Committee Charge
Objectives:
To promote and protect human rights; to expand the definition of human rights within an anthropological perspective; to work internally with the membership of the AAA, to educate anthropologists, and to mobilize their support for human rights; to work externally with foreign colleagues, the people and groups with whom anthropologists work, and other human rights organizations to develop an anthropological perspective on human rights and consult with them on human rights violations and the appropriate actions to be taken; to influence and educate the media, policy makers, non-governmental organizations, and decision makers in the private sector; to encourage research on all aspects of human rights from conceptual to applied
Duration of Committee:
Permanent; The AAA Association Operations Committee will review each committee advisory to the Board at least once in five years.
Committee Reports to
The Executive Board
Responsibilities:
- To assist in organizing human rights forum, sessions, workshops or other events at AAA Annual Meeting;
- To consider and respond to cases of alleged human rights abuse;
- To educate anthropologists on human rights;
- To educate policy makers and others outside of anthropology on anthropology's perspective and contributions to human rights;
- To work in coalition with other professional and human rights organizations to promote human rights.
Membership and Appointment:
- 10 member committee including the Chair
- 8 members elected by membership at-large
- 3 year terms
- President and President-elect serve as ex-officio
- Chair is elected by committee members
Product:
Annual report; letters and issue briefs in response to cases of human rights abuse.
Meetings and Schedule:
One formal meeting, usually in spring; meet informally at AAA Annual Meeting.
Staff Liaison and contact information:
Damon Dozier, Director of Public Affairs, American Anthropological Association, 2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22201, (o) 703/528-1902, (f) 703/528-3546, ddozier@aaanet.org
Review Body: AOC
Review Date: May 19, 2006
Adopted by AAA Executive Board: May 20, 2006
Recent & Past CfHR Reports, Updates and Correspondence
CfHR Human Rights Documents:
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