[hr-education-na] Conference "Human Rights in the Media" (University of Connecticut, Nov. 9, 2004)

UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights

Fifth Annual Comparative Human Rights Conference
Human Rights in the Media

Tuesday, November 9, 2004
9:00 a.m.  - 1:00 p.m.
Student Union Theater
University of Connecticut


You are invited to the fifth annual international comparative human rights
conference organized by the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Human Rights at
the University of Connecticut. The conference will focus on the critical
role that the media have played in influencing people to engage or
disengage in human rights issues. Presenters at the conference will
reflect on the role the media play in disclosing or obscuring human rights
abuses and achievements in various regions of the world, discuss how they
help promote or undermine the observance of human rights, as well as how
the media interact with and relate to other institutions of power.


Conference Participants:

H.E. Ambassador Barbara Masekela, South African Ambassador to the United
States, former Chief of Staff to Nelson Mandela and Executive Director
of the DeBeers Corporation.

Mr. Pierre Sane, Assistant-Director General for Social Sciences and
Human Sciences, Ethics and Human Rights at UNESCO and former Secretary
General of Amnesty International.

Tom Brokaw, anchor and managing editor of the top-rated "NBC Nightly
News" and the first American anchor to report on human-rights abuses in
Tibet (invited)

Mandla Langa, Chairperson of the Independent Communications Authority of
South Africa and author.

Nkosinathi Biko, son of martyred South African student leader Steve
Biko, is a journalist and Executive Chairperson of the Steve Biko
Foundation.

Elizabeth Blunt is a seasoned BBC reporter and one of the first women to
be appointed to an overseas correspondent's post.

Salim Lone was Director of Communications for the UN Mission in Iraq,
headed by the late Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Special Representative of
Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Iraq.  Currently leads the UN
communications effort in Iraq.

Peter Magubane, Renowned South African photojournalist, whose photos for
over 40 years have depicted the reality of life under apartheid,
including the Sharpeville massacre and the Soweto uprising.

Paula Newberg, Special Advisor to the United Nations Foundation and
formerly Special Advisor to the United Nations in Afghanistan.

Gregory Alonso Pirio is consultant to WorldSpace Corporation.  He
previously worked for Voice of America, managing broadcasts in English
and in Portuguese to Africa.


Directions University of Connecticut, Storrs:

Travel I-84 east/west to exit 68.  Travel south on Route 195 straight
through intersection with Route 32.  At intersection of Route 195 and
Route 44 (Mansfield Four Corners) proceed straight approximately 1.5
miles to the Storrs Campus.

North Parking Garage:

>From Route 195, turn right onto North Eagleville Road (Congregational
Church on right).  At the second light, turn left onto North Hillside
Road.  At the first stop sign, turn left.  The entrance to the North
Parking Garage will be immediately on your left.

Student Union Theater:

Upon exiting the North Parking Garage, walk straight up Hillside Road.
The Student Union is the second building on your left.


Registration:  Conference admission is free, however seating is limited.
Please call University Events at 860.486.1038 or send e-mail to
<rsvp@univrel.uconn.edu> to make your reservation.


For more information, please call 860.486.0647 or send e-mail to
<unescochair@uconn.edu>;  website: http://www.unescochair.uconn.edu




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