It is a conventionally held belief that human rights are a European ‘invention,’ going back to Enlightenment philosophers. In his talk Jonas Christoffersen will show that a closer study of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights reveals a unique Latin American influence on modern human rights law.
Jonas Christoffersen took up the position of Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights on 1 January 2009. Previously, he was a lecturer at the Law Faculty, University of Copenhagen, where he has been teaching international law, European law and human rights since 1996. As a scholar, he has contributed significantly to the study of national and international human rights law, and defended his doctoral dissertation, “Fair Balance: A Study of Proportionality, Subsidiarity and Primarity in the European Convention on Human Rights” in 2008 (expected publication: Brill, March 2009). Jonas Christoffersen has been active in the Danish public debate on human rights for many years.
All are welcome
The seminar takes place at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the Nordskov Room, Wilders Plads 8H, 1401 Copenhagen K. Registration is not needed.
The seminar is part of the Human Rights Seminar Series 2009: “Europe and the Americas: Transatlantic Approaches to Human Rights” (see attached programme). For more information, please contact Eva Maria Lassen (eva@humanrights.dk, or 32698845).