PRESENTATIONS
Upcoming
Towards Inclusive Menstrual Health Policy-Making, Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, 25 February 2021 [Virtual]
Menstruation and Human Rights: Can We Move Beyond Tokenism and Instrumentalization?, Symposium at Columbia Law School, "Are You There, Law? It's Me, Menstruation", 8 April 2021
Towards Inclusive Menstrual Health Policy-Making, Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, 25 February 2021 [Virtual]
Menstruation and Human Rights: Can We Move Beyond Tokenism and Instrumentalization?, Symposium at Columbia Law School, "Are You There, Law? It's Me, Menstruation", 8 April 2021
Inga and male champions at panel on Menstrual Health at the Human Rights Council, September 2018, courtesy of WSSCC.
Menstrual Activism and Menstrual Equity, Critical Menstruation Studies Seminar Series, Eastern Washington University, 3 December 2020 [Virtual]
Keynote Speaker: Menstruation and Multiple Pandemics, International Workshop on Dignified Menstruation, Kathmandu, Nepal, 8-10 December 2020 [Virtual]
High Level Policy Dialogue on Menstrual Hygiene and Health in Africa, Dakar, Senegal, 9 December [Virtual]
10 Years of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: Problems, Positions, Perspectives, Invited Panelist, 1 September 2020 [Virtual]
Keynote: The Global Menstrual Movement: Charting Future Directions, Menstrual Health and Hygiene: Relevant, Intersectoral and on the Rise, WWWeek@Home, 28 August 2020 [Virtual]
Water, Rights, and (In)equality, Bergen Exchanges, 18 August 2020 [Virtual]
Discussant for "Rescuing Human Rights: A Radically Moderate Approach" by Hurst Hannum, Columbia Law School, 13 February 2020
Ensuring Affordable Sanitation for Rural US Communities: Leveraging Human Rights Standards and Mechanisms, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, 27 February 2020
Menstruation and Human Rights: Beyond Tampons, Pads & Cups, Conflict, Security and Development Series, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 4 February 2020
The Period Posse Webinar: Menstrual Health - Unpacking Rights, Dignity and Agency, 10 December 2019
Advancing the Rights of Menstruators: From “Menstrual Hygiene” to “Menstrual Health,” Mini-Conference on "Sexual Health and Wellbeing: The Role of Public Health Research, Training, and Practice," Columbia Center for Population Research, 25 October 2019
Environmental Rights and Climate-Caused Migration, Panel discussion, Columbia Law School, 23 October 2019
PERIOD. End of Sentence. Film Screening and Panel Discussion, Columbia University, Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality, September 26, 2019
Fulfilling the human rights to water, sanitation and decent work: An interlinkage approach to reduce inequalities and achieve the SDGs, Invited Panelist, Side event to the 2019 High Level Political Forum, 11 July 2019
#WaterIsAHumanRight – Exploring the Paradox of Framing Water as a Human Right in a Hostile Political Climate, Law and Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 30 May - 2 June, 2019 (with Sabrina Kozikis)
The Operation of Water Rights in Two Racialized Contexts: South Africa and the USA, Law and Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 30 May - 2 June, 2019 (with Jackie Dugard)
The Politics of Data: Parsing the Promises and Perils of Evidence-driven Menstrual Cycle Studies, Plenary Panel, Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, Colorado Springs, 8 June 2019 (with Noémie Elhadad, Lauren Houghton, Caitlin Gruer and Vanessa Paranjothy)
Myth-Busting, Modernity and Saviorism in Representations of Menstrual Beliefs and Practices in the Popular Media, C onference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, Colorado Springs, 8 June 2019 (with Chris Bobel)
Research Agenda for Socio-Economic Rights, Workshop on Research Agendas for Human Rights Research, UC Santa Barbara, Orfalea Center, 1-19 January, 2019
Research Agenda for Socio-Economic Rights: Reflecting the Role of Communities and Grassroots Organizations, Economic and Social Rights Group Workshop, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, 26-27 October, 2018
“Don’t Touch the Pickle!” Unpacking the Portrayal of Menstrual Practices in the Media: Breaking Taboos or Cementing Stereotypes?, Columbia University Seminar, Women and Society, 19 November 2018 (with Chris Bobel)
Menstruation is Having its Moment - How Can Scholars Engage? Facilitator for Panel Discussion for the Launch of the CSSD Working Group on Menstrual Health and Gender Justice, 20 September 2018
Realizing the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: Tackling Stigma and Discrimination - From Menstruation to Access to WASH for People on the Move, Panelist, Side event at the UN Human Rights Council, 14 September 2018
Commentary: Implementing Decisions of International Human Rights Institutions-Evidence from the United Nations Human Rights Committee (Vera Shikhelman), Free University Berlin, July 20, 2018
Sustainable Use of Waters – Precondition for a World without Hunger, Panelist at a side event at the UN High Level Political Forum, 16 July 2018
Putting menstrual health on the 2030 Agenda, Panelist at a side event at the UN High Level Political Forum, 11 July 2018
"America’s Dirty Secret”: The Human Right to Sanitation in Alabama’s Black Belt, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, 7-10 June 2018, Toronto
Rural Women's Rights: Challenges and Opportunities, Panelist at a side event at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, 23 March, 2018
The Bloody Road to Substantive Equality: Menstrual Health and Human Rights, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 8 February, 2018
Water and Sanitation in the 21st Century: A Human Rights Perspective on Domestic and International Challenges, Public lecture for the launch of the Center for a Sustainable Water Future, Illinois State University Speaker Series, 28 September 2017
Can Water Rights Bring Water to the Poor?, Invited panelist, Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation, 25 August 2017
Leveraging Successes and Addressing Challenges: Local Human Rights Advocacy for Water and Sanitation, Invited panelist, Symposium on Localizing Human Rights in the New Era: Strategies for State and Local Implementation of Human Rights in the United States, Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, 19 May 2017
Actionable Science and the Human Right to Water, Invited Panelist, American Association for the Advance of Science, Science and Human Rights Coalition, Washington D.C., 26-27 January 2017
The 'New' Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Columbia Law School, 14 November 2016
Human Rights Today: The balance sheet of contemporary development, Invited discussant, Ambassador's Club at the United Nations / United Nations Institute for Training and Research, 10 November 2016
Law and Urban Water Governance: Cross-Country Dialogues on Human Rights and Sustainability Challenges, Invited panelist, National Science Foundation, Law & Social Science Program Workshop at Arizona State University, 14-15 October 2016
Monitoring basic sanitation and hygiene within SDG Target 6.2: towards universal coverage, Invited panelist, 2016 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, 10-14 October 2016
Conflict and cooperation over water – the role of the EU in ensuring the realisation of human rights, Exchange of Views on the Right to Water, European Parliament, Subcommittee on Human Rights, Brussels, 15 June 2016
Inequalities and Human Rights: Shifting the Focus to Achieving Substantive Equality and Addressing Stigma, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, New Orleans, 2-5 June 2016
Monitoring Group-related Inequalities: A proposal from the WASH sector, Economic and Social Rights Group Workshop, "Protecting Culture and Vulnerable Populations: The promise and limits of the UN Sustainable Development Goals," Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, 8-9 April, 2016
A Challenging Balancing Act for Special Rapporteurs: Fundraising, Maintaining Independence and Having an Impact, Visiting Scholars Research Forum, NYU Law School, 6 April 2016
Guest lecture: The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Executive Certificate in Environmental Governance, 16 March 2016
Right to Water: Sources of Legal Foundations and Practical Uses, Opening Panel, Human Rights Institute: Tapping into the Right to Water: Affordability, Quality and Accessibility, Northeastern University, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, 4-5 November 2015
New or neglected? The human right to sanitation, Visiting Scholars Research Forum, NYU Law School, 2 November 2015
Affordability of Water and Sanitation Services, Side event prior to the hearing on the right to water at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, United Methodists Building, Washington DC, 23 October 2015
Menstrual Hygiene & Human Rights: A bloody road to a more equal world, 4th Annual Virtual Menstrual Hygiene Management in WASH in Schools Conference, 22 October 2015, Columbia University (with Amanda Klasing, Hannah Neumeyer, and Emily Wilson‐Smith)
The United Nations Special Procedures: A View from the Inside, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice, NYU School of Law, 8 July 2015 (with Christiaan van Veen)
Human Rights in the Private Sphere: Menstrual Hygiene as a Priority for Gender Equality and Human Dignity, 21st Biennial Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights at Suffolk University: Menstrual Health & Reproductive Justice:Human Rights across the Lifespan, Boston, 4-6 June 2015
The Sustainable Development Goals - An Opportunity to Address Inequalities?, Faculty Colloquium, Program on Human Rights in the Global Economy, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, 3 June 2015
International Legal and Legislative Summit on Water Affordability, Sanitation and Housing, International Perspective, Detroit, 29 May 2015
Guest lecture: The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Executive Certificate in Environmental Governance, April 22, 2015
Extraterritorial human rights obligations in the context of development cooperation: Whose rights and whose obligations?, Economic and Social Rights Group, Workshop: "Global Justice & Extra-Territorial Obligations", UConn Storrs, 18 April, 2015
Panelist for opening panel at "Human Rights in the USA", Forum in advance of the US UPR Review, US Human Rights Network, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, 17 April 2015
