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Health and Human Rights Conferences
GLP sponsors or cosponsors a number of conferences and sessions on health and human rights. One major conference sponsored by GLP, along with the Ethics Department of the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, is held annually around December 10, to commemorate Human Rights Day. In 1999, the conference was entitled "World Citizenship: Affirming Human Rights in Science, Medicine, and Public Health." This year, GLP, in conjunction with the Consortium, will be conducting two sessions about health and human rights at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in November, 2000, in Boston.
In a global war on terrorism where the enemy is pervasive, the end point is problematic and victory is elusive, the real danger is to lose all reasonable human rights and ethical perspective and to engage in a "perpetual war" that could destroy our most valued principles of respect for freedom, respect for human lives, human rights and human dignity. What are the challenges posed by terrorism? Do responses to terror necessarily mean the end of human rights? Can we put limits on what we can do to help prevent or minimize health effects of terrorist acts and threats? This workshop gathers a group of experts in the fields of science, medicine, law philosophy and public health to discuss these questions and suggest possible answers. Who should attend? Health care professionals, lawyers, public policy analysts, philosophers, bioethicists, public health officers, students and concerned citizens. Registration Form (in PDF format)
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Program
| 1:00 - 1:15 | Welcome |
| 1:15 - 2:00 |
Keynote Address: Terrorizing American Ideals: Benjamin Franklin, Osama Bin Laden, and John Ashcroft George J. Annas |
| 2:00 - 2:15 | Audience Participation |
| 2:15 - 2:45 |
Syndromic Surveillance: A New Method for Bioterrorism Detection Kelly Henning |
| 2:45 - 3:00 | Break |
| 3:00 - 3:45 |
A balanced Approach to Bioterrorism Victor W. Sidel |
| 3:45 - 4:15 |
Philosophy of Terror: Why Ideas Matter Evelyne Shuster |
| 4:15 - 5:00 |
Round Table Discussion: What Needs to be Done? George J. Annas, Kelly Henning, David M. Berg, Victor W. Sidel, Evelyne Shuster |
| 5:00 | Adjournment |