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Featured Publication Implementing U.S. Human Rights Policy: Agendas, Policies, and Practices (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2004) (Samples chapters available online)

Institute Public Meeting

Implementing U.S. Human Rights Policy
Successes, Failures, Challenges and Opportunities

Date:
Monday, April 19, 2004

Time:
10:00 AM–Noon

Location:
U.S. Institute of Peace
1200 17th St., NW
Washington, D.C.
Directions

Since the 1970s, the promotion of human rights has been an explicit goal of U.S. foreign policy. Successive presidents have joined Congress, scores of NGOs, and U.S. citizens in utilizing American influence to stop deplorable human rights abuses worldwide. On April 19 the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a discussion with two former assistant secretaries of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs in an exploration of the effectiveness of U.S. human rights policies and offered prescriptions for the future. Debra Liang-Fenton, whose new book, Implementing U.S. Human Rights Policy: Agendas, Policies, and Practices (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2004), examines the U.S. record over the last quarter century, led the discussion. The presentations were followed by discussion with the assembled guests.

Overview

• Holly Burkhalter
  Institute Board Member and Physicians for Human Rights U.S. Policy Director

Speakers

• Patricia Derian
  Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (1977-1981)


• Richard Schifter
  Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (1985-1992)

Moderator

• Debra Liang-Fenton
  Editor, Implementing U.S. Human Rights Policy (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2004); and Executive Director of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

Related Publications and Institute Resources

U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Africa
(Special Report, August 2001)

U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Latin America
(Special Report, January 2001)

The Role of the Ambassador in Promoting U.S. Human Rights Policy Abroad
(Special Report, August 2000)

Establishing the Rule of Law in Iraq
(Special Report, April 2003)

"Human Rights in the Middle East: The Crisis of Implementation"
(Archived Audio, March 2002)

U.S. Human Rights Policy: Web Links
(Annotated Library Web Links)

Genocide Convention at Fifty: Web Links
(Annotated Library Web Links)