America Violates Human Rights at Home: How the US failures to implement human rights treaties are under scrutiny by the United Nations

September 30, 2014 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: Room 3-01, Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd St. New York, NY 10023
Contact: Zach Hudson | zhudson1@law.fordham.edu

Brown Bag Lunch Series

In August 2014, the U.S. Government was questioned by a panel of United Nations experts about the continuation of racism in the U.S. In October, it will be reviewed about practices that constitute torture and early in 2015 government representatives will question US officials about a full range of policies that impact human rights within our borders. Gay McDougall, Former UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues, member of UN Committee on Racial Discrimination and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Leitner Center, will talk about why these reviews of US practices are critical to the movement for human rights at home and around the world.

Kosher pizza will be served.