The International Human Rights Regime at 75 – Accomplishments and Challenges
A workshop and conversation with Professor James J. Silk, Yale Law School
In commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
James J. Silk
Binger Clinical Professor of Human Rights; Director, Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights; Yale Law School
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James J. Silk is the Binger Clinical Professor of Human Rights at Yale Law School, where he is also director of the Law School’s Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights. He founded and directs the Multidisciplinary Academic Program in Human Rights in Yale College.
In the 2016-2017 academic year, he initiated and directed JUNCTURE: Explorations in Art and Human Rights, a year-long program of collaborations with artists; a multidisciplinary graduate seminar; fellowships for Yale School of Art MFA students; a public lecture series; and a symposium. He was formerly the director of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights in Washington, D.C.
After completing law school, he was an attorney at the Washington law firm of Arnold & Porter, where his pro bono work included representing a Virginia death-row inmate in his appeals. Before attending law school, Professor Silk taught English in Shanghai, China, for a year and then was editor, policy analyst, and senior writer for the U.S. Committee for Refugees.
Professor Silk has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan, an M.A. in Humanities from the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from Yale.
Friday, November 10
1 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Room 106 O'Brian Hall
University at Buffalo (North Campus)
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This program is sponsored by the Buffalo Human Rights Center and the Buffalo Human Rights Law Review at the University at Buffalo School of Law.
Please email Prof. Paul Linden-Retek (plinden@buffalo.edu) for access to accompanying readings.