Monday, 15 January 2018

Pity, Empathy and Fear: Human Rights Strategies in Anti-Torture Campaigns, 1960–1980

Venue: Theatre B, Ground Floor, Old Arts

Presenters: Dr Victor Fernández Soriano

This public lecture examines how human rights advocates such as Amnesty International, international lawyers and government officials developed emotion-based strategies in their campaigns to generate opposition to state-sponsored use of torture.

It is sponsored by the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.



from
https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/9838-pity-empathy-and-fear-human-rights-strategies-in-anti-torture-campaigns

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