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Tuesday, July 19, 2022  5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
 
Tuesday, July 19, 2022  5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Enjoy Article 24 Event: Join the US Human Rights Cities Movement at The Mission Dupont Circle: 1606 20th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009
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''Enjoy Article 24 Event'': Join the US Human Rights Cities Movement at The Mission Dupont Circle: 1606 20th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009
 
Location: Brick Room/ light snacks will be provided
 
Location: Brick Room/ light snacks will be provided
  
 
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'''Wednesday July 20'''
Wednesday July 20  
 
 
Location: Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard University School of Law, 2900 Van Ness Street, N.W. Room 107, Notre Dame Hall, Washington, D.C. 20009  
 
Location: Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard University School of Law, 2900 Van Ness Street, N.W. Room 107, Notre Dame Hall, Washington, D.C. 20009  
  
9:00 AM Welcome (Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center)
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9:30 AM Welcome Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center
Overview: Human Rights Cities & the UN: Opportunities for Changemakers
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Workshop overview: Human Rights Cities & the UN: Opportunities for Changemakers
  
10:00 AM Cities as Human Rights Catalysts for Local & Global Change   
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10:00 AM ''Cities as Human Rights Catalysts for Local & Global Change''  
Kamelia Kemileva, Co-Director, Programmes & Administration -Geneva Cities Hub  
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::*Kamelia Kemileva, Co-Director, Programmes & Administration -Geneva Cities Hub  
  
 
TBD
 
TBD
  
1:00 PM Environmental Racism & CERD
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1:00 PM     ''Environmental Racism & CERD''
Daniel E. Gogal, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist, Tribal and Indigenous Peoples Program Manager
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:*Daniel E. Gogal, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist, Tribal and Indigenous Peoples Program Manager
International Human Rights Agreements - EPA Staff Lead
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:*International Human Rights Agreements - EPA Staff Lead
Interagency Interfaith Collaboration for Vulnerable Communities Coordinator,  
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:*Interagency Interfaith Collaboration for Vulnerable Communities Coordinator,  
Office of Environmental Justice, USEPA Community Support and Engagement Staff
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:*Office of Environmental Justice, USEPA Community Support and Engagement Staff
 
 
 
 
  
2:30 p.m. Importance of International Human Rights Instruments: The UN CERD Review of the United States of America; Bringing the Global Down to the Ground Where It Matters Most
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2:30 p.m. ''Mobilizing International Human Rights Instruments: The UN CERD Review of the United States: Making Global Human Rights Local''
Leon W. Russell, Chairman, NAACP National Board of Directors
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:*Leon W. Russell, Chairman, NAACP National Board of Directors
  
 
3:30 PM Break followed by wrap-up/discussion
 
3:30 PM Break followed by wrap-up/discussion
  
Thursday July 21  
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'''Thursday July 21'''
 
 
9:00 AM Welcome/ Opening recap and overview of what’s next
 
10:00 AM Reparation & Human Rights
 
• Dreisen Heath, Racial Justice Researcher & Advocate – US Program | Human Rights Watch
 
  
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9:00 AM Welcome/ Opening recap and overview of what’s next
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10:00 AM ''Reparation & Human Rights''
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:*Dreisen Heath, Racial Justice Researcher & Advocate – US Program | Human Rights Watch
  
11:00 AM The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Ability to Review the United States of America and the Actions of Civil Society To Shape Public Policy  
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11:00 AM       ''How can the review of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) be Mobilized by Civil Society to Shape Public Policy?''
Marie Joseph, Human Rights Officer and Secretary of the Human Rights Committee Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section  
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:*Marie Joseph, Human Rights Officer and Secretary of the Human Rights Committee Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights  
Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights  
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:*Cities for CERD team
 
 
  
 
12:30 PM Lunch break  
 
12:30 PM Lunch break  
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Human Rights City Strategy Sessions (times/locations TBD)
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Human Rights City Strategy Sessions (times TBD)
Bringing the CERD Review Home: Strategies for local follow-up and movement-building
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:*''Bringing the CERD Review Home: Strategies for local follow-up and movement-building'' --Participants will learn more about the politics of CERD and related treaty reviews and how we can best use these to advance human rights in local communities. Activists who were involved in preparing reviews as part of the 2022 CERD review of the U.S. will share lessons from their work, including models for other communities and ideas for engaging local communities in follow-up work to strengthen the compliance with CERD across all levels of government.
Participants will learn more about the politics of CERD and related treaty reviews and how we can best use these to advance human rights in local communities. Activists who were involved in preparing reviews as part of the 2022 CERD review of the U.S. will share lessons from their work, including models for other communities and ideas for engaging local communities in follow-up work to strengthen the compliance with CERD across all levels of government.
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::'''Breakout/Strategy Session on the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent:''' How can this new UN body help support and advance the work of CERD? How can our movements help strengthen this Forum and vice-versa?
Breakout/Strategy Session on the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent: How can this new UN body help support and advance the work of CERD? How can our movements help strengthen this Forum and vice-versa?
 
