[Mitai-announce] Constructing the Rule of Law May 13

[Susan Frick]

Constructing the Rule of Law: Public Security, Justice and Democracy Building
Arturo Alvarado, PHRJ Research Fellow
Thursday May 13, 2004
4:30-6:00 p.m.
E38-615, 292 Main Street, Kendall Square

During the mid 1990s several regimes throughout the world, especially those 
in developing areas or transitional economies, were undergoing a clear 
process of democratization, although this process was not completely 
successful according to several standards. These new democracies developed 
a peculiar political outcome where civil, political and human rights are 
not completely fulfilled. This wave of crime and human and civil rights 
abuses threatens the consolidation of a new rule of law and the fulfillment 
of complete democratic rights for citizens. Please join us for a discussion 
of the role of justice in regimes undergoing democratic transition.

Other Upcoming Events of Interest

>SUDAN CHARITY DINNER
>Sudanese cuisine, live music and Omer Ismail.
>
>La Sala de Puerto Rico
>[2nd floor of MIT student center; 84 Mass Ave, Cambridge]
>7-9 PM, Friday, May 14
>
>Help victims of fighting in Western Sudan!
>Over a million civilians have been displaced in genocidal attacks by
>government backed militias.  They urgently need food aid, which must
>be delivered before the rainy season starts in a few weeks.  All
>proceeds from the dinner go to World Food Programme efforts there.
>
>$8 Students/$12 non-students
>TECHCASH DONATIONS ACCEPTED as well as cash or check.
>Sign up all week at the Lobby 10 booth, 10am-4pm, or reserve your spot
>by writing to saria_hassan at student.hms.harvard.edu.
>
>Enjoy good food and good music!
>Food catered by Fasika and live jazz/funk by the Max Fünck Institut.
>
>Hear about current events in Sudan!
>Omer Ismail, who recently testified before Congress and appeared on
>NPR's "The Connection," will speak on the situation in Darfur, Western
>Sudan (please see bio below).
>
>For more information or to get involved, write to sudan at mit.edu or
>visit http://sudan.mit.edu.
>
>Sponsored By:
>MIT United Trauma Relief
>MIT chapter of Amnesty International
>MIT Women's Studies Program
>MIT African Students Association
>
>Omar Ismail's Biography:
>Omer Ismail, born in El Fashir, Western Sudan. After graduating from
>Khartoum University, he worked as research assistant to Dr. Mansour
>Khalid, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Sudan. His work with
>international relief and development organizations continued until
>1988 when he became the Operations Manager for the United Nations
>Operation Life Line Sudan, the largest relief operation in the world
>at the time. He fled Sudan after the NIF (National Islamic Front) took
>power in 1989 and since lived as a refugee in the US. He returned to
>the United Nations to serve in Somalia between 1992-1994. In
>Washington, he helped found the Sudan Democratic Forum, a think tank
>of Sudanese intellectuals working for advancement of democracy in
>Sudan. He is the spokesperson for The Darfur Union an advocacy group
>and the co-founder of Darfur Peace and Development. He lives in Silver
>Spring, Maryland.


Susan Frick
Program Assistant
Program on Human Rights and Justice
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E38-277, 292 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Tel: 617 258 7614
Fax: 617 452 3962
Email: fricks at mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/phrj
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