| An international NGO in consultative status with the United Nations |
| C O N F E R E N C E |
| From CIVIL RIGHTS to HUMAN RIGHTS and SELF-DETERMINATION? |
| APRIL 20-21, 2012 East-West University, Chicago |
| “Why not, like Europe, work to negotiate agreements between governments and national minorities that will permit government to recognize what UNESCO calls the most important human right of all: the democratic right of minorities and nations to self-determination, without which all other rights have no meaning.” Dr. Y. N. Kly |
| “Kly’s strategic placement of the US view of the collective rights of its minorities within the more widely accepted normative discourse of international law provides not only an alternative vision of race relations in the United States, but also, even more importantly, an alternative solution. Kly’s unique perspective is worthy of consideration and debate by minority and non-minority individuals alike.” excerpt from review by American Journal of International Law of International Law and the Black Minority in the United States / Y. N. Kly |
| Dinner/Speaker – Professor Francis A. Boyle “African Americans' Right to Self-Determination” |
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONFERENCE? IHRAAM sought to introduce African Americans to the full range of their human rights protection under international law. It intends to open these politico-legal options up for discussion with a view to weighing their possible utility in addressing the historical and ongoing needs and grievances of African Americans in the United States. CONFERENCE PROGRAM CONFERENCE SPEAKERS Authoritative African American and international legal scholars of stature as well as primary actors from the African American community who are actively engaged with African American organizations and institutions. CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE CONFERENCE PHOTOS CONFERENCE BOOK CONFERENCE VIDEOS SUGGESTED PRE-CONFERENCE READING If you approve IHRAAM's effort for this Conference, please help us to go forward! |
| IHRAAM-SPONSORED SELF-DETERMINATION CONFERENCES, GENEVA |
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| Left to right: Atty. Musa Dan Fodio, Dr. Tyson King-Meadows, Diana Collier Kly, Cynthia McKinney, Vernellia Randall, Judge Leonard Murray, Dr. Farid I. Muhammad. |
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