IMR Seminar: "Latin American impact on global human rights law". Talk by Jonas Christoffersen

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }       The Danish Institute for Human Rights has the pleasure ofinviting you to a seminar with Director, Dr.jur. Jonas Christoffersen, who willbe speaking on:     Latin Americanimpact on global human rights law     Thursday5 March at 10:00 – 12:00     It is a conventionally held belief that human rights are aEuropean ‘invention,’ going back to Enlightenment philosophers. Inhis talk Jonas Christoffersen will show that a closer study of the creation ofthe Universal Declaration of Human Rights reveals a unique Latin Americaninfluence on modern human rights law.   Jonas Christoffersen took up the position of Director of theDanish Institute for Human Rights on 1 January 2009.  Previously, he was alecturer at the Law Faculty, University   All arewelcome   The seminar takes placeat the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the Nordskov Room, Wilders Plads 8H,1401 Copenhagen K. Registration is not needed.   The seminar is part of the Human Rights Seminar Series 2009:“Europe and the Americas