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SUMMARY:CGHR Expert Practitioner Series: Working in Human Rights\, Peacebu
 ilding\, Humanitarian Aid and Development - John Morrison\, Executive Dire
 ctor of the Institute for Human Rights and Business
DTSTART:20130206T170000Z
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CONTACT:Annette LaRocco
DESCRIPTION:_Talk will be followed by drinks reception in the Alison Richa
 rd Building._\n\nThe Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR) has laun
 ched a practitioner seminar series\, partnering with expert speakers from 
 key organisations to delve into the gritty realities of what working in fi
 eld like human rights and international development really involves.\n\nTo
  help us with organisation\, please register your interest by emailing: aa
 l33@cam.ac.uk.\n\n*John Morrison* has been Executive Director of the *Inst
 itute for Human Rights and Business* (www.ihrb.org) since April 2009. IHRB
  is a global 'think and do' tank based in London\, Geneva\, Brussels\, Nai
 robi and Yangon and works impartially with governments\, businesses\, civi
 l society and trade unions. The Institute's Patron is Mary Robinson (the f
 ormer President of Ireland) and Chairperson is Professor John Ruggie (form
 er UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights). The Institute'
 s work includes thematic work on a number of issues (such as water\, land\
 , migrant workers\, post-conflict)\, specific sectors (such as ICT\, Oil a
 nd Gas\, Mining\, Infrastructure\, Finance) and specific geographies inclu
 ding the European Union\, Arctic\, East Africa\, Myanmar (Burma) and Colom
 bia\, The Institute works closely with processes in the UN\, OECD\, EU\, W
 orld Bank Group and within a number of national jurisdictions.\n\nPrevious
 ly\, John was Director of the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights 
 (www.blihr.org) from 2003-9 and Head of Global Campaigns and Community Aff
 airs for The Body Shop International 1999-2003. He has been a Harkness Fel
 low to the USA (1996-7) and has written widely on business and human right
 s\, as well as other human rights issues such as refugee policy\, traffick
 ing and forced labour. John was Deputy Co-ordinator of the UK Bosnia Progr
 amme between 1993-97 based with the British Refugee Council.\n\nThe sphere
  of work known variously as the ‘Third Sector’\, ‘Development and Hu
 manitarian Aid’ or simply – doing good in tough places – is notoriou
 sly impenetrable\, and frustratingly difficult to navigate for the uniniti
 ated. For somebody hoping to pursue a career within this field\, the range
  of agencies and institutions\, initiatives and centres is at the very lea
 st bewildering. Most areas intersect\, and organisations work with an arra
 y of crosscutting issues and contexts. Yet what at first glance can appear
  to be a morass of very similar organisations doing generally related thin
 gs\, is in fact often sharply delineated\, with different sectors requirin
 g surprisingly different competencies and operating under quite specific m
 andates. Working as an international human rights advocate would demand a 
 different skill set and working environment from a project officer of a fi
 rst phase emergency response – and both would have relatively different 
 routes to entry. And a Master’s degree isn’t always the best option. C
 ambridge University educates and trains many of the best young minds in th
 e country and provides a critical insight into the issues surrounding inte
 rnational politics\, security\, development and humanitarianism. But with 
 little clarity around what is involved in working in this sector\, attempt
 ing to translate this theoretical knowledge into a meaningful start to a c
 areer can be a minefield. With this in mind\, the CGHR series will allow s
 tudents to listen and speak to a selection of high-level experts working i
 n these fields\, and address key issues and questions. There will be four 
 one-and-a-half hour seminars throughout Lent 2013\, designed to equip stud
 ents with an in-depth and critical look at what each area involves\; the t
 ype of work carried out\, contingent challenges and essential competencies
 . The first hour will introduce the speaker\, chaired by a discussant from
  CGHR\, and will open up to the audience in the second hour to provide the
  opportunity for students to engage with the topics discussed.
LOCATION:Room S2\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, C
 B3 9DT
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