Race, Extractivism & Human Rights
As part of the Promise Institute for Human Rights’ ongoing work on racial justice and human rights, this panel built on the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, Tendayi Achiume’s, thematic report on global extractivism and racial equality, put her analysis in conversation with contemporary experts to explore extractivism in different contexts.
Promise Institute for Human Rights’ Race and Human Rights Reimagined Series
As part of the Promise Institute for Human Rights’ ongoing work on racial justice and human rights, this panel built on the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, Tendayi Achiume’s, thematic report on global extractivism and racial equality, put her analysis in conversation with contemporary experts to explore extractivism in different contexts.
Introductory Remarks by S. Priya Morley, Racial Justice Policy Counsel, The Promise Institute for Human Rights
Moderation by Catherine Sweetser, Deputy Director, The Promise Institute for Human Rights
Panelists:
E. Tendayi Achiume, Alicia Miñana Professor of Law at UCLA Law School and UN Special Rapporteur on Racism
Alejandra Anchieta, Executive Director of ProDESC (Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Project)
Malene C. Alleyne, Founder and Executive Director of Freedom Imaginaries
Alan Hanna, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Law Critical Race Studies Program and Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment