Nerd Nite Liberia: April 8, 2014
Join us at Fuzion (14th and Tubman) on Tuesday, April 8th at 8pm for the 17th edition of Nerd Nite Liberia!
Presentations include:
The Alien Tort Statute – Accountability for International Human Rights Violators in US Courts—By Monica Tulchinsky
And
King Ludwig II. of Bavaria – Life and myth—By Ursula Hein
And
“They Say, Dey Say” – Let’s Build an App!—By Charles Dorme Cooper and Mlen-Too Wesley
Here’s more info about the presentations and presenters:
The Alien Tort Statute – Accountability for International Human Rights Violators in US Courts—By Monica Tulchinsky
For the past 30 years, American human rights lawyers have harnessed a little-known loophole in the law, known as the “ATS,” to bring the world’s most horrific human rights abusers to justice, including the infamous Charles “Chuckie” Taylor. Recently, this law has come under attack by the US Supreme Court. In this presentation, Monica will explore the fascinating history of the ATS and the battle raging in US courts to ensure that perpetrators of torture, genocide, and other international crimes are brought to justice.
Monica Tulchinsky is a human rights attorney and Carter Center Fellow embedded in the Sexual and Gender Based Violence Crimes Unit of the Ministry of Justice. When she’s not prosecuting sex crimes, researching torture, or engaging in other similarly fun and lighthearted activities, she spends her time volunteering at the More Than Me Academy and purchasing Hello Kitty items in bulk.
King Ludwig II. of Bavaria – Life and myth—By Ursula Hein
Every tourist visiting the most beautiful part of Germany, Bavaria, will come across the famous King Ludwig II. Well-known for his castles, even borrowed by Walt Disney, his life is full of rumors and myth. However, being King in a time when Germany was still growing together, his political decisions changed the German landscape till today.
Proudly Bavarian, Ursula was born and raised near Munich. Even now, living in Liberia, she promotes the open, welcoming and beer-loving culture of her home country. Besides that, she tries to fix and improve the Liberian road network.
“They Say, Dey Say” – Let’s Build an App!—By Charles Dorme Cooper and Mlen-Too Wesley
To demonstrate the potential created by the proliferation of mobile devices in West Africa, the presenters will build a simple, interactive social app for web and mobile devices called “Dey Say”, and will walk the audience through the process of planning, designing, and developing the app.
Charles Dorme Cooper and Mlen-Too Wesley are the creators of Liberia’s first dot-com, www.COOKSHOP.biz, an online platform that lets users browse and order food from the best restaurants in Monrovia via mobile phone or computer.
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