Event Description:
The Center for International Human Rights Cordially
Invites You to Panel Discussion
Deaths, Democracy and Human Rights under Duterte's Philippines
March 13, 2019
1:40 PM-2:50 PM
Room 610 Harren Hall
Guest Speakers:
Cristina Palabay
Secretary-General, KARAPATAN (Alliance for the
Advancement of People's Rights in the Philippines)
Nerve V. Macaspac
Assistant Professor, CUNY College of Staten
Island; Philippine Country Specialist, Amnesty International USA
Moderator:
George Andreopoulos,
Director, Center for International Human Rights
Co-sponsors:
Students Without Borders, BA in
ICJ, MA in IC&J, The Minor in Human Rights
Cristina Palabay is the Secretary General of KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights, a movement based alliance of human rights organizations working for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines. Established in 1995, KARAPATAN is a duly registered NGO with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission and co-convenes the Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (EcuVoice) and the Philippine UPR Watch. It is a member of Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Forum Asia and the SOS-Torture Network of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT). As Secretary- General, Palabay engages with the United Nations Human Rights Council, European Parliament, various diplomatic missions, and international human rights organizations in gathering support for victims of human rights violations. She is a member of the Regional Council of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development and an advisor to the Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Rights – Asia Pacific. In 2018, Palabay was a finalist for the Martine Anstett French Human Rights Award.
Nerve V. Macaspac is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs, CUNY College of Staten Island. His research focuses on community-led peace zones and peacebuilding. He received his PhD in Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Nerve is a volunteer leader of Amnesty International USA, serving as the Country Specialist for the Philippines since 2011. He monitors the human rights situations in the country, develops action strategies, leads U.S. and foreign government advocacy, and mobilizes actions to promote and protect human rights in the Philippines. Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization. |