Conflicts Over Water and Building Bridges with Water, Panel of Scholars and Practitioners (invited contribution), Monterey Institute for International Studies Center for Conflict Studies, 6-8 November 2014
Where the Rubber Hits the Road: Addressing Inequalities in Access to WaSH, Panel discussion (invited contribution), Water and Health Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 16 October 2014 - Watch the video HERE
Measuring what we Value and Valuing what we Measure: The Promise and Perils of Global Monitoring for the Promotion of Equality in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector, Human Rights Research Conference, “Human Rights Under Pressure: Exploring norms, institutions and policies”, Association of Human Rights Institutes, Copenhagen, 29 September 2014 (together with Margaret Satterthwaite)
Verhältnismäßigkeit im internationalen Wasserrecht – Wie beeinflussen Menschenrechte die Auslegung des Prinzips der ausgewogenen und angemessenen Nutzung?, Tagung zur Verhältnismäßigkeit im Völkerrecht, Deutsche Gesellschaft for Internationales Recht, Göttingen, 12-13 September 2014 (mit Hà Lê Phan)
Integrating Human Rights in Wastewater Management for the Benefit of People and Ecosystems, 3rd Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy, Human Rights, Environmental Sustainability, Post-2015 Development, and the Future Climate Regime, UNITAR-Yale, New Haven, 5 to 7 September 2014
Advancing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights through the Framework of Substantive Equality, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice, NYU School of Law, 1 August 2014
Eradicating Inequalities: The Significance of Global Monitoring, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Law and Inequalities: Global and Local, Minneapolis, 29 May to 1 June 2014
Implementing the Rights to Water and Sanitation: The Role of the Special Procedures in Advancing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice, NYU School of Law, 9 April 2014
Redefining Progress to Achieve Substantive Equality – A Case Study on the Elimination of Inequalities in Access to Water and Sanitation, Symposium on Creation of International Law: Exploring the International Law Components of Peace, University of Wisconsin Law School, 4-5 April 2014
Ethisch trinken? - Wasserverbrauch hier und Wasserprivatisierung dort, Vorlesung im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung Welternährung und Menschenrechte in Zeiten des Klimawandels, Universität zu Köln, 11 December 2013 (via Webconference)
Round Table on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation, Panel discussion (invited contribution), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 25 October 2013
Extraterritoriale Staatenpflichten in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Tagung des Arbeitskreises Menschenrechte der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft “Menschenrechtsschutz jenseits staatlicher Grenzen: Von Rechten und Pflichten”, Schader Forum, Darmstadt, 11 October 2013
Recent Developments and Challenges on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation from a Gender Perspective (invited), Conference on African women’s right to water: negotiating access and participation in the context of competing and conflicting international, national and local norms and institutions in Malawi, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa, International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, 25-26 September 2013
The Realization of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: States' Obligations and Businesses' Responsibilities (invited), CEO Water Mandate Stockholm Multi-Stakeholder Working Sessions, World Water Week, Stockholm, 4 September 2013 (together with Virginia Roaf)
Water Cooperation and the Human Rights to Safe Drinking-Water and Sanitation: Institutional Frameworks and Monitoring, Panel Discussion (invited contribution), Workshop on the Human Rights-based Approach to Cooperation in Water Sanitation and Hygiene, World Water Week, Stockholm, 5 September 2013
Role of Women Leaders in Promoting Sustainable WASH: Cases from Uganda, Ghana and Peru, Panel Moderator, World Water Week, Stockholm, 5 September 2013
Water as a shared resource (invited), Regional Conference of the International Law Association: Imperium Juris: Governance, Trade, Resources, Cape Sounion, Greece, 29-31 August 2013
Why Financial Monitoring Matters: Global Perspectives and Indicators, Panel discussion (invited contribution), Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium, 9-11 April 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Quantifying Water and Sanitation in Development Cooperation 1976-2015+: Power or Prejudice?, Workshop on the Power of Numbers: A Critical Review of MDG Targets for Human Development and Human Rights, 28 February to 1 March 2013, Château de Bossey, Switzerland
Overcoming Neglect, Taboos and Stigma - Menstrual Hygiene as a Human Rights Priority (invited), Side Event on Menstrual Hygiene Matters, Responding to the Rights of Women and Girls, UNC Water and Health Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States, 1 November 2012
Post 2015 Development Goals Targets, Indicators and Definitions, Panel discussion (invited contribution), UNC Water and Health Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States, 31 October 2012
