Semi-Annual
Meeting - July 21-22, 2008
New
York University School of Law
Human
Rights and Climate Change
Global
climate change holds dramatic implications for human rights -- from
the prospect of millions of "climate refugees" fleeing low-lying
or changed areas, to rapid disease spread, to ecological disruption
-- all likely to have a vastly disproportionate impact on the world's
poorest and most marginalized populations.
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Agenda
at a Glance
Monday
– July 21
| 9:00-
9:30am |
Breakfast
|
| 9:30-10:00am
|
Welcome
|
| 10:00-12:00pm
|
Opening
Plenary: Human Rights and Climate Change |
|
12:00-
1:30pm |
Networking Lunch and Discussion Groups |
|
1:30- 3:00pm |
Concurrent
sessions:
- Health
Emergencies: Are Human Rights Funders Prepared?
- Guantanamo
& Beyond: Detention of Terror Suspects
|
3:00-
3:15pm |
Break
|
|
3:15-
4:45pm |
Concurrent
sessions:
- Accountability
Abroad: Southern NGOs and their Governments’
International Human Rights Advocacy
- Meeting
of the US Human Rights Working Group
|
| 4:45-
5:15pm |
Pre-Evening Events Break |
| 5:15-
6:15pm |
Cocktail
Networking Reception |
| 6:15-
8:00pm |
Dinner
with IHRFG (speakers TBA) |
Tuesday
– July 22
| 8:15-
9:00am |
Breakfast
& IHRFG Membership Meeting |
| 9:00-10:30am
|
Concurrent
sessions:
- Are
Justice Mechanisms Doing Enough for Human Rights?
- Human
Rights and the 2008 US Elections
|
| 10:30-10:45am
|
Break
|
| 10:45-12:15pm
|
Concurrent
sessions:
- Learning
from the Inside: Evaluating human rights advocacy
- Meeting
of the Environmental Funders Working Group
|
| 12:15-
1:15pm |
Lunch…and
The Funders’ Soapbox! |
|
1:15 - 3:15pm |
Closing
Plenary: Human
Rights Framework - Is it always the most strategic?
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more detailed agenda will follow soon.
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Geneva
- The United Nations human rights system
March
16-19, 2008
The
Geneva trip will offer funders a unique hands-on experience to learn
about the United Nations human rights system and the opportunities and
challenges for human rights work in Geneva. During the trip funders
will:
- Attend
meetings of the Human Rights Council;
- Network
with representatives key NGOs and UN agencies in Geneva;
- Share
discussions on specific human rights issues, how the UN human rights
system and other relevant actors address these issues and how they
interact; and
- Meet
with colleague funders to discuss the impact (or not) that the UN
system has within their grantmaking portfolios.
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Generously
sponsored by:
 
Registration:
Due
to the overwhelming response, we are no longer accepting registrations
as the event is booked to capacity. We hope you can join us at the
next IHRFG event.
Hotel:
Registration
with IHRFG will ensure that you have rooms at the Hotel Cornavin
held for your stay in Geneva. IHRFG has secured a special
rate of 222 Swiss Francs/day , including taxes and breakfast (approximately
$205) for IHRFG members.
Semi-Annual
Meeting - January 28-29, 2008
Hotel
480
(formerly
Crowne Plaza Union Square)
San
Francisco, CA
Human
Rights and Natural Resources
The
ability to exercise human rights depends in part on the availability
of finite resources. As privatization of natural resources increases,
questions of ownership and access have become crucial. Strategies for
economic development clash with human rights values. The failure of
governments to provide access to land and natural resources often leads
to war, migration, poverty and sickness. The denial of access to land
and natural resources almost always disproportionately affects women
and indigenous communities.
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Agenda
at a Glance
Monday
– January 28
| 9:00-
9:30am |
Breakfast
|
| 9:30-10:00am
|
Welcome
|
| 10:00-12:00pm
|
Opening
Plenary: Human Rights and Natural Resources |
| 12:00-
1:30pm |
Lunch and Discussion Groups |
1:30- 3:00pm |
Concurrent
member-sponsored sessions
- Communicating Human Rights:
New Opinion Research and Effective Messaging
- Women's Property Rights: Advancing
Development Through Human Rights
|
3:00-
3:15pm |
Break
|
| 3:15-
5:00pm |
Membership
Meeting |
| 5:00-
5:30pm |
Screening
of The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard |
| 5:30-
6:30pm |
Pre-Evening
Events Break |
| 6:30-
9:00pm |
Dinner
event - Screening of clips from
War Dance and remarks from Executive Producer, Susan Maclaury |
Tuesday
– January 29
| 8:30-
9:00am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:30am
|
Working
Groups |
| 10:30-10:45am
|
Break
|
| 10:45-12:15pm
|
Concurrent
member-sponsored sessions
- Population,
Justice and the Environmental Challenge
- Beating
Rights into Plowshares: Guaranteeing Food for All
|
| 12:15-
1:15pm |
Lunch…and
The Funders’ Soapbox! |
|
1:15 - 2:45pm |
Concurrent
member-sponsored sessions
- In Name Only: The Right to Organize
in the US
- The Hurdle of Donor Fatigue:
The Need to Fund Hotspots
|
2:45- 3:00pm |
Break
|
|
3:00- 4:30pm |
Closing
plenary discussion |
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