 
 
  
Human Rights Cities: Connecting racial, reproductive, and environmental justice advocacy with global human rights opportunities (SDGs, UPR, CERD, CEDAW, etc.)
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:*''Human Rights Cities: Connecting racial, reproductive, and environmental justice advocacy with global human rights opportunities (SDGs, UPR, CERD, CEDAW, etc.)''  --Human rights advocates from different communities will share lessons and models for using global institutions and processes to advance human rights in communities around the U.S. How can international institutions provide leverage that can help us overcome the vast challenges in the U.S. legal system—particularly following recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court?
Human rights advocates from different communities will share lessons and models for using global institutions and processes to advance human rights in communities around the U.S. How can international institutions provide leverage that can help us overcome the vast challenges in the U.S. legal system—particularly following recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court?
 
 
   
 
   
Additional speakers/ Times TBD
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'''Additional speakers/ Times TBD'''
District of Columbia Office of Human Rights
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*District of Columbia Office of Human Rights
UN CERD Secretariat
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*UN CERD Secretariat

Revision as of 07:07, 16 July 2022

Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights National Human Rights Cities/ Human Rights on the Hill July 19-21, 2022 Co-Sponsor & Host: Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard University School of Law, Washington DC

For remote/online participation, register here.

SCHEDULE (Preliminary)

Tuesday, July 19, 2022 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Enjoy Article 24 Event: Join the US Human Rights Cities Movement at The Mission Dupont Circle: 1606 20th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009 Location: Brick Room/ light snacks will be provided

Wednesday July 20 Location: Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard University School of Law, 2900 Van Ness Street, N.W. Room 107, Notre Dame Hall, Washington, D.C. 20009

9:30 AM Welcome Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center Workshop overview: Human Rights Cities & the UN: Opportunities for Changemakers

10:00 AM Cities as Human Rights Catalysts for Local & Global Change

  • Kamelia Kemileva, Co-Director, Programmes & Administration -Geneva Cities Hub

TBD

1:00 PM Environmental Racism & CERD

  • Daniel E. Gogal, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist, Tribal and Indigenous Peoples Program Manager
  • International Human Rights Agreements - EPA Staff Lead
  • Interagency Interfaith Collaboration for Vulnerable Communities Coordinator,
  • Office of Environmental Justice, USEPA Community Support and Engagement Staff

2:30 p.m. Mobilizing International Human Rights Instruments: The UN CERD Review of the United States: Making Global Human Rights Local

  • Leon W. Russell, Chairman, NAACP National Board of Directors

3:30 PM Break followed by wrap-up/discussion

Thursday July 21

9:00 AM Welcome/ Opening recap and overview of what’s next 10:00 AM Reparation & Human Rights

  • Dreisen Heath, Racial Justice Researcher & Advocate – US Program | Human Rights Watch

11:00 AM How can the review of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) be Mobilized by Civil Society to Shape Public Policy?

  • Marie Joseph, Human Rights Officer and Secretary of the Human Rights Committee Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Cities for CERD team

12:30 PM Lunch break

AFTERNOON SCHEDULE TBD


Human Rights City Strategy Sessions (times TBD)

  • Bringing the CERD Review Home: Strategies for local follow-up and movement-building --Participants will learn more about the politics of CERD and related treaty reviews and how we can best use these to advance human rights in local communities. Activists who were involved in preparing reviews as part of the 2022 CERD review of the U.S. will share lessons from their work, including models for other communities and ideas for engaging local communities in follow-up work to strengthen the compliance with CERD across all levels of government.
Breakout/Strategy Session on the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent: How can this new UN body help support and advance the work of CERD? How can our movements help strengthen this Forum and vice-versa?
  • Human Rights Cities: Connecting racial, reproductive, and environmental justice advocacy with global human rights opportunities (SDGs, UPR, CERD, CEDAW, etc.) --Human rights advocates from different communities will share lessons and models for using global institutions and processes to advance human rights in communities around the U.S. How can international institutions provide leverage that can help us overcome the vast challenges in the U.S. legal system—particularly following recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court?

Additional speakers/ Times TBD

  • District of Columbia Office of Human Rights
  • UN CERD Secretariat