The Human Right to Water in International Law: Framework and Myths, Meeting of the Safe Water Alliance, Sacramento, United States, 26 October 2012
From Promise to Practice – The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Energy and Resources Group Colloquium, University of California, Berkeley, United States, 10 October 2012
Guest lecture: What do Human Rights Say About Disconnections of Water Services?, Human Rights Fact-Finding Seminar: Marginalized Communities and the Right to Safe Water, Georgetown University, 12 October 2012
Guest lecture: The Creation and Application of ‘New’ Human Rights, International Human Rights Law Clinic – Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, 4 September 2012
Towards human rights-based goals, targets and indicators for water and sanitation in the post 2015 development agenda (invited), Conference of the Center for Economic and Social Rights and the International Network on Quantitative Methods for Human Rights and Development ‘Metrics for Human Rights’, on New Horizons in Economic and Social Rights Monitoring, Madrid, Spain, 22-23 March 2012
The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation – Concepts and Implementation (invited), International Water Association, Development Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 November 2011
Das Menschenrecht auf Wasser, Panel Moderator, Fachgespräch der Grünen Bundestagsfraktion, Deutscher Bundestag, 24 March 2011
Focus on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – The Right to Water and Sanitation (invited), Conference of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and the German Institute for Human Rights, Bring Human Rights to Life! 15 Years of Human Rights Education in Germany, Europe and at the United Nations, 3 December 2010
The Human Right to Water and Sanitation in the Context of Mining (invited), Conference of the South African Human Rights Commission and Institute for Human Rights and Business, Respecting Land Rights in the Context of Mining, Johannesburg, South Africa, 18-19 November 2010
The recognition of the human right to water and sanitation – What does it mean for companies? (invited), CEO Water Mandate Working Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 16-17 November 2010
Die Millenniumsentwicklungsziele – ohne Menschenrechte zum Scheitern verurteilt, Conference on “Erfolgsmodell oder Alibi? - Herausforderungen an die Menschenrechte im 21. Jahrhundert”, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung and Amnesty International, Theodor-Heuss-Akademie, Gummersbach, 22-24 October 2010
Wasser und Sanitärversorgung – Menschenrechte von zentraler Bedeutung für Überleben und menschliche Würde, Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Human Rights Lectures: Die Vernachlässigten - zur Rolle der wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Rechte", Freie Universität Berlin, 2 June 2010
Wasser und Sanitärversorgung als Menschenrechte, Session of the German Committee of UNESCO’s International Hydological Programme, Foreign Office, Berlin, 3 March 2010
Wasser, Konflikte, Menschenrechte, Tagung zu Klimawandel und Wasser: Ressourcen - Strategien - Konflikte, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Hessen e. V.
und Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung (ISOE), Frankfurt a. M., 5 June 2009
A Human Right to Water for Food Production?, 13th World Water Congress of the International Water Resources Association, Montpellier, 1-4 September 2008
Water and Human Rights, Summer School des Ecumenical Water Networks, Ecumenical Institute, Château de Bossey, Geneva, 31 July 2008
Das Menschenrecht auf Wasser – Internationale und südafrikanische Perspektiven (invited), Kolloquium des Zentrums für Wasserforschung und des Instituts für Hydrologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 17 July 2008
Das Recht auf Wasser als Menschenrecht, Ringvorlesung ‚Menschenrechte im 21. Jahrhundert’, Technische Universität Dresden, 14 July 2008
Wasser für alle – Wie zivilgesellschaftliche Kampagnen ‘neuartige’ Menschenrechte vorantreiben, Konferenz des Instituts für Weltgesellschaft, University of Bielefeld, „Menschenrechte in der Weltgesellschaft“, 27-28 June 2008 (together with Lena Partzsch)
The Right to Water – Recent Developments at the International Level and in South Africa, Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch, 6 June 2008
Gastvorlesung zum Recht auf Wasser im Rahmen des Seminars „Wasser - elementare und strategische Ressource des 21. Jahrhunderts“, Geographisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, 25 January 2008
Gastvorlesung zum Recht auf Wasser als Lösungsansatz für verschiedene Problemlagen im Wassersektor im Rahmen des Seminars „Politische Ökologie von Wasser“, Geographisches Institut der Universität Bonn, 21 January 2008
Die Verwirklichung des Menschenrechts auf Wasser: Ein Beitrag zur Armutsbekämpfung, Workshop des Arbeitskreises Menschenrechte der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft in Kooperation mit dem Nürnberger Menschenrechtsbüro, „Zum Aufschwung wirtschaftlicher, sozialer und kultureller Menschenrechte“, Nürnberg, 26-27 October 2007
Das Menschenrecht auf Wasser – Priorität für die Erfüllung menschlicher Grundbedürfnisse, Konferenz der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, „Wasser – Konfliktstoff des 21. Jahrhundert?”, Freiburg, 1-3 June 2007
