June 19 Women’s Rights Training: New Speakers, MCLE Approval & More

Women's Rights Training FlyerThe International Justice Resource Center is pleased to announce additional details concerning Protecting Women’s Rights: International Law & Advocacy, our June 19, 2014 human rights training for lawyers, advocates, and students working on women’s rights issues.

New Speakers

Lisa Davis has joined the incredible lineup of expert presenters, to share her experience and insights on using international human rights advocacy to protect and advance the rights of women, including LGBTQ rights and sex worker rights. Professor Davis is the Clinical Professor of Law for the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic at CUNY School of Law, and also works with prominent women’s rights organization MADRE.

Her advocacy experience includes the submission of an important amicus curiae brief concerning the case of Karen Atala Riffo, in which the Inter-American Court of Human Rights eventually held that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation violated the American Convention on Human Rights. See I/A Court H.R., Atala Riffo and Daughters v. Chile. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of February 24, 2012. Series C No. 239.

Professor Davis will join Katrina Anderson, Human Rights Counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, during the afternoon session focused on Sexual & Reproductive Rights. See the agenda for additional details.

Additional confirmed speakers include:

  • Caroline Bettinger-López, Director, University of Miami School of Law Human Rights Clinic
  • Blaine Bookey, Associate Director & Staff Attorney, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
  • Rosa Celorio, Human Rights Specialist, Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
  • Connie de la Vega, Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law
  • Krishanti Dharmaraj, Executive Director, International Action Network for Gender Equity and Law
  • Ejim Dike, Executive Director, US Human Rights Network
  • Lisa Reinsberg, Executive Director, International Justice Resource Center
  • Julianne C. Traylor, Associate Director of International Programs, University of San Francisco School of Law

Continuing Legal Education Credit

The State Bar of California has approved this training for 6.75 hours of MCLE credit. IJRC will provide the requisite forms and sign-in sheets at the training, for those lawyers seeking continuing legal education credit.

New Co-Sponsors

IJRC is thrilled to have the support of Human Rights Advocates, a Berkeley, California-based human rights organization dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights in the United States and abroad. Human Rights Advocates joins the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, US Human Rights Network, International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law, and the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women in cosponsoring this training.

See the Women’s Rights Training Flyer for additional details and to share this information with colleagues, partners, and friends.

Register online today at: www.bit.ly/19June2014. [UPDATE: Please note that registration for this event has reached full capacity and is now closed.]