2006 Symposium Schedule and Participants

Human Rights and Governmental Obligations in the Wake of Natural Disasters

Summary of the Symposium Topic

Tuesday, February 28, 2006, in Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall. Directions.

Schedule

9:15 – 9:45 - Continental Breakfast

9:45 – 11:30 - Panel 1: Natural Disasters and Human Rights: How Do We Respond?

11:30 – 12:30 - Lunch Break

12:30 – 2:15 - Panel 2: Race, Class, Caste, and Status: Discrimination in Disaster Relief.

2:15 – 2:30 - Break

2:30 – 4:15 - Panel 3: In Search of Accountability: Litigation and Alternative Remedies.

4:15 – 4:30 - Closing Remarks

Panel One

Cathy Albisa, Nat’l Ec. Soc. and Cultural Rights Initiative

Jane Bullock, former FEMA chief of staff

Ajamu Baraka, Executve Director, U.S. Human Rights Network

Claudine Haenni Dale, Adviser to the Rep. of the UN Sec.-Gen. on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons

Panel Two

Gloria Browne-Marshall, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Vanita Gupta, NAACP LDF

Smita Narula, Executive Director, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice

Panel Three

Mark Geistfeld, NYU School of Law

Kenneth Feinberg, Former Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund

Martha Davis, Northeastern University School of Law