Respect, Protect, Fulfil: The Implementation of the Human Right to Water in South Africa, Workshop of the International Environmental Law Research Centre, “Legal Aspects of Water Sector Reforms”, Geneva, 20-21 April 2007
“Jeder Mensch hat das Recht…” – 40 Jahre UN-Menschenrechtspakte, Volkshochschule Stuttgart, 27 November 2006 (together with Dorothee Haßkamp)
Keynote Speaker: Menstruation and Multiple Pandemics, International Workshop on Dignified Menstruation, Kathmandu, Nepal, 8-10 December 2020 [Virtual]
High Level Policy Dialogue on Menstrual Hygiene and Health in Africa, Dakar, Senegal, 9 December [Virtual]
10 Years of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: Problems, Positions, Perspectives, Invited Panelist, 1 September 2020 [Virtual]
Keynote: The Global Menstrual Movement: Charting Future Directions, Menstrual Health and Hygiene: Relevant, Intersectoral and on the Rise, WWWeek@Home, 28 August 2020 [Virtual]
Water, Rights, and (In)equality, Bergen Exchanges, 18 August 2020 [Virtual]
Discussant for "Rescuing Human Rights: A Radically Moderate Approach" by Hurst Hannum, Columbia Law School, 13 February 2020
Ensuring Affordable Sanitation for Rural US Communities: Leveraging Human Rights Standards and Mechanisms, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, 27 February 2020
Menstruation and Human Rights: Beyond Tampons, Pads & Cups, Conflict, Security and Development Series, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 4 February 2020
The Period Posse Webinar: Menstrual Health - Unpacking Rights, Dignity and Agency, 10 December 2019
Advancing the Rights of Menstruators: From “Menstrual Hygiene” to “Menstrual Health,” Mini-Conference on "Sexual Health and Wellbeing: The Role of Public Health Research, Training, and Practice," Columbia Center for Population Research, 25 October 2019
Environmental Rights and Climate-Caused Migration, Panel discussion, Columbia Law School, 23 October 2019
PERIOD. End of Sentence. Film Screening and Panel Discussion, Columbia University, Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality, September 26, 2019
Fulfilling the human rights to water, sanitation and decent work: An interlinkage approach to reduce inequalities and achieve the SDGs, Invited Panelist, Side event to the 2019 High Level Political Forum, 11 July 2019
#WaterIsAHumanRight – Exploring the Paradox of Framing Water as a Human Right in a Hostile Political Climate, Law and Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 30 May - 2 June, 2019 (with Sabrina Kozikis)
The Operation of Water Rights in Two Racialized Contexts: South Africa and the USA, Law and Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 30 May - 2 June, 2019 (with Jackie Dugard)
The Politics of Data: Parsing the Promises and Perils of Evidence-driven Menstrual Cycle Studies, Plenary Panel, Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, Colorado Springs, 8 June 2019 (with Noémie Elhadad, Lauren Houghton, Caitlin Gruer and Vanessa Paranjothy)
Myth-Busting, Modernity and Saviorism in Representations of Menstrual Beliefs and Practices in the Popular Media, C onference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, Colorado Springs, 8 June 2019 (with Chris Bobel)
Research Agenda for Socio-Economic Rights, Workshop on Research Agendas for Human Rights Research, UC Santa Barbara, Orfalea Center, 1-19 January, 2019
Research Agenda for Socio-Economic Rights: Reflecting the Role of Communities and Grassroots Organizations, Economic and Social Rights Group Workshop, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, 26-27 October, 2018
“Don’t Touch the Pickle!” Unpacking the Portrayal of Menstrual Practices in the Media: Breaking Taboos or Cementing Stereotypes?, Columbia University Seminar, Women and Society, 19 November 2018 (with Chris Bobel)
Menstruation is Having its Moment - How Can Scholars Engage? Facilitator for Panel Discussion for the Launch of the CSSD Working Group on Menstrual Health and Gender Justice, 20 September 2018
Realizing the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: Tackling Stigma and Discrimination - From Menstruation to Access to WASH for People on the Move, Panelist, Side event at the UN Human Rights Council, 14 September 2018
Commentary: Implementing Decisions of International Human Rights Institutions-Evidence from the United Nations Human Rights Committee (Vera Shikhelman), Free University Berlin, July 20, 2018
Sustainable Use of Waters – Precondition for a World without Hunger, Panelist at a side event at the UN High Level Political Forum, 16 July 2018
Putting menstrual health on the 2030 Agenda, Panelist at a side event at the UN High Level Political Forum, 11 July 2018
"America’s Dirty Secret”: The Human Right to Sanitation in Alabama’s Black Belt, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, 7-10 June 2018, Toronto
Rural Women's Rights: Challenges and Opportunities, Panelist at a side event at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, 23 March, 2018
The Bloody Road to Substantive Equality: Menstrual Health and Human Rights, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 8 February, 2018
