Tom Malinowski, Washington Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch
Moderator: Mark Hanis Founder and Executive Director, Genocide Intervention Network
The annual Campus Progress National Conference has become a central hub for progressive youth organizing. With record youth turnout in the 2008 primaries, and with young people strongly oriented toward progressive views on the issues, this year’s conference will address the goal of transforming youth voting into sustained youth power and positive change.
The Campus Progress National Conference is flanked by other events. On July 7, Campus Progress teams with the United States Students Association and Student PIRGs for a Grassroots Training Day. On the evening of July 7, Campus Progress and HBO present an advance screening of the new HBO Iraq war series “Generation Kill,” from David Simon and Ed Burns, the team behind “The Wire.” On July 9, Campus Progress and The Nation magazine hold their annual Youth Journalism Conference, with speakers including Seymour Hersh, Katrina vanden Heuvel, and Asra Nomani. Also on July 9, Campus Progress Action, the partner advocacy organization of Campus Progress, teams with PIRGs and the Energy Action Coalition for Capitol Hill lobbying on economic issues and on climate change.
To learn more about the conference, visit http://www.campusprogress.org/2008conference.
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Campus Progress, part of the Center for American Progress, works to help young people — advocates, activists, journalists, artists — make their voices heard on issues that matter. Through an online magazine and student publications, public events, multimedia projects, and grassroots issue campaigns, Campus Progress acts to empower new progressive leaders nationwide as they develop fresh ideas, communicate in new ways, push policy outcomes in a progressive direction, and build a strong progressive movement.
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