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Conference on Public Health Law and Human Rights ruler
For Immediate Release
October 5, 2006

Contact:
Kara Tershel
Elissa Free , (202) 662-9500

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:

Conference launching the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Collaborating Center on Public Health Law and Human Rights at the Georgetown/Johns Hopkins Center for Law and the Public’s Health

WHEN:

Friday, October 13, 2006, 11:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

WHERE:  

Georgetown University Law Center
Hotung Building – Room 2000
550 First Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Please use the Tower Green entrance

SCHEDULE:  

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Introduction and Welcome
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Formal Announcement
Lawrence O. Gostin, Associate Dean, Georgetown University Law Center, and Director, Center for Law and the Public’s Health

Stephen P. Teret, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Director, Center for Law and the Public’s Health

11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
Address
Mirta Roses Periago, Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

12:15 – 12:45 p.m.
Luncheon Address
Chris Beyrer, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Panel: Innovations in International Legal Reforms, Health Governance, and Human Rights to Improve the Public’s Health

MODERATOR: James G. Hodge, Jr., Executive Director, Center for Law and the Public’s Health

David P. Fidler, Professor, Indiana University School of Law, and Senior Scholar, Center for Law and the Public’s Health

Javier Vasquez, Human Rights Specialist, Pan American Health Organization

Scott Burris, Professor, Temple University Law School, and Associate Director, Center for Law and the Public’s Health

3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Concluding Remarks
Lawrence O. Gostin, Associate Dean, Georgetown University Law Center, and Director, Center for Law and the Public’s Health

NOTE:

The conference is being held to commemorate the designation of the Georgetown/Johns Hopkins Center for Law and the Public's Health as the only World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Collaborating Center on Public Health Law and Human Rights.  Emerging issues in international health and human rights will be discussed.

Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.