Water and Sanitation in the 21st Century: A Human Rights Perspective on Domestic and International Challenges, Public lecture for the launch of the Center for a Sustainable Water Future, Illinois State University Speaker Series, 28 September 2017
Can Water Rights Bring Water to the Poor?, Invited panelist, Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation, 25 August 2017
Leveraging Successes and Addressing Challenges: Local Human Rights Advocacy for Water and Sanitation, Invited panelist, Symposium on Localizing Human Rights in the New Era: Strategies for State and Local Implementation of Human Rights in the United States, Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, 19 May 2017
Actionable Science and the Human Right to Water, Invited Panelist, American Association for the Advance of Science, Science and Human Rights Coalition, Washington D.C., 26-27 January 2017
The 'New' Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Columbia Law School, 14 November 2016
Human Rights Today: The balance sheet of contemporary development, Invited discussant, Ambassador's Club at the United Nations / United Nations Institute for Training and Research, 10 November 2016
Law and Urban Water Governance: Cross-Country Dialogues on Human Rights and Sustainability Challenges, Invited panelist, National Science Foundation, Law & Social Science Program Workshop at Arizona State University, 14-15 October 2016
Monitoring basic sanitation and hygiene within SDG Target 6.2: towards universal coverage, Invited panelist, 2016 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, 10-14 October 2016
Conflict and cooperation over water – the role of the EU in ensuring the realisation of human rights, Exchange of Views on the Right to Water, European Parliament, Subcommittee on Human Rights, Brussels, 15 June 2016
Inequalities and Human Rights: Shifting the Focus to Achieving Substantive Equality and Addressing Stigma, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, New Orleans, 2-5 June 2016
Monitoring Group-related Inequalities: A proposal from the WASH sector, Economic and Social Rights Group Workshop, "Protecting Culture and Vulnerable Populations: The promise and limits of the UN Sustainable Development Goals," Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut, 8-9 April, 2016
A Challenging Balancing Act for Special Rapporteurs: Fundraising, Maintaining Independence and Having an Impact, Visiting Scholars Research Forum, NYU Law School, 6 April 2016
Guest lecture: The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Executive Certificate in Environmental Governance, 16 March 2016
Right to Water: Sources of Legal Foundations and Practical Uses, Opening Panel, Human Rights Institute: Tapping into the Right to Water: Affordability, Quality and Accessibility, Northeastern University, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, 4-5 November 2015
New or neglected? The human right to sanitation, Visiting Scholars Research Forum, NYU Law School, 2 November 2015
Affordability of Water and Sanitation Services, Side event prior to the hearing on the right to water at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, United Methodists Building, Washington DC, 23 October 2015
Menstrual Hygiene & Human Rights: A bloody road to a more equal world, 4th Annual Virtual Menstrual Hygiene Management in WASH in Schools Conference, 22 October 2015, Columbia University (with Amanda Klasing, Hannah Neumeyer, and Emily Wilson‐Smith)
The United Nations Special Procedures: A View from the Inside, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice, NYU School of Law, 8 July 2015 (with Christiaan van Veen)
Human Rights in the Private Sphere: Menstrual Hygiene as a Priority for Gender Equality and Human Dignity, 21st Biennial Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights at Suffolk University: Menstrual Health & Reproductive Justice:Human Rights across the Lifespan, Boston, 4-6 June 2015
The Sustainable Development Goals - An Opportunity to Address Inequalities?, Faculty Colloquium, Program on Human Rights in the Global Economy, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, 3 June 2015
International Legal and Legislative Summit on Water Affordability, Sanitation and Housing, International Perspective, Detroit, 29 May 2015
Guest lecture: The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Executive Certificate in Environmental Governance, April 22, 2015
Extraterritorial human rights obligations in the context of development cooperation: Whose rights and whose obligations?, Economic and Social Rights Group, Workshop: "Global Justice & Extra-Territorial Obligations", UConn Storrs, 18 April, 2015
Panelist for opening panel at "Human Rights in the USA", Forum in advance of the US UPR Review, US Human Rights Network, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, 17 April 2015
Conflicts Over Water and Building Bridges with Water, Panel of Scholars and Practitioners (invited contribution), Monterey Institute for International Studies Center for Conflict Studies, 6-8 November 2014
Where the Rubber Hits the Road: Addressing Inequalities in Access to WaSH, Panel discussion (invited contribution), Water and Health Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 16 October 2014 - Watch the video HERE
