Event: New York UPR [Universal Periodic Review] Human Rights ConsultationNote: For the sake of clarity and disclosure - This is late notice, for this type of event the venue is small and Columbia worked in a limited fashion with community grassroots groups on this consultation. More to come....
Time: 9 am – 4 pm
Day & Date: Friday, February 26, 2010
Registration:
Space is limited, so if you plan to attend the orientation and/or the consultation, please register by Monday, February 22 using this link:
http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/human_rights/new_york_UPR_consultation.
(Official Date - Monday, February 22, 2010 / Still try after the date).
Location:
Columbia University Faculty House
Presidential Room
West 116 th St. between Amsterdam Ave. and Morningside Dr.
(http://facultyhouse.columbia.edu/files/facultyhouse/web/Faculty_House_Directions.pdf)
Contact:
If you have further questions about the consultation, please contact JoAnn Kamuf Ward at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute at jward@law.columbia.edu or 212-854-0009.
Day Schedule | Agenda:
- 9 – 9:30: Registration
- 9:30 – 9:50 : Welcome and Introductory Remarks
- 9:50 – 10:35 : Housing
- 10:35 – 10:45: Break
- 10:45 – 11:30: Employment and Labor
- 11:35 – 12:20: Education
- 12:20 – 12:50: Lunch
- 12:50 – 1:35: Health
- 1:40 – 2:25: Criminal Justice/Detention
- 2:30 – 3:30: Open Comment Period
- 3:30 – 3:45: Closing Remarks and Adjournment
As you know, the Obama Administration is convening consultation sessions across the country to solicit information and recommendations regarding the U.S. Government’s fulfillment of its obligation to protect human rights. The purpose of these sessions is to assist the government in developing its human rights report for submission to the United Nations as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Information and materials about the UPR can be found on the US Human Rights Network’s website: http://www.ushrnetwork.org/campaign_upr.
We encourage participation from people who can share their experiences of how the denial of human rights affects individuals in our communities and ways the Administration can address these issues. This consultation is also an opportunity for us to collaborate and to strengthen the ties among community members working for improved human rights protections.
To prepare for the meeting, there will be a pre-consultation UPR orientation for participants on the evening of Thursday, February 25th, 2010 (details forthcoming).
More Information (Provided by Columbia University):
- At the request of the U.S. State Department, the consultation will be held at Columbia Law School. The Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, and the Urban Justice Center are partnering to host the consultation. Together, we worked with organizations in New York and the region, as well as the U.S. Human Rights Network to develop the program below. Each section of the program will include presentations by activists, followed by discussion and comment periods. There will also be an hour for open comments from participants.
- Given the schedule for the day, statements will be limited to 2 minutes or less. If you intend to present a question or comment, it will be useful to plan your statement in advance and think about framing your statement to include recommendations for how the government can improve its human rights record in relation to human rights obligations (in treaties or the Universal Declaration of Human Rights). We also encourage participants to bring written statements that can be submitted to the Administration to ensure that all our recommendations become part of the record as not everyone may have a chance to speak.
