Diving into the question of how to protect human rights in times of crisis, the notion of universal fundamental rights will be assessed and reconsidered. If fundamental rights are conflicting, especially in conflict situations, how can we prioritise which ones take center stage?
What’s Universal? Fundamental Rights in Conflict
Panel Discussion
Law & Human Rights
MODERATOR
Eamon Gilmore
EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Colombia, EEAS - European Union External Action Service, Brussels
SPEAKERS
David Kennedy
Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Global Law and Politics, Harvard Law School, Cambridge
Alma Zadić
Austrian Federal Minister of Justice, Vienna
Bruno Stagno-Ugarte
Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy, Human Rights Watch; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica, Paris