The Weaponization of International Law? The Enduring Power of Principle in an Era of Drones, Gender Apartheid, and Aggressive War
CHARLI CARPENTER
University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Political Science
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2024 | 5-6 PM
HARRIS HALL 108
Reception to follow.
In this keynote, Professor Charli Carpenter responds to critiques that human security norms are simply tools of great power politics. Focusing on human rights and humanitarian law, she shows that human rights have always been politicized by states and therein lies their power as weapons of NGOs, weak states, and citizen movements. The weaponization of human security norms by great powers is ultimately no match for the ability of citizens reaching across borders to wield rights as pragmatic tools of political change and power.
Charli Carpenter is Professor of Political Science at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She is the Director of the Human Security Lab. charlicarpenter.com