This public panel discussion on xenophobia at the U.S.-Mexico border will feature United Nations experts, scholars, organizers, and policymakers in dialogue with the community.
Panelists:
Dr. Pablo Ceriani Cernadas, UN Committee on Migrant Workers
Dr. Ibrahima Guissé, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Shoba Sivaprasad-Wadhia, Director of the DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Professor Rebecca Sharpless, Author of Shackled: 92 Refugees Imprisoned on ICE Air, University of Miami School of Law
Claudia Muñoz, Community organizer, Organiza Texas
The panel will follow a day-long expert consultation on the southwest border that will contribute to an initiative of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers to address xenophobia and human rights violations against migrants. If you are a UT faculty member or student and are interested in observing the consultation, please fill out the following form: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6u81WgpPAoSv8ea
This event is hosted by the Immigration Clinic and Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at Texas Law, with support from the Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice, Texas Global, Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis, Latin American Initiative at Texas Law, Latino Studies, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, Center for Asian American Studies, John L. Warfield Center for African & African Diaspora Studies, and Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS).
\n\nIf you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This public panel discussion on xenophobia at the U.S.-Mexico border will feature United Nations experts, scholars, organizers, and policymakers in dialogue with the community.
Panelists:
Dr. Pablo Ceriani Cernadas, UN Committee on Migrant Workers
Dr. Ibrahima Guissé, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Shoba Sivaprasad-Wadhia, Director of the DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Professor Rebecca Sharpless, Author of Shackled: 92 Refugees Imprisoned on ICE Air, University of Miami School of Law
Claudia Muñoz, Community organizer, Organiza Texas
The panel will follow a day-long expert consultation on the southwest border that will contribute to an initiative of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers to address xenophobia and human rights violations against migrants. If you are a UT faculty member or student and are interested in observing the consultation, please fill out the following form: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6u81WgpPAoSv8ea
This event is hosted by the Immigration Clinic and Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at Texas Law, with support from the Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice, Texas Global, Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis, Latin American Initiative at Texas Law, Latino Studies, William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law, Center for Asian American Studies, John L. Warfield Center for African & African Diaspora Studies, and Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS).
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the event event sponsor or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion / Speaker Series LOCATION:TNH 2.114 - Francis Auditorium URL:http://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2024/10/22/78430/ CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED COMMENT:carolinehahn@austin.utexas.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR