Human Rights Heroes Speakers Series Spring 2012

12:15 to 1:30 p.m., Wednesdays in UCLA School of Law Room 1447

1. • Wednesday, January 11, 2012
   • Jenni Williams
   • National Coordinator
     Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
   • Zimbabwe
   • Jenni Williams is perhaps Africa’s most famous practitioner of non-violent civil disobedience.
2. • Wednesday, January 18, 2012
   • William Burke-White
   • Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
   • USA
   • William Burke-White is a human rights expert and former member of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Policy Planning Staff, 2009-2011.
3. • Wednesday, January 25, 2012
   • Madeleine Rees
   • Secretary General, Women’s Int’l League for Peace
   • Switzerland
   • Madeleine Rees is a former Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights gender expert and Head of Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her courageous work has been featured in the movie The Whistleblower.
4. • Wednesday, February 8, 2012
   • Sunitha Krishnan
   • Human Trafficking Victim and Co-Founder of Prajwala
   • India
   • Prajwala assists trafficked women and girls with shelter and education through 17 transition centers, and helps pay for the education of thousands of children infected with HIV/AIDS in Hyderbad.
5. • Wednesday, February 15, 2012
   • Film Screening: Darfur Now (Evening)
   • The James Bridges Theatre, UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television. Light Dinner: 7 p.m.; Screening: 7:45 p.m.; Discussion follows.
   • Screening of Darfur Now and Discussion with Director Ted Braun
6. • Wednesday, February 22, 2012
   • Jean Enriquez
   • Executive Director, Coalition Against Trafficking of Women Asia-Pacific (CATW-AP)
   • Philippines
   • CATW is an international network of feminist groups, organizations, and individuals fighting the sexual exploitation of women globally.
7. • Wednesday, February 29, 2012
   • Paul Rice
   • President and CEO, Fair Trade USA
   • USA
   • Paul Rice is a co-founder of the fair trade movement.
8. • Wednesday, March 7, 2012
   • Richard Dicker
   • Director, International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch
   • USA
   • Richard Dicker is a pioneer in efforts to establish the International Criminal Court and other venues for international justice.
9. • Wednesday, March 14, 2012
   • Sister Consuelo Morales Elizondo
   • Director, Citizens in Support of Human Rights
   • Mexico
   • In a crisis atmosphere of torture, disappearances, and killings associated with drug wars, Sister Consuelo is one of Mexico’s most effective defenders of human rights. She is a recipient of the 2011 Human Rights Watch Alison Des Forges Award.
10. • Wednesday, March 21, 2012
    • Mohamed Mattar
    • Executive Director, The Protection Project
      Johns Hopkins University
    • USA
    • Mohamed Mattar is an internationally recognized expert on drafting anti-trafficking legislation and treaties.