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April 3, 2008: Professor Martha Davis speaks on "Bringing Human Rights Home," at noon in Snell Library with panel discussion featuring:

• Hope Lewis, Professor of Law, Northeastern University
• Wendy Pollack, Senior Attorney, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
• Alec Irwin, Associate Director, Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health
• Catherine Albisa, Executive Director, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative

March 14, 2008: "Storming the Palais de Nations: How Two NUSL Students and One Dean Challenged the US Human Rights Record Before the United Nations." Professor Jim Rowan and students Florence Heuschen and Monica Katz-Lapides will discuss their recent trip to Geneva, Switzerland, where they participated in the CERD conference. At noon in the Brown Conference Room; pizza will be served.

March 3, 2008: Gordon Lecture featuring Gay McDougall, independent expert on minority rights, United Nations. Also, photo exhibit and panel discussion. (more)