Weitere Veranstaltungen

I. Corporate Social Responsibility - Unternehmen und Menschenrechte: Welche Verantwortungen und Pflichten?

Am 31. März 2011 fand im Hotel Kreuz in Bern eine Tagung der Schweizerischen Sektion der Internationalen Juristenkommission statt. Prof. Dr. iur. Christine Kaufmann referierte zur völkerrechtlichen Sicht der menschenrechtlichen Verantwortung von Unternehmen.

II. Diskussion über die Aufgaben und Kompetenzen nationaler Menschenrechtsinstitutionen

Am 8. April 2011 fand eine gemeinsame Veranstaltung von Human Rights Watch Zürich und dem Kompetenzzentrum Menschenrechte der UZH (MRZ) statt. Prof. Christine Kaufmann, die Vorsitzende des Leitungsausschuss MRZ und Frauke Seidensticker, die ehemalige stv. Direktorin des Deutschen Instituts für Menschenrechte, diskutierten die Aufgaben, Kompetenzen, Grenzen und Möglichkeiten nationaler Menschenrechtsinstitutionen. Sie zeigten auf, was solche Institutionen der Zivilgesellschaft bringen und wie die Wirtschaft eingebunden werden kann.

III. Mittagsveranstaltung: Recent Developments at the Khmer Rouge Tribnual in Cambodia

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia are trying senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge Regime for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The Tribunal is a joint effort by the UN as well as the Cambodian Government to address the Khmer Rouge atrocities, but has encountered various challenges in the past.

Mary Kristerie A. Baleva, a former Trial Monitor at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, is now working in Cambodia for the UC Berkeley War Crimes Study Center on the Virtual Tribunal Project. On May 10 she provided insights on the Tribunal’s work and recent developments.

IV. Antrittsvorlesung Prof. Dr. Oliver Diggelmann: Vom Fortschritt zerrieben? Das Menschenrecht auf Privatsphäre in der Hochtechnologie- und Mediengesellschaft

Am Montag 30. Mai 2011 hielt Professor Oliver Diggelmann seine Antrittsvorlesung an der Universität Zürich.

V. Guest Lecture by Prof. Upendra Basxi: Human Rights & Corporate Social Responsibility - What, if any, Human Rights Responsibilities may Multinational Corporations owe to the worst-off Humanity?

On Wednesday, 26 October 2011, Prof. Dr. Upendra Baxi of Warwick School of Law and Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Study "Law as Culture" spoke on the human rights responsibilities of multinational corporations. Professor Upendra Baxi is one of India's most renowned legal scholars. He used to be the Vice Chancellor of the Universities of South Gujarat and Delhi. Since the early 1980s, he has held the position of Research Director of the Indian Law Institute. In 1996 he was appointed as Professor at the University of Warwick (UK).

VI. Film presentation: Into the Current: Burma's Political Prisonners - A film by Jeanne Hallacy and the Democratic Voice of Burma, presented by Bo Kyi

Bo Kyi, the founder and director of "Assistance Association for Political Prisoners in Burma" (AAPPB), was in Switzerland to receive a human rights award. A former political prisoner himself, he and his association aim to provide support to the numerous political prisoners and their relatives in Burma. The are further involved in the international advocacy and lobbying campaign fighting for their freedom.

"Into the Current" tells the story of Burma's prisoners of conscience and the price they pay for speaking truth to power in a military dictatorship.