Events Calendar

April 7-8, Capital Punishment Center Conference: "Comparative Capital Punishment."

This conference, “Comparative Capital Punishment” will address the many commonalities (and some significant differences) in the worldwide movement away from the death penalty that began in the late eighteenth century and that sharply accelerated in the last half of the twentieth century. At the present moment, the industrialized West is an almost completely abolitionist zone (with the notable exception of the United States), while the death penalty is seeing a resurgence in some parts of the Middle East and Africa. This conference will look broadly and deeply at the practice of capital punishment around the world. There are many common themes even in apparently disparate parts of the world, such as the kinds of restrictions and reforms that usually precede abolition, the moral, political, and legal strategies of reformers and abolitionists, the forces that promote retention, and the distinctive possibilities and pitfalls of various pathways to change (legislative action vs. judicial intervention vs. international or transnational institutions and influences). The conference brings together experts on different regions and issues to evaluate the past, present, and future of the practice of capital punishment.

Two partners from Baker Botts will be presenting our fourth annual M&A school

Certifying Human Rights in Global Supply Chains: This workshop will explore global supply chains and the possibilities and limitations of third-party certification schemes for the realization and enforcement of human rights.

HRLS is hosting a film screening and discussion of ‘The Good Lie’ to coincide with Genocide Awareness Month in April. The Good Lie is the story of 20,000 children who traveled thousands of miles on foot during the Second Sudanese Civil War to reach refugee camps in Kenya.