On Monday 9th June (7th week) from 7pm in the Danson Room of Trinity College the Oxford Guild is hosting a unique and exciting forum with David Mepham, UK Director of Human Rights Watch, responsible for advocacy towards the UK government and parliamentarians and for the organisation’s dealings with the UK media. David will be speaking on the topic of “Human rights, human wrongs” and talk about the work of Human Rights Watch, drawing on examples from the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He will talk about the impact that human rights advocacy can have. He will also take on the human rights critics, those who suggest that rights are about the imposition of western values on other peoples. REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE: tinyurl/DavidMepham Since joining the organisation in April 2011, he has worked on a very wide range of country and thematic issues, provided written and oral evidence to parliamentary select committees, spoken at public events, done TV and radio interviews for key outlets and published articles in the UK press. Before joining Human Rights Watch, Mepham spent four years as the Head of Policy And advocacy for Save the Children UK. Before that, he was associate director of the Institute for Public Policy Research and the head of its international programme. From 1998 to 2002, Mepham was a senior policy adviser in the UKs Department for International Development. He is also co-editor of Progressive Foreign Policy - new directions for the UK (2007). He was educated at the London School of Economics and Oxford University. This is an unprecedented opportunity to hear from and ask questions of such a high profile figure and promises to be a truly exciting event. David has a wealth of experience and has specially organised this free talk open to all students after pulling out of an engagement at the Oxford Union. There will be an opportunity ask questions and there will also be photos, drinks and nibbles after the event. The event is free and open to everyone. REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE: tinyurl/DavidMepham https://facebook/events/289311841230023/
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