MBG Lent Lecture 2014
Putting Development to Rights - David Mepham
The MBG Lent Lecture, was given by David Mepham, UK Director of Human Rights Watch, 12 March 2014, chaired by Lord Judd and introduced by Lilli Loveday.
The evening was a great occasion and extremely thought provoking. Thank you to all who attended and particular thanks to David Mepham, Lord Judd and Lilli Loveday.
- Read a transcript of David's lecture here MBG Lecture 2014 Putting Development to Rights
- Read the Marlborough News Online article Marlborough Brandt Lecture: why human rights must underpin development policy
David Mepham joined Human Rights Watch in April 2011 as the UK Director, responsible for communications and advocacy. Before joining Human Rights Watch, he spent four years as the head of policy and advocacy for Save the Children UK.
Before that, he was associate director of the Institute for Public Policy Research and the head of its international programme, where he led research projects on fragile states; human rights and corporate responsibility; R2P; China's role in Africa, and economic and political reform in the Middle East.
From 1998 to 2002, David was a senior policy adviser in the UK's Department for International Development, and the lead author on the white paper Making Globalisation Work for the Poor (2000). He is also co-editor of Progressive Foreign Policy - new directions for the UK (2007). David was educated at the London School of Economics and Oxford University.
Media Release
Recent Articles by David Mepham
- Huffington Post 15 July 2013 Stop Treating Burma with Kid Gloves
- The Guardian 14 April 2013 Burma: the EU has been too quick to lift sanctions
- Open Democracy 04 February 2013 Getting to the truth about UK-Gaddafi ties
- The Independent 19 September 2012 In its haste to be tough on failed asylum seekers the UK is ignoring torture risks
- Human Rights Watch 08 November 2012 Relations with Rwanda must be urgently reviewed