CFP: The Theoretical Grounding of Human Rights

The Purdue University Human Right Institute announces Friday-Saturday conference on the theoretical groundings of human rights (and hence human of rights law). The conference will take place on the Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne campus on April 18-19, 2014. Invited speakers include Professor of Philosophy James Sterba (University of Notre Dame)in moral philosophy, Distinguished Political Science Professor Mark Gibney (University of North Carolina--Ashville), and David Marshall, Senior Human Rights Officer in the New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The deadline for paper submissions is January 15, 2014. Ample time will be devoted to discussion. We will work together to help determine whether a reasonable and universally acceptable case (a rationally motivated general consensus)for supporting UN international human rights law, and for respecting individual human rights in daily life, may be possible or not.

Submissions should be sent by email attachment to Professor Clark Butler, Director, Purdue Human Rights Institute at [email protected] .

Queries received by voice mail at 1 260 481 6364 and will receive a reply if a telephone number is left. Prior to submissions of papers, drafts, outlines, and abstracts are welcome, permitting feedback to promising submissions before final paper submission.