Panel Discussion: “A Duty to Look?: Human Rights and Imagery”

When, if ever, is it ethical to view images of famine, poverty, and violence? What responses—if any—do such images demand of their viewers? What is our relationship to images in a time when the Islamic State produces and distributes elaborate, ritualized scenes of violence for global consumption? As a collaboration with JUNCTURE: Explorations in Art and Inter-national Human Rights, a new initiative at Yale Law School, this panel discussion combines scholarly, journalistic, and legal perspectives. The talk will be moderated by James Silk, Yale Law professor and JUNCTURE director.