{"id":22270,"date":"2018-12-03T08:57:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T13:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/?post_type=mec-events&p=22270"},"modified":"2024-09-24T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:00:35","slug":"human-rights-and-grand-corruption-what-role-for-international-law","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/event\/feed\/human-rights-and-grand-corruption-what-role-for-international-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights and Grand Corruption: What Role for International Law?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recent grand corruption scandals in Latin America provide ample evidence of corruption\u2019s direct and negative impact on human rights. From defective dialysis treatment to earthquake-prone infrastructure, bribes weaken government services and oversight to the detriment of citizens. When officials put personal gain before the public good, the rights to health, housing, education, justice, and even life are imperiled.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, until recently, international law and legal institutions treated corruption and human rights as largely separate concerns. As enforcement bodies such as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) begin to examine the nexus between\u00a0corruption and human rights violations more closely, how should international law and institutions evolve? Should international tribunals like the IACHR and the International Criminal Court adopt an explicit focus on grand corruption? Should anticorruption bodies, such as those that supervise international anticorruption treaties or investigate corruption in multilateral development bank projects, incorporate a human rights perspective?<\/p>\n

To discuss these questions and more, the Inter-American Dialogue and the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) are pleased to host, \u201cHuman Rights and Grand Corruption: What Role for International Law?\u201d<\/p>\n

Follow this event on Twitter\u00a0#CorruptionandHR<\/a>,\u00a0@The_Dialogue<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@DPLF_info<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event will have simultaneous translation in English and Spanish.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Opening remarks:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Michael Shifter<\/strong><\/div>\n
President, Inter-American Dialogue (@MichaelShifter<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Keynote speaker:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Hern\u00e1n Larra\u00edn<\/strong><\/div>\n
Minister for Justice and Human Rights, Chile (@HernanLarrainF<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Panelists:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Jos\u00e9 Ugaz<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Former Chair of the Board, Transparency International (@JoseUgazSM<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Naomi Roht-Arriaza<\/strong><\/div>\n
Distinguished Professor, UC Hastings College of Law (@roht_naomi<\/a>)<\/div>\n
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Claudio Nash Rojas<\/strong><\/div>\n
Professor of International Human Rights, University of Chile (@cnashr<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Jan-Mich<\/span>ael Simon<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Director for Latin America at the Max Planck Institut for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany<\/div>\n
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Moderators:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Michael Camilleri<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Director, Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program, Inter-American Dialogue (<\/span>@camillerimj<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Katya Salazar<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Executive Director, Due Process of Law Foundation (<\/span>@katyasalazar<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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