Youth and Human Rights

Featuring:

Opening Remarks by:

Uzra Zeya
Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,
United States Department of State

A Panel Discussion with:

Chloe Schwenke
Vice President of Global Programs
Freedom House

Daniel Solomon
Former National Student Director
STAND

Alison Kiehl Friedman
Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
United States Department of State

Moderated by:

Nicole Goldin
Director, Youth, Prosperity and Security Initiative
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Friday, December 13, 2013 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Ground Floor Conference Room
CSIS 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036

In 1950, the United Nations General Assembly declared December 10th as Human Rights Day, to commemorate the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the establishment of “a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.”  In every way, youth are central to the human rights discussion today: as victims of human rights abuses and as the frontline in the fight for justice and equality for all.  Join the Youth, Prosperity, and Security Initiative for a discussion on the most pressing human rights issues for young people around the world, and how youth themselves are addressing complex, interconnected, and context-specific human rights challenges.