This symposium addresses the human rights implications raised by the current conflict between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah. It will examine the limitations of the international system that has sustained the conflict. We ask what alternative configurations can be imagined to secure political and human rights for both Israelis and Palestinians?
Free Event
Register for In-Person and Virtual Symposium: email dussourd@buffalo.edu
The symposium poster is available here.
PROGRAM
8:30 In-Person check-in
8:45 WELCOMING REMARKS
9:00-12:00 Presentations
“The American and Jewish Politics of Palestinian Rights After 1948”
Geoffrey Levin, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and Jewish Studies, Emory University
“War Crimes and Accountability in Gaza”
Kenneth Roth, Visiting Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
“Palestine, Natural Right and the Future of International Law”
Mohammad Fadel, Professor of Law, University of Toronto
“The Global Divide over Israel and Palestine”
Nader Hashemi, Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics, Georgetown University
12:00-1:00 LUNCH
1:00-3:15 Presentations
"Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East: Comparing Biden and Trump"
Annelle Sheline, Research Fellow, Middle East Program, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
“The Case for Looking Beyond the Right of National Self-Determination”
Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, George Washington University
“Forging Paths to a Two-State Solution”
Yael Aronoff, Professor of Political Science/International Relations, Michigan State University
3:15 CLOSING REMARKS
Sponsors: Alison Des Forges Memorial Committee; Muslim Public Affairs Council of Western New York; University at Buffalo: Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy; Departments of Comparative Literature, Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, History, and Political Science; Gender Institute; Humanities Institute; James Agee Chair in American Culture; Office of the Vice Provost for International Education; School of Public Health and Health Professions
This symposium honors the life and work of human rights activist Alison Des Forges (1942-2009).