A conversation with UConn professors Shareen Hertel and Kathy Libal on their work, education, and thoughts regarding human rights.
Candlelight is a podcast highlighting human rights in the United States via the experiences and career paths of those interviewed.
For more information on Prof. Hertel:
- http://humanrights.uconn.edu/faculty_staff/shareen-hertel/
- http://polisci.uconn.edu/person/shareen-hertel/
For more information on Prof. Libal:
- http://ssw.uconn.edu/kathryn-libal-ph-d/
- http://humanrights.uconn.edu/faculty_staff/kathryn-libal/
You can subscribe on iTunes here:
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/candlelight/id1153067651
Guests
- Prof. Shareen Hertel
- Prof. Kathryn (Kathy) Libal
Music
- Nihilore -As Nihilism Gives Way to Existentialism
- Nihilore- Moonlit Skyline
Resources Specific to This Episode:
- UN Women’s Fund http://www.unwomen.org/en/trust-funds/fund-for-gender-equality
- Ford Foundation https://www.fordfoundation.org/
- UConn Study Abroad: http://abroad.uconn.edu/
- Human Rights in the United States: Beyond Exceptionalism: https://www.amazon.com/Human-Rights-United-States-Exceptionalism/dp/1107400872
- The American Civil Liberties Union: https://www.aclu.org/
- US Human Rights Network http://www.ushrnetwork.org/
- Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/
- Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/
- The Human Rights Enterprise: Political Sociology, State Power, and Social Movements http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0745663702.html
- Homeless Bill of Rights (CT): https://thinkprogress.org/connecticut-passes-landmark-homeless-persons-bill-of-rights-law-c70676e3b6d#.nbvgansql
General Resources:
- UConn Human Rights Programs: http://humanrights.uconn.edu/ http://humanrights.uconn.edu/major-in-human-rights/ http://humanrights.uconn.edu/minor-in-human-rights/ http://humanrights.uconn.edu/humanitarianism/
- US Constitution: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
- Statute of the International Court of Justice http://www.icj-cij.org/documents/index.php?p1=4&p2=2&p3=0
- Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www.unicef.org/crc/
- Convention on Biological Diversity https://www.cbd.int/
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/
- Heforshe: www.heforshe.org
- Universal Human Rights Instruments: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/UniversalHumanRightsInstruments.aspx