William P. Laughlin Lecture Series on Global Leadership & Ethics
Symposium on Human Rights and Human Responsibilities in the Age of Terrorism
The Global Leadership and Ethics Program of the Markkula Center for Applied
Ethics, in cooperation with the InterAction Council, an organization of
former heads of state and prime ministers, sponsored this dialogue on
human rights and human responsibility. The InterAction Council has proposed
a Universal
Declaration of Human Responsibilities to complement the United
Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration on
Human Responsibilities suggests an approach for balancing freedom with
responsibility. The symposium explored ways in which these two concepts
can reinforce one another. Background
Paper
Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister, Commonwealth of Australia, 1975-1983
Malcolm Fraser's address,
"Human Rights and Human Responsibilities in an Age of Terrorism"(text).
Malcolm Fraser's
address, "Human Rights and Human Responsibilities in an Age of Terrorism"(video).
Closing remarks by Malcolm Fraser
Fraser currently serves as president of CARE International, a post he
has held since 1991. He was chairman of the U.N. Secretary-General's Expert
Group on African Commodity Issues from 1989-1990 and chairman of the U.N.
Panel of Eminent Persons on the Role of Transnational Corporations in
South Africa in 1985.
Thomas Axworthy, Executive Director, Historica Foundation, Canada
Thomas Axworthy's address, "Human
Rights and Human Responsibilities: Overlapping Concerns"(text).
Thomas Axworthy's
address, "Human Rights and Human Responsibilities: Overlapping Concerns"
(video).
From 1991-2003, Axworthy was an adjunct lecturer at the John F. Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard University, and he continues to teach
in the school's overseas executive program. In recognition of his outstanding
achievement and service in the field of history and heritage, Axworthy
was recently made an officer of the Order of Canada. From 1981-1984, Axworthy
was principal secretary to then Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
Hans Küng, President and Co-founder, Global Ethic Foundation,
Germany
Hans Küng's address,
"Global Ethic and Human Responsibilities"
An eminent Swiss theologian of the Roman Catholic Church and a prolific
author, Küng has been president of the Global Ethic Foundation (Stiftung
Weltethos) since 1995. In 1960 Küng was appointed professor of theology
at Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany. In 1962 he was appointed
peritus by Pope John XXIII, serving as an expert theological advisor
to members of the Second Vatican Council until its conclusion in 1965.
Kathleen Mahoney, Chair of the Board of Directors, Rights & Democracy,
Canada
Response to Hans Küng's Remarks on
Global Ethics and Human Responsibilities(text).
Response
to Hans Küng's Remarks on Global Ethics and Human Responsibilities(video).
Mahoney has published extensively on human rights, constitutional law,
women's rights, and lectures at a national and international level. Mahoney
has organized and participated in a variety of collaborative human rights
projects in Canada, Switzerland, Australia, South Africa, Spain, Israel,
China, and the United Nations. She is currently a professor in the Faculty
of Law at the University of Calgary.
Bertrand Ramcharan, Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights
Ramcharan was the acting United Nations high commissioner for human rights
for 14 months at the level of United Nations under-secretary-general.
He has taught as adjunct professor of international human rights law at
Columbia University and has written or edited some 20 books and numerous
articles. He is the holder of the prestigious Diploma in International
Law of the Hague Academy of International Law, where he has also been
director of studies.
Abdul Salam Majali, Prime Minister of the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan,
1993 - 1995, 1997 - 1998
Closing Remarks by Abdul Salam Majali
Head of the Jordanian delegation to the peace negotiations on the Middle
East, Majali has been a professor in the College of Medicine at the University
of Jordan as well as university president. In addition to serving as prime
minister of Jordan, Majali was defense minister and advisor to King Hussein.
He is currently chairman of the Islamic Academy of Science and Technology.
Panel: The Relationship of Human Rights and Human Responsibilities
The Relationship of
Human Rights and Human Responsibilities
A discussion featuring Kathleen Mahoney, Malcolm Fraser, Hans Küng,
and Bertrand Ramcharan; Kirk O. Hanson, moderator
Sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, the InterAction
Council with Support from the Saga Foundation.
"Human Rights and Human Responsibility" is part of the William
P. Laughlin Lecture Series.
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