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SUMMARY:Problematic Politics: is the notion of human rights imperialistic?
  - Dr Sharath Srinivasan (CGHR)\, Lucy Wake (Amnesty International)\, Prof
 . Stephen Hopgood (CCRI\, SOAS)\, Dr Arath Sriprakash (Cambridge)\, Srisht
 i Krishnamoorthy (Cambridge) 
DTSTART:20151112T193000Z
DTEND:20151112T000000Z
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DESCRIPTION:During this discussion we hope to address questions such as: A
 re organisations such as Amnesty International and the United Nations\, an
 d human rights theory in general\, inherently imperialistic because of the
  nature of their inception? Does the nature of their inception render thei
 r work illegitimate and/or harmful or is it irrelevant? Does the over-inte
 llectualisation of human rights theory impede humanitarian efforts? Is ‘
 cultural relativism’ a form of racism? Do charities patronise the people
  they try to help? \n\nWe are inviting academics\, students\, legal minds 
 and activists to discuss these questions and the real-life implications th
 at they have on work in the charitable and human rights sectors.\n\nCHAIR:
 \n\nDr Sharath Srinivasan directs the University of Cambridge's Centre of 
 Governance and Human Rights (CGHR)\, and conducts research on the politics
  and ethics of external intervention in civil conflicts and the role of ne
 w information and communication technologies in political change.\n\nSPEAK
 ERS:\n\nLucy Wake is the Government and Political Relations Manager for Am
 nesty International\, whose role involves lobbying the UK government and P
 arliament on human rights issues\, home and abroad. Lucy has also previous
 ly been a Board Member of the organisation\, End Violence Against Women.\n
 \nProfessor Stephen Hopgood is the co-Director of the Centre for the Inter
 national Politics of Conflict\, Rights and Justice (CCRJ) at SOAS and auth
 or of the ethnography\, 'Keepers of the Flame: Understanding Amnesty Inter
 national'. \n\nDr Arathi Sriprakash is a sociologist of education\, global
 isation\, and international development at Cambridge\, whose work includes
  global policy sociology\, feminist postcolonial theory and the politics o
 f knowledge in international development.\n\nSrishti Krishnamoorthy is a P
 hD student in English at Newnham and high-class debater\, whose research i
 nterests include gender and sexuality and Postcolonialism.
LOCATION:Elton Bowring Room\, Gillespie Centre\, Clare College
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