James Silk, CILRAP Conversations

Speaker: Professor James Silk (Yale Law School)
Topic: A CILRAP Conversation on World Order focusing on ‘human rights clinics’ and their importance; the interplay between the motivations of students, law schools and donors of human rights clinics; the duality of co-operation between Global North and Global South law schools; the importance of social awareness and public service in clinic work; increasing intersectionality between national and international socio-political issues; human rights responses to climate change and job losses caused by the use of robotics and artificial intelligence; and internal critiques of human rights and human rights language.
Date of recording: 17 June 2017
Place of recording: Florence 
Duration of recording: 01:08:22
PURL of film: www.cilrap.org/cilrap-film/170617-silk/
PURL of related Kaleck Conversation: https://www.cilrap.org/cilrap-film/170408-kaleck/
PURL of related Gonsalves Conversation: https://www.cilrap.org/cilrap-film/170824-gonsalves/
PURL of related Davis Conversation: https://www.cilrap.org/cilrap-film/240412-davis/