Measuring what we Value and Valuing what we Measure: The Promise and Perils of Global Monitoring for the Promotion of Equality in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector, Human Rights Research Conference, “Human Rights Under Pressure: Exploring norms, institutions and policies”, Association of Human Rights Institutes, Copenhagen, 29 September 2014 (together with Margaret Satterthwaite)
Verhältnismäßigkeit im internationalen Wasserrecht – Wie beeinflussen Menschenrechte die Auslegung des Prinzips der ausgewogenen und angemessenen Nutzung?, Tagung zur Verhältnismäßigkeit im Völkerrecht, Deutsche Gesellschaft for Internationales Recht, Göttingen, 12-13 September 2014 (mit Hà Lê Phan)
Integrating Human Rights in Wastewater Management for the Benefit of People and Ecosystems, 3rd Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy, Human Rights, Environmental Sustainability, Post-2015 Development, and the Future Climate Regime, UNITAR-Yale, New Haven, 5 to 7 September 2014
Advancing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights through the Framework of Substantive Equality, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice, NYU School of Law, 1 August 2014
Eradicating Inequalities: The Significance of Global Monitoring, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Law and Inequalities: Global and Local, Minneapolis, 29 May to 1 June 2014
Implementing the Rights to Water and Sanitation: The Role of the Special Procedures in Advancing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice, NYU School of Law, 9 April 2014
Redefining Progress to Achieve Substantive Equality – A Case Study on the Elimination of Inequalities in Access to Water and Sanitation, Symposium on Creation of International Law: Exploring the International Law Components of Peace, University of Wisconsin Law School, 4-5 April 2014
Ethisch trinken? - Wasserverbrauch hier und Wasserprivatisierung dort, Vorlesung im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung Welternährung und Menschenrechte in Zeiten des Klimawandels, Universität zu Köln, 11 December 2013 (via Webconference)
Round Table on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation, Panel discussion (invited contribution), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 25 October 2013
Extraterritoriale Staatenpflichten in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Tagung des Arbeitskreises Menschenrechte der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft “Menschenrechtsschutz jenseits staatlicher Grenzen: Von Rechten und Pflichten”, Schader Forum, Darmstadt, 11 October 2013
Recent Developments and Challenges on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation from a Gender Perspective (invited), Conference on African women’s right to water: negotiating access and participation in the context of competing and conflicting international, national and local norms and institutions in Malawi, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa, International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa, 25-26 September 2013
The Realization of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: States' Obligations and Businesses' Responsibilities (invited), CEO Water Mandate Stockholm Multi-Stakeholder Working Sessions, World Water Week, Stockholm, 4 September 2013 (together with Virginia Roaf)
Water Cooperation and the Human Rights to Safe Drinking-Water and Sanitation: Institutional Frameworks and Monitoring, Panel Discussion (invited contribution), Workshop on the Human Rights-based Approach to Cooperation in Water Sanitation and Hygiene, World Water Week, Stockholm, 5 September 2013
Role of Women Leaders in Promoting Sustainable WASH: Cases from Uganda, Ghana and Peru, Panel Moderator, World Water Week, Stockholm, 5 September 2013
Water as a shared resource (invited), Regional Conference of the International Law Association: Imperium Juris: Governance, Trade, Resources, Cape Sounion, Greece, 29-31 August 2013
Why Financial Monitoring Matters: Global Perspectives and Indicators, Panel discussion (invited contribution), Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium, 9-11 April 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Quantifying Water and Sanitation in Development Cooperation 1976-2015+: Power or Prejudice?, Workshop on the Power of Numbers: A Critical Review of MDG Targets for Human Development and Human Rights, 28 February to 1 March 2013, Château de Bossey, Switzerland
Overcoming Neglect, Taboos and Stigma - Menstrual Hygiene as a Human Rights Priority (invited), Side Event on Menstrual Hygiene Matters, Responding to the Rights of Women and Girls, UNC Water and Health Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States, 1 November 2012
Post 2015 Development Goals Targets, Indicators and Definitions, Panel discussion (invited contribution), UNC Water and Health Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States, 31 October 2012
The Human Right to Water in International Law: Framework and Myths, Meeting of the Safe Water Alliance, Sacramento, United States, 26 October 2012
From Promise to Practice – The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Energy and Resources Group Colloquium, University of California, Berkeley, United States, 10 October 2012
Guest lecture: What do Human Rights Say About Disconnections of Water Services?, Human Rights Fact-Finding Seminar: Marginalized Communities and the Right to Safe Water, Georgetown University, 12 October 2012
