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Date Time Human Rights in Times of Crisis On May 4 – following the World Press Freedom Day – the public lecture series “Human Rights in Times of Crisis” of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) will kick off. During eight online sessions, international experts will give insights into different areas of human rights’ research. They will discuss current issues concerning freedom of expression, freedom of religion and academic freedom, address the topic of fair data monitoring and distribution, and talk about the human rights situation in different countries. Among the lecturers will be scholars from the disciplines of law, philosophy, and sociology. Speakers include the director of Harvard University’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Prof. Dr. Mathias Risse, and from the Harvard School of Law, law professor Dr. Gerald L. Neuman and lecturer Alicia Ely Yamin, who is also a human rights consultant for the US health organization Partners in Health ....
ABC Religion & Ethics Janna Thompson Updated Tue 9 Feb 2021, 5:51pm There are undoubtedly limits to intergenerational responsibility, and cases where doubts arise about its existence; but these doubts are not likely to undermine demands for reparation for historical emissions from wealthy states. (Lukas Schulze / Getty Images) Share Image: One of the sticking points in negotiations between developed and developing countries about the contributions they should make to alleviate the effects of climate change is whether developed countries should bear the greater share of the burden because of their historical responsibility for causing the problem. Since the Industrial Revolution the activities of people in these countries have been contributing to the build up of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. It is this historical accumulation of harmful emissions that has brought the world to the crisis that it is now facing. ....
January 12, 2021 About the Author Mathias Risse is Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Administration and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. His work primarily addresses questions of global justice ranging from human rights, inequality, taxation, trade and immigration to climate change, obligations to future generations and the future of technology, especially also the impact of artificial intelligence on a range of normative issues. He has also worked on questions in ethics, decision theory and 19th century German philosophy, especially Nietzsche. (For some recent writings on race and protest, see: “Giving Account: On Dealing with White Ignorance (Personally and Professionally);” “Statement Regarding My 2004 Paper on Racial Profiling;” “Discrimination, Cognitive Biases, and Human Rights Violations,” based on a talk in Mexico City; “Human Rights and Social Order: Philosophical, Practical and Public P ....