PUBLIC EVENTS  Ebola, Peace and Security
Monday 10 November 2014, 7.30pm
Can Ebola undo a decade of investment in Liberia's stability? Karin Landgren is Special Representative of the Secretary-General and runs the UN peacekeeping operation in Liberia comprising 9,000 staff including troops, police and civilians. In this public event she will discuss the threats posed by the Ebola crisis, including to peace and security.
 Who Is Dayani Cristal? Film screening and Q&A
Hosted by the Atrocity, Suffering and Human Rights Research Group
Friday 14 November 2014, 6pm
Who Is Dayani Cristal? starring Gael Garcia Bernal tells the story of a migrant who found himself in the deadly stretch of desert known as “the corridor of death” and shows how one life becomes testimony to the tragic results of the U.S. war on immigration. Join us for a screening and discussion with the film's director, Marc Silver and academic expert, Dr Javier Trevino-Rangel.
 Mobilizing Gay Singapore: Rights and Resistance in an Authoritarian State
in partnership with LSE Spectrum
Thursday 20 November 2014, 6.30pm
For decades, Singapore's gay activists have sought equality and justice in a state where law is used to stifle basic civil and political liberties. In Mobilizing Gay Singapore, Lynette Chua asks, what does a social movement look like in an authoritarian state?
and save the date for UN International Human Rights Day:  'Everyone is entitled…’ The global struggle for women’s human rights'
UN International Human Rights Day event
Thursday 11 December 2014, 6.30pm
66 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stated that everyone is entitled to the same fundamental rights and freedoms, our panel will discuss the ongoing struggle for the realisation of women’s human rights worldwide.
Panel: Professor Fareda Banda, Professor Christine Chinkin, Téa Braun, Jane Gordon and Saraswathi Menon.
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EXECUTIVE COURSE  Law, War and Human Rights
Six Monday evening classes
16 February - 23 March 2015
Book by 14 November for a 10% discount
 This six-week programme, carried out by way of a two-hour seminar each Monday evening, examines the laws of war and international criminal law from the perspective of international human rights law.
Participants will be taught by an panel of expert practitioners and leading academics including Professor Andrew Clapham and Professor Dapo Akande.
At the course's conclusion, participants will have a real grasp of how human rights law now informs all aspects of conflict and its aftermath, including terrorism and international crimes. More information about the course including links to the online booking form and details of subsidised places for those who would otherwise be unable to attend.
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PROJECT NEWS Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy  LAB Online: The latest LAB post on Open Democracy's Open Global Rights blog, One step forward, two back? Dalit women’s rights under economic globalisation, is written by Rachel Kurian, Assistant Professor in the International Institute of Social Studies of the Erasmus University and member of the Lab's Sounding Board.
On 28 October 2014, the Lab was pleased to host the launch of Arab Development Denied, Ali Kadri's examination of how the Arab world has undergone a process of developmental descent, or ‘de-development’ over the past three decades.  Dr Ali Kadri is Senior Research Fellow in the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore and a member of the Lab's Sounding Board. He was joined in discussion by Professor John Weeks (SOAS) and Dr Jason Hickel (LSE). Event report by Anthem Press
Investment and Human Rights Project The Investment and Human Rights Project leads, Andrea Saldarriaga and Andrea Shemberg continue to work on a range of initiatives:  World Investment Forum: On 15 October 2014, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) organised - for the first time at the World Investment Forum - a set of panel discussions on investment and human rights. These panels, which the Investment and Human Rights Project leads helped to design and moderate, brought together a range of reflections on the role of government policy-making in addressing the protection of and respect for human rights in the context of investment.
Summary of the WIF panels on investment and human rights
On 19 November 2014 the Investment and Human Rights Project leads will participate in a parliamentary briefing in London on Bilateral Investment Treaties, hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights, the Trade Justice Movement and ABColombia. The event will consider the UK Parliament's responsibility to ensure that bilateral investment treaties do not undermine the ability of States to meet their international human rights obligations. Under particular discussion will be the UK-Colombia BIT, which was ratified in July 2014, despite threatening to restrict the Colombian Government’s ability to meet its international human rights obligations. To attend, please contact events@abcolombia.org.uk
Investment & Human Rights Project I More on the UK-Colombia BIT
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STUDY Interested in postgraduate human rights study?  Last chance to book to attend the Graduate Open Evening on Wednesday 5 November. Members of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights will be there to chat and answer any questions you may have.
The Sir Siegmund Warburg Scholarship offers Palestinian and Israeli students the opportunity to undertake full-time postgraduate human rights study at LSE. This year the scholarship has a value to £30,000, which will cover fees and contribute to living expenses. As scholarship applications can only be accepted by those who have already been offered a place on the MSc Human Rights, candidates are strongly advised to submit their application to the MSc Human Rights as early as possible.
LSE 120th Anniversary Scholarships for UK students. To celebrate the 120th anniversary of the founding of the School, LSE is offering 120 scholarships for taught Master's students from the UK starting at LSE in 2015. The awards will vary in value, based on financial need, and are designed to help with fees and living costs. The minimum award will be £3,000 and the maximum award will be worth £25,000.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LSE HUMAN RIGHTS BLOG The student-led LSE Human Rights blog is a place for critical engagement with the idea of human rights, for studying the evolution of the concept, and for celebrating the work of people committed to realising human rights. Recent posts: · No monkeying around: animals can and will have human rights - Dr Alasdair Cochrane on the case of Tommy the chimpanzee and whether human rights can transcend the species divide. · Access to remedy: an international tribunal for business and human rights? - Hilary Stauffer on the Lawyers for Better Business (L4BB) proposal for an International Arbitration Tribunal on business and human rights. The editorial team welcome thought-provoking and accessible articles. You do not have to be affiliated to LSE to submit a post. They are open to critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on human rights. Notes for contributors. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEEPING IN TOUCH You received this email because you are subscribed to the Centre for the Study of Human Rights mailing list.   You can also keep in touch via Twitter and Facebook. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, you can.
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