The City of Eugene Human Rights Commission, with the support of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, is sponsoring a November community-aimed symposium on implementing international human rights in the United States, including at local levels of governance. The commission will seek community input regarding the desirability of incorporating international human rights principles and standards into City of Eugene operations.

This presentation will describe the Commission's Human Rights City project, address how use of a human rights framework can be helpful in building problem-solving partnerships between the City and the community, give examples of efforts to implement human rights at the local level that are currently underway in other cities, and point to benefits to be realized in Eugene from implementing international human rights at the local level.

Ken Neubeck is Co-Chair of the Human Rights City Project Subcommittee of the Eugene Human Rights Commission. Greg Rikhoff is now Director of Community Relations for the University of Oregon. He served as Human Rights Program Manager for the City of Eugene from 1988-2007.

Marion Malcolm, long-time human rights organizer and associate of the Community Alliance of Lane County, will ask our first question.