Guest lecture: The Creation and Application of ‘New’ Human Rights, International Human Rights Law Clinic – Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, 4 September 2012
Towards human rights-based goals, targets and indicators for water and sanitation in the post 2015 development agenda (invited), Conference of the Center for Economic and Social Rights and the International Network on Quantitative Methods for Human Rights and Development ‘Metrics for Human Rights’, on New Horizons in Economic and Social Rights Monitoring, Madrid, Spain, 22-23 March 2012
The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation – Concepts and Implementation (invited), International Water Association, Development Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 November 2011
Das Menschenrecht auf Wasser, Panel Moderator, Fachgespräch der Grünen Bundestagsfraktion, Deutscher Bundestag, 24 March 2011
Focus on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – The Right to Water and Sanitation (invited), Conference of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and the German Institute for Human Rights, Bring Human Rights to Life! 15 Years of Human Rights Education in Germany, Europe and at the United Nations, 3 December 2010
The Human Right to Water and Sanitation in the Context of Mining (invited), Conference of the South African Human Rights Commission and Institute for Human Rights and Business, Respecting Land Rights in the Context of Mining, Johannesburg, South Africa, 18-19 November 2010
The recognition of the human right to water and sanitation – What does it mean for companies? (invited), CEO Water Mandate Working Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 16-17 November 2010
Die Millenniumsentwicklungsziele – ohne Menschenrechte zum Scheitern verurteilt, Conference on “Erfolgsmodell oder Alibi? - Herausforderungen an die Menschenrechte im 21. Jahrhundert”, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung and Amnesty International, Theodor-Heuss-Akademie, Gummersbach, 22-24 October 2010
Wasser und Sanitärversorgung – Menschenrechte von zentraler Bedeutung für Überleben und menschliche Würde, Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Human Rights Lectures: Die Vernachlässigten - zur Rolle der wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Rechte", Freie Universität Berlin, 2 June 2010
Wasser und Sanitärversorgung als Menschenrechte, Session of the German Committee of UNESCO’s International Hydological Programme, Foreign Office, Berlin, 3 March 2010
Wasser, Konflikte, Menschenrechte, Tagung zu Klimawandel und Wasser: Ressourcen - Strategien - Konflikte, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Hessen e. V.
und Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung (ISOE), Frankfurt a. M., 5 June 2009
A Human Right to Water for Food Production?, 13th World Water Congress of the International Water Resources Association, Montpellier, 1-4 September 2008
Water and Human Rights, Summer School des Ecumenical Water Networks, Ecumenical Institute, Château de Bossey, Geneva, 31 July 2008
Das Menschenrecht auf Wasser – Internationale und südafrikanische Perspektiven (invited), Kolloquium des Zentrums für Wasserforschung und des Instituts für Hydrologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 17 July 2008
Das Recht auf Wasser als Menschenrecht, Ringvorlesung ‚Menschenrechte im 21. Jahrhundert’, Technische Universität Dresden, 14 July 2008
Wasser für alle – Wie zivilgesellschaftliche Kampagnen ‘neuartige’ Menschenrechte vorantreiben, Konferenz des Instituts für Weltgesellschaft, University of Bielefeld, „Menschenrechte in der Weltgesellschaft“, 27-28 June 2008 (together with Lena Partzsch)
The Right to Water – Recent Developments at the International Level and in South Africa, Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch, 6 June 2008
Gastvorlesung zum Recht auf Wasser im Rahmen des Seminars „Wasser - elementare und strategische Ressource des 21. Jahrhunderts“, Geographisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, 25 January 2008
Gastvorlesung zum Recht auf Wasser als Lösungsansatz für verschiedene Problemlagen im Wassersektor im Rahmen des Seminars „Politische Ökologie von Wasser“, Geographisches Institut der Universität Bonn, 21 January 2008
Die Verwirklichung des Menschenrechts auf Wasser: Ein Beitrag zur Armutsbekämpfung, Workshop des Arbeitskreises Menschenrechte der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft in Kooperation mit dem Nürnberger Menschenrechtsbüro, „Zum Aufschwung wirtschaftlicher, sozialer und kultureller Menschenrechte“, Nürnberg, 26-27 October 2007
Das Menschenrecht auf Wasser – Priorität für die Erfüllung menschlicher Grundbedürfnisse, Konferenz der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, „Wasser – Konfliktstoff des 21. Jahrhundert?”, Freiburg, 1-3 June 2007
Respect, Protect, Fulfil: The Implementation of the Human Right to Water in South Africa, Workshop of the International Environmental Law Research Centre, “Legal Aspects of Water Sector Reforms”, Geneva, 20-21 April 2007
“Jeder Mensch hat das Recht…” – 40 Jahre UN-Menschenrechtspakte, Volkshochschule Stuttgart, 27 November 2006 (together with Dorothee Haßkamp)