Since 2002 The Advocates for Human Rights has sponsored an annual day-long CLE conference on important human rights issues ranging from refugee and indigenous people's rights to labor as a human right and the right to education. Co-sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney and held in its Minneapolis office, every year the conference draws legal and other professionals from a variety of disciplines to hear about these issues from local, national and international experts.

The 2008 Human Rights Law & Policy Conference

Celebrating a quarter century of protecting and promoting human rights around the world, The Advocates for Human Rights will host the seventh annual human rights law and policy conference, "Human Rights and the United States: the Past, Present and Future of Dignity and Justice for All." Five CLE credits will be applied for. Click here to download the 2008 conference brochure.

The conference will  take a retrospective look at the human rights movement that has brought us into the 21^st century and what the future holds for human rights in the United States and around the world. The conference's keynote speaker, William F. Schulz, the former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA and a Senior Fellow in human rights policy at the Center for American Progress, will discuss "Restoring America's Credibility: The Future of Human Rights."

In four workshop sessions, an experienced line-up of human rights practitioners and activists will address topics such as:

• Women and Human Rights ~ Learn about the evolution of the women’s human rights movement  and the use of traditional and innovative human rights strategies to create system change.
• Conflict and Human Rights ~ Learn how conflict leads to human rights violations and how human rights law has been used to prevent and heal from conflict.
• Using US Domestic Law and International Human Rights Law to Advocate for Human Rights ~ Learn about how human rights advocates have used the US Constitution and international laws to defend and protect human rights here and around the world.
• Human Rights Issues for the 21^st Century ~ Learn about the intersection of human rights and trade, security and the environment.