Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Roundtable (March 2021)

Part of the Conference on Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic hosted by the Department of International Studies with the sponsorship of the Sir Easa Saleh Al-Gurg Professorship in International Studies

Seven of the most recognized human rights scholars in the United States, the UAE and South Korea will reflect upon the status, challenges and prospects of the international human rights regime during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speakers

• Dr. Amanda Murdie – Thomas P. and M. Jean Lauth Public Affairs Professor of International Affairs and Head of the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia
• Dr. Erica Chenoweth – Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University ,and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
• Dr. Jeong-Woo Koo – Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, Korea; Director of the Sungkyunkwan Center for Human Rights and Development; and Manager of SSK Human Rights Forum
• Dr José Cheibub – Mary Thomas Marshall Professor in Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University
• Dr. Alison Brysk – Mellichamp Professor of Global Governance, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Dr. Chad Klay – Director of the Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) and Associate Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia
• Dr. Sammy Badran –  Assistant Professor of Political Science, American University of Sharjah

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