Litigating against Mexico at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Thursday 8 March 2012, 1.15PM

Speaker: Juan Carlos Gutierrez Contreras, Mexican Commission for the Promotion of Human Rights

Human Rights Defenders Lecture Series

The Centre for Applied Human Rights hosts up to 10 human rights defenders at risk through its innovative Protective Fellowship scheme. In this new seminar series, human rights defenders from around the world share their experiences and discuss the challenges they face.

Other lectures in the series:

• Political prisoners in Burma
• Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Burundi, Congo and Rwanda
• New challenges for a new state: Women’s rights in South Sudan
• The struggle for women’s rights in rural Pakistan
• Fighting discrimination against persons living with HIV in Somaliland
• Human Rights monitoring and advocacy on Turkmenistan

Location: Room LMB/030, Law and Management Building

Admission: Admission free and open to all

Telephone: 01904 324466