DR Judith A Reisman, former consultant to the United States departments of justice, education, health and human services -- whose daughter's life story was made into the 2004 movie Kinsey — will be one of the two international presenters at the International Human Rights Day Conference on Saturday at the Jamaica Conference Centre.

The other speaker will be Matthew Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel Action, an international non-profit litigation, education and policy organisation dedicated to advancing religious freedom, sanctity of life and the family.

The conference, to be held under the theme 'International Law, Development and the Family: The Family as a Strategy for Development', is one of two events being planned to commemorate International Human Rights Day by the Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) in collaboration with Jamaica CAUSE. The Lawyers Christian Fellowship Jamaica (LCF) will also be co-hosting the conference which is in its third year.

As an expert on science fraud, human sexuality, child sexual abuse, and mass media effects, Dr Reisman's research exposed what she believes is the fraudulent science behind the modern sex "rights" arguments formulated by Dr Alfred C Kinsey, widely considered the "father" of the human sexuality and sex education fields.

American investigative journalist Max Blumenthal has documented how the molestation of Dr Reisman's daughter set the law professor on the path of investigating the activities of sex researcher Dr Alfred Kinsey. She believes Kinsey played a major role in the cultural decay and sexual permissiveness in the US society. Following the sexual assault of her daughter, the accused boy and his family slipped out of the country, while her daughter lapsed into a deep depression. Fifteen years later, the daughter died from a brain aneurysm. Now Dr Reisman has declared war on the forces of cultural decay and sexual permissiveness.

At the conference, international and local speakers will address the global threats to the traditional natural family and the attendant negative impacts on national development. These discussions are both relevant and timely as Jamaica enters into negotiations on the United Nations post-2015 Millennium Development Goals. The organisers believe it is critical for the nation and policy-makers to appreciate that Vision 2030 cannot be achieved unless the health of the family is addressed.

The second event is the annual Human Rights Day Rally at Emancipation Park on December 10 at 6:00 pm. An evening of song, dance and poetry, the Rally seeks every year to establish and proclaim that God's perfect law is the only true foundation of perfect rights. This year, the focus will be on 'Protecting true children's rights: the right to be a child'.

Guest speaker at Emancipation Park will be Ruby Harrold-Claesson, Jamaican-born human rights attorney and president of the Nordic Committee for Human Rights (NCHR). Her specialisations are human rights and personal freedoms, the right to a fair trial and equality before the law, parental responsibility and parental authority, child upbringing, violence among the youths and the removal of children from their parents' homes and placement in foster homes.

The aim of both events is to inform the nation on threats to the common good and to help establish a public policy framework based on the best outcomes for a healthy society.

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