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Dismantling International Solidarity: Thwarting Humanitarianism and Shrinking Civil Society Space

Part of the Human Rights Speaker Series

  • Wed 5 Mar 25

    12:00 - 14:00

  • Colchester Campus

    3.108

  • Event speaker

    Various

  • Event type

    Lectures, talks and seminars
    Human Rights Centre Speaker Series

  • Event organiser

    Human Rights Centre

  • Contact details

    Human Rights Centre Team

This panel will critically consider the impacts of recent efforts to de-fund international organisations, block international aid and impede civil society space. All welcome.

Panel


Introduction, Substantive Overview and a Critique
Carla Ferstman, Human Rights Centre Director 

The stranglehold on the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the impact on meeting basic humanitarian needs
Nieves Molina Clemente, Chief Adviser, International Justice and Accountability, Danish Institute for Human Rights

Ending US Support to WHO, dismantling USAID and the US freeze on funding for all aid projects: The Global Health Impacts
Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School
 
The impact of the US funding freeze on the preservation and conservation of global heritage
William Carruthers, Lecturer, PHAIS

Politicizing money: Addressing hegemony in the right to access foreign funding under international human rights law
Güley Bor, consultant and Essex Human Rights Centre Alumni

The panel will be followed by a Q&A.

How to join us

All are welcome

  • If you want to join us in person, please book your place via Eventbrite.
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