17 May Bina Agarwal lecture - special offer
There are a fixed number of free tickets for students and other concessions to attend the final lecture! The first 50 people to email us at info@oxford-amnesty-lectures.org will be able to come for free to the Bina Agarwal's lecture. Forward to your friends today.
2012 Lectures Protect the Human/Protect the Planet
Amnesty’s watchword, ‘Protect the Human’, is a call to respect existing human life. But in putting humans at the centre of our moral universe, do we imperil future generations; is a call to ‘human’ rights also an imperious claim against our place in the natural order? What of other animals and life forms, the planet itself?
Both climate change and the fight against it have immense human consequences. Do human rights get in the way of an effective response? Or might they form the basis of a new environmental ethics? Can we refashion human rights to acknowledge our interconnectedness with nature? Or should human rights move aside to make room for less human-centred system of values?
Can we protect the human and save the planet? Join an Economics Nobel Laureate, an environmental activist, a UN Special Rapporteur, a political theorist, and others to find out in this year’s series of Oxford Amnesty Lectures.
Oxford Amnesty Lectures
Oxford Amnesty Lectures is one of the world's leading lecture series. It is an independent registered charity created to sustain debate about human rights in the academic and wider community. Each year speakers of international reputation are invited to lecture in Oxford on a theme related to human rights. To date OAL has raised over £100,000 for Amnesty International UK Charitable Trust.
The 2012 series, like those before it, reflects Oxford Amnesty Lectures' commitment to supporting freedom of expression and fostering robust debate about human rights.
Please note, the lectures are not part of Amnesty International and they are not University events.
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