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SUMMARY:Sustainable post-crisis development: the need for a human rights a
 pproach
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (LS
 E campus\, venue tbc to ticketholders)
DESCRIPTION:Monday 12 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerAgnès CallamardChai
 rProfessor Stuart GordonThe dialogue will bring together researchers from 
 LSE and practitioners from Amnesty International UK (AIUK) to share knowle
 dge on putting policy into practice while centring the human experience in
  development.The discussion will focus on how robust evidence can inform d
 esign\, implementation and evaluation of policies that uphold human rights
  and improve development outcomes under real-world constraints. It creates
  a forum where academic insights meet front-line experience so that resear
 ch findings are translated into actionable approaches\, with attention to 
 ethics\, accountability\, and the lived realities of affected communities.
 Meet our speaker and chairAgnès Callamard is Secretary General at Amnesty
  International. She leads the organization’s human rights work and is it
 s chief spokesperson. Agnès has been a prominent figure in the human righ
 ts world for decades. In 2016\, she was appointed as the United Nations Sp
 ecial Rapporteur on extra-judicial\, summary or arbitrary killings. Along 
 with her UN work\, Agnès was also the Director of Global Freedom of Expre
 ssion at Columbia University in New York.Stuart Gordon is Professor in Man
 aging Humanitarianism at LSE. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Educatio
 n Academy\, heads the LSE Humanitarian Research Group\, directs the Depart
 ment of International Development’s humanitarian consultancy programmes\
 , and sits on the editorial board of Disasters.More about this eventJoin u
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 g development and change around the world. The department is dedicated to 
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