Defending Human Rights: Global and Local Perspectives

Sigrid Rausing, writer, publisher, and founder of the Sigrid Rausing Trust set up to support international human rights will be the keynote speaker, addressing human rights defence in a global context. She will speak alongside one of CAHR's visiting human rights fellows from Kenya. These presentations will be followed by a panel discussion on York as a 'human rights city', emphasising that the defence of human rights also has a local component.

The panel includes:

• Stephen Pittam, Trust Secretary, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
• Haleh Afshar, Department of Politics / House of Lords
• Inderjit Singh Bhogal, Yorkshire and Humber Interfaith forum (tbc)

The event is hosted by the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR), University of York, and International Service (IS), a York-based development agency. As part of the work of both CAHR and IS to promote the work of human rights defenders to a wider local and national audience, and to launch a partnership between the two agencies, we will be hosting this exciting event.