Practitioner-Scholar Roundtables

The ActInCourts Practitioner-Scholar Roundtables bring together university-based researchers and practitioners to explore opportunities for productive engagement and to discuss key issues in international human rights litigation and legal mobilization. Below is an archive of previous events.

This panel will discuss the Inter-American System on Human Rights’ (IASHRs) positive effect in the fight against forced disappearance in Latin America.

This panel discussed where individuals could go when a corporation violates their rights under international human rights law, plus mechanisms in holding corporations accountable to meet international human rights standards.

This panel discussed the range of threats to the safety and the work of human rights defenders, particularly those active in cases at international human rights tribunals, and strategies to help protect and support them. If you missed the event, you can watch a recording of the discussion on Zoom. Passcode: G9A&UQL!

This panel discussed the challenges of defining and prosecuting ecocide, how to fight against impunity of environmental crimes in practice, and the limitations of the proposed definition. If you missed the event, you can watch a recording of the discussion on Zoom. Passcode: ZU9R0*mF

This panel discussed whether and how Facebook’s Oversight Board adds to the international human rights architecture, undermines it, or does something quite different. If you missed the event, you can watch a recording of the discussion on Zoom.

This panel discusssed whether international courts and human rights bodies actually fulfill their goals of being the last resorts for victims of human rights violations.

This roundtable discussed the causes, consequences and practices of backlash against international human rights courts.

This roundtable discussed how the pandemic has shaped human rights advocacy.