Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 15:56:00 -0300
NAFTA and Human Rights
University of California, Davis is presenting a one-day
international public policy conference on Friday, September 24 at
the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Sponsored by
University Extension and the School of Law, the conference will
explore whether expanding economic relations between Canada,
Mexico and the United States will create opportunities or setbacks
for human rights. Speakers include over 20 representatives from
all three countries with a variety of perspectives on the NAFTA
and its potential impact.
The program features five panels focusing on:
labor indigenous populations international migration
administration of criminal justice international human rights
institutions
Speakers include:
* Mariclaire Acosta Urquidi, President, Mexican Commission for the
Defense and Promotion of Human Rights, Mexico City
* Jack Forbes, professor, Native American Studies, UC Davis
* Paul Hoffman, legal director, ACLU of Southern California, Los
Angeles
* Laurie Levinson, professor, Loyola Law School, former assistant
US Attorney, Los Angeles
* Ellen Lutz, coordinator, Human Rights Watch, Los Angeles
* Roberto Martinez, director, US/Mexico Border Project, American
Friends Service Committee, San Diego
* Teressa Nahanee, Native American Women's Association of Canada,
Ottawa
* Salomon Nahmad, senior investigator, Center for Advanced Social
Anthropology Research, Oaxaca, Mexico
* David Padilla, assistant executive secretary, Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights, Washington, D.C. and commission
representative before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,
San Jose, Costa Rica
* Jose Luis Perez Canchola, state attorney general for Human
Rights for the State of Baja California, Tijuana
* Magdaleno Rose-Avila, western regional director, Amnesty
International Los Angeles
* Alejandro Sobarzo, regional delegate, Ministry of Foreign
Relations, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, member of International Law
Association, and former Mexican Ambassador to Venezuela
Date and Time: Friday, September 24, 1993, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(registration begins at 7:30 a.m.)
MCLE credit: The conference is approved for 8 hours of MCLE
credit.
Enrollment fee: $60 includes all panels and conference
materials.
Registration: Register by calling (916) 757-8777. In California
call (800) 752-0881.
Or write to:
The Center for Human Services
Training & Development University Extension University of
California Davis, CA 95616-8727