Duke University’s Summer Institute on Human Rights was lucky enough to have Jo Becker speak today, about how she approaches advocacy and teaching. A long-time veteran of Human Rights Watch, she heads the Children’s Rights Division and is writing a book that collects stories of how advocates work for human rights around the world. She [...]
Posts under ‘Burma’
The HUB
The HUB is a new site created by Witness, a human rights group that seeks to create “the world’s first participatory media site for human rights.” At the site, people can post human rights video and words as a way of bringing violations to public attention and mobilizing action. A great example of what this [...]
Is genocide special?
Recently, I spoke with a colleague about a proposal, made by students, that Duke University divest holdings in companies doing business in Sudan. The initiative is part of a international campaign to pressure the Sudanese government to, in the words of the Sudan Divestment Task Force, “end the genocide in Darfur.” A large part of [...]
Burmese Duke
Burmese Duke Originally uploaded by FabiolaPal James P., the Duke University founder, went Burmese for the day during a student-led vigil to protest rights violations in Burma.
Unplayed piano
The musician playing this lovely song, Damien Rice, said of his tribute to the imprisoned Burmese leader, Aung San Suu Kyi: “I prefer not to interfere too much with what is going on in the world, but when someone has been thrown into a hole and they ask you to throw down a rope, I [...]
