Ethical聽Responsibilities toward Forced Migrants as a Framework for Advocacy
David Hollenbach, S.J., and Elizabeth King, Esq.
Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice
Date:聽November 29, 2006
Abstract
The colloquium will discuss a conference recently sponsored in Nairobi, Kenya by the Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice. The conference addressed key ethical issues arising in efforts to respond to the plight of refugees and internally displaced people in Africa, and responses that can guide the policies and decisions of both governments and non-governmental agencies, such as Catholic Relief Service, the Jesuit Refugee Service, and others.
Speaker Bio
David Hollenbach, S.J.聽is the Margaret O'Brien Flatley Professor of Theology at Boston College, and founding Director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice. His research interests are in the foundation of Christian social ethics, particularly in the areas of the human rights, theory of justice, the common