Default: Argentina’s Trial of the Century
2024-10-02 16:00 (America/New_York) | Law School 3043
Join us in the School of Law, room 3043, at 4 pm on Wednesday, October 2, to hear from Gregory Makoff about Argentina's 2001 default on $100 billion in sovereign bonds. Space is limited.

Makoff will tell the riveting story of Argentina's unparalleled and protracted sovereign debt litigation, which ran from the December 2001 default on $100 billion in bonds to the 2016 settlement of hundreds of cases-the subject of his 2024 book Default. A great story of politics, law and economics.

Greg Makoff worked in banking for 21 years, advising companies and governments on debt restructuring, and is currently a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He holds a BS in physics and political science from MIT and a PhD in physics from the University of Chicago.

Human Rights in Practice: Finance and Human Rights
2024-10-03 12:30
As part of the Human Rights in Practice series, join the Center for International and Comparative Law and the International Human Rights Clinic for this program featuring Amol Mehra, Director of Industry Programmes, Laudes Foundation; and Kindra Mohr, Manager, Financial Services, BSR; who will be discussing finance and human rights. Moderated by Aya Fujimura-Fanselow, Clinical Professor of Law (Teaching) and Supervising Attorney, International Human Rights Clinic, Duke Law. Co-sponsored by Business Law Society, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute, Human Rights Law Society, International Law Society. Lunch provided for attendees. For more information, contact Bonnie Blundell (bonnie.blundell@law.duke.edu). Event will be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person: https://bit.ly/3TjGEHL

Human Rights in Practice: Prisoners' Rights in the U.S. and Abroad
2025-02-10 12:30
As part of the Human Rights in Practice series, join the Center for International and Comparative Law and the International Human Rights Clinic for this program featuring Verity Coyle, Senior Advisor and Campaigner, International Secretariat, Amnesty International; Nyari Pariola, Advocacy Specialist, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation; Emily K. Wanger, Associate, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maasel; and moderated by Jillian Rafferty, Clinical Fellow, International Human Rights Clinic, Duke Law. Speakers will discuss prisoners' rights in the U.S. and abroad. Co-sponsored by the ACLU, American Constitution Society, Duke Decarceration Project, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic, Duke Law Criminal Defense Clinic, Human Rights Law Society, Innocence Project, International Law Society, National Lawyers' Guild. Lunch provided for attendees. For more information, contact Bonnie Blundell (bonnie.blundell@law.duke.edu). To view a livestream of this event: http://bit.ly/4gfQqmR

Human Rights in Practice: Food and Water Security: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in Practice
2025-03-03 12:30
As part of the Human Rights in Practice series, join the Center for International and Comparative Law and the International Human Rights Clinic for this program featuring Aya Fujimura-Fanselow, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney, International Human Rights Clinic, Duke Law; Seree Nonthasoot, Member, United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; and Mara Tignino, Lead Legal Specialist, Geneva Water Hub. Moderated by Jillian Rafferty, Clinical Fellow, International Human Rights Clinic, Duke Law. Speakers will discuss food and water security, and the economic, social, and cultural rights in practice. Co-sponsored by American Constitution Society, Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Duke Environmental Law Society, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute, Human Rights Law Society, International Law Society, National Lawyers Guild. Lunch provided for attendees. For more information, contact Bonnie Blundell at bonnie.blundell@law.duke.edu. Event will be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person: https://bit.ly/3EIYVd4
