Contemporary Critical Approaches to Human Rights

August 17, 2012 - August 19, 2012
Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

Staff Common Room
Sydney
Australia

Sponsor(s):

  • Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law (University of New South Wales)
  • Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (University of New South Wales)
  • Faculty of Arts (University of Sydney)

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Friday, August 17

Session 1: The Politics of Human Rights: 1.30-3.30pm 
Politico-theological Foundations of Universal Human Rights: the Case of Maritain  
Prof Miguel Vatter (UNSW)

The Politics of the ‘Human Rights Revolution’ in Postwar Europe[Soft Break]?Dr Marco Duranti (Sydney)[Soft Break] 
Discussant: Dr Daniel McLoughlin (Adelaide)

Tea and Coffee Break 3.30-4.00 pm

Session 2: Histories of Human Rights: 4.00-5.30pm 
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the History of Cosmopolitanism 
Prof Samuel Moyn (Columbia)

Discussant: Professor Dirk Moses (European University Institute)  

Saturday, August 18

Session 3: The Philosophy of Human Rights: 9.00-11.00am 
The Source and Value of Human Rights 
Prof Derrick Darby (Kansas University)

Historical normativity and political rights 
Prof Paul Patton (UNSW) 
Discussant: Professor Duncan Ivison (Sydney University)

Tea and Coffee Break: 11.00-11.30am

Session 4: The Political Economy of Human Rights 11.30am-1.30pm

Planned Misery and its Law 
Prof Susan Marks (LSE)

The Fortunes of “Natural Man”: Robinson Crusoe, Political Economy and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  
Dr Jessica Whyte (UWS) 
Discussant: Dr Ben Golder (UNSW)

1.30-2.30pm Lunch

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Please Note: There is no cost to attend the workshop but you must register by emailing Belinda McDonald at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law on [email protected] and indicate which days you will be attending. Tea and coffee is provided to all attendees on both days, as well as lunch on the concluding day.

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