Thursday 10th – Friday 11th May 2018 at the Byre Theatre Studio, St Andrews
A conference occasioned by the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and hosted jointly by the Centre for Ethics Philosophy and Public Affairs and the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews.
Programme
Thursday 10th May
10:15 opening remarks
Theron Pummer (Director CEPPA)
10:20 – 11.00 Where are we now?
Chair: Theron Pummer (St Andrews)
Nick Rengger (St Andrews)
Adam Etinson (St Andrews)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 13.00 The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights
Chair: Patrick Hayden (St Andrews)
Elizabeth Ashford (St Andrews)
John Milbank (Nottingham)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 The Institutionalization of Human Rights in the International System after 1948
Chair: Vassilios Paipais (St Andrews)
Chandra Sriram (UEL)
Kurt Mills (Dundee)
15.30-16.00 Tea
Break
18.15 – 19.15 Reception. The Byre Foyer
19.15 – 21.30 Conference dinner (for participants). The Byre Restaurant
Friday 11th May
09.30 – 11.00 Gender and Post-Colonial Rights
Chair: TBC
Sophia Dingli (Glasgow)
Jasmine Gani (St Andrews)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 13.00 Indigenous rights (Joint session with the Third Generation Project)
Chair: Adam Bower (St Andrews)
Mark Brewer (Sheffield Hallam)
Bennett Collins (3GP)
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Closing RoundTable: Where are we going?
Chair: Nick Rengger (St Andrews)
Bertrand Ramcharan
(former acting Commissioner for Human Rights)
Kurt Mills (Dundee)
John Milbank (Nottingham)
Natasha Saunders (St Andrews)