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The dialogue will bring together researchers from LSE and practitioners from Amnesty International UK (AIUK) to share knowledge on putting policy into practice while centring the human experience in development. The discussion will focus on how robust evidence can inform design, implementation and evaluation of policies that uphold human rights and improve development outcomes under real-world constraints. It creates a forum where academic insights meet front-line experience so that research findings are translated into actionable approaches, with attention to ethics, accountability, and the lived realities of affected communities. Speaker: Agnès Callamard is Secretary General at Amnesty International. She leads the organization's human rights work and is its chief spokesperson. Agnès has been a prominent figure in the human rights world for decades. In 2016, she was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary killings. Along with her UN work, Agnès was also the Director of Global Freedom of Expression at Columbia University in New York. Chair: Stuart Gordon is Professor in Managing Humanitarianism at LSE. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, heads the LSE Humanitarian Research Group, directs the Department of International Development's humanitarian consultancy programmes, and sits on the editorial board of Disasters.

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