We are very happy that Ms. Hina Jilani agreed to take over the patronage of our 9th International Student Week in Ilmenau. She was the former UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders. We hope to welcome her here in Ilmenau.

Vita

Hina Jilani was born to a politically active family in 1953 in Pakistan.  After her excellent graduation she established, together with her sister, the first all-women's law firm in Pakistan as well as the Women's Action Forum. As her reputation as a Human Rights activist and as a lawyer grew, she was made Advocate of the High Court in 1981 and 1982. She also set up the AGHS Legal Aid, the first free legal aid centre in Pakistan, in 1986. In the same year, she and her sister were amongst the founding members of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Both became Advocates of the Pakistan Supreme Court in 1992, where they have continued their outstanding efforts for Human Rights improvements in the country. As an expert Hina Jilani worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). She is the Secretary General of the Human Rights Commission in Pakistan and until May 2008 she worked as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the situation of Human Rights Defenders. She is a practising lawyer in Lahore, Pakistan, specialized in human rights and was arrested and imprisoned several times for her political engagement. She received honorary doctorates and human rights awards in recognition of her work. In the year 2001 she was awarded the Millennium Peace Price.

Many lecturers will join ISWI 2009. The lectures shall introduce you to the groupwork. Most introduce lectures will take place on Mai 11th 2009 at 10:30 pm:

• Mona Motakef | place: K-HS 1 | topic: Human Rights Through Education Rights
• Peter Tinnemann | place: H 2501 | topic: health- human right?
• Andreas Rister | place: K-HS 2 | topic: The Child Rights Based Approach of terre des hommes Germany | download PDF
• Jörg Tremmel | place: Lila Salon (Oeconomikum) | topic: Intergenerational Justice - A New Realm of Ethics?
• Godula Kosack | place: "Werkstoffgebäude" Room 124 | topic: human rights are women rights- but what about the implementation
• Verena Tobler Lindner | place: Humboldt-HS | topic: Human Rights in an unequal World Economy: Difficulties and Opportunities
• Angelika Köster-Lossack | place: Hu-HS | group: Geopolitical aspects of human rights: culture - borders - globalisation
• Richard Crowe | group: Human rights and justice
• Remmert Fontes | place: VHS Room 301 | group: Freedom and security
• Udo Schuklenk | group: Human Rights and science
• Olivia Heussler | group: Photography

But there will be more lectures during ISWI:

• Dr. Wolfgang Heinz | time: Mai 9th at 14:00 pm | place: Audimax | group: Freedom and security
• Hans Rudolf Herren | time: Mai 10th at 16:00 pm | place: Audimax | group: Food and nutrition
• Ulrike von Pilar | time: Mai 12th at 16:30 pm | place: Audimax | topic: "We all want the same! – Really? Plaidoyer for an independent humanitarian action"
• Verena Tobler Lindner | time: Mai 13th | topic: Workshop "From the "Heart of Darkness" to a new sort of Enlightment"
• Dr. Brockhausen | time: Mai 14th at 20:30 pm | topic: Discussion "Living with a handicap"
• Brian Wood | time: Mai 15th at 9:00 am | topic: "Human Rights and weapons"
• Anja Mihr | time: Mai 15th at 13:00 pm | place: VHS Room 102 | topic: "Globalizing Human Rights: Current and Future Challenges for the Internation Human Rights" (Poverty and social justice group)
• Arnd Pollmann | time: Mai 15th at 14:30 pm | place: VHS Room 105 | topic: About the philosophy of human rights- tasks and current issues | group: Philosophy
• Julia Scherf | time: Mai 15th at 14:30 pm | place: R-HS | topic: Human Rights and politics