UConn Human Rights Symposium

The Residue of Memory is an interactive two-part workshop exploring the ways past events leave their mark in art.

Learn more about art objects that forge a tangible link to the past through close looking and discussion of work by Yishai Jusidman and Binh Danh. Then make your own cyanotype print using autumn leaves.

FREE.

21st-century America is increasingly polarized over policing. From yard signs to public protests, from political rhetoric to legislative acts, tension over the role and status of police grips us daily. Why are we so divided over this issue? Are there new approaches that might find broader support? Join us for a dialogue on this most critically important subject in which we will explore the development of policing in our democracy and discuss the present-day landscape of law enforcement, community relations, individual rights, and possible ways forward from our current landscape. Facilitated, small-group conversations will be followed by a Q&A with guest scholars and activists. You are warmly and respectfully encouraged to come speak from your heart about this subject that lies at the shared heart of the “Land of the Free.”

This event is hosted by Democracy  and Dialogues Initiative, The Social Work & Law Enforcement (SWLE), and the CT Collaborative

About This Event

The US National Contact Point is a unique human rights complaints mechanism. David Sullivan serves in this role and will outline what the mechanism does, how it is being improved in line with international developments and US policy commitments, and where it fits within the landscape of remedy for corporate human right violations.

About Our Guest

David Sullivan was named the U.S. National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (on Responsible Business Conduct), and Senior Adviser on Corporate Social Responsibility in November 2021. In this capacity he promotes business conduct that is not only commercially viable, but also conducted in a manner consistent with high standards related to labor, the environment, human rights, and other sustainability factors. The role of the NCP is to promote awareness of the OECD Guidelines, to facilitate their practical application, and to seek to resolve, through mediation or conciliation, disputes or “specific instances” regarding an enterprise’s conduct.

Previously, David was a senior State Department attorney. He joined the Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser in 1998, and since then served as an Attorney-Adviser in offices for international claims, law enforcement, the Western Hemisphere, employment and ethics, human rights, and economic and business affairs. He also served as the senior legal adviser to the U.S. Mission to the UN in Geneva.

David’s prior legal work has been with the Department of the Treasury, White & Case, and the Alaska Supreme Court. He has also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Eswatini and worked for IBM. David has a law degree from Yale Law School, a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a bachelor’s degree from Yale College. He is from Cleveland, Ohio.

This workshop is sponsored by the Business & Human Rights Initiative, part of the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute’s Dodd Human Rights Impact Programs.