Event Detail Information
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Three Decades of Injustice: Health and Human Rights in Iraq |
| Event Status: | Updated |
| Modified Date: | 11/17/2008 |
| Start Date: | 11/19/2008 |
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| Event Time: | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM |
| Title: | Three Decades of Injustice: Health and Human Rights in Iraq |
| Location: | Center Hall |
| Room Number: | 119 |
| Event Category: | Lectures/Seminars -Social Science |
| Sponsor: | IICAS Middle East Studies |
| Open to Public: | YES |
| Admission Cost: | Free |
| Contact Name: | David Anderson |
| Contact Phone: | (858) 822-5297 Ext. |
| Contact Email: | iicas-events@ucsd.edu |
| Description: | Abstract: Iraq is a nation with a rich history that dates back to the Assyrians and Babylonians some 4000 years ago. In its most recent history, the Iraqi people suffered much injustice and abuse of their human rights through its leaders, neighboring countries, and the outside world. The talk will chronologically cover aspects of the abuse of the human rights of Iraqis from 1968 till 2008 and highlight health care as one of these rights. The data and presentation reflects the independent perspective of common Iraqis.
Biography: Al-Delaimy is a native of Iraq and practiced as a physician there. He comes from a professional family of professors and doctors. His extended family belongs to both Sunni and Shia sect of Islam, and like most Iraqi families, suffered under the previous regime of Saddam and after it since the US invasion of 2003. His professional work in public health involves public health advocacy and ethics in research. He worked on this topic in relation to Iraq for the last decade. In addition to his work in Iraq, his career took him to New Zealand, Europe and the US where he worked as an epidemiologist and currently an Associate Professor at the UCSD School of Medicine. |
