The College of Law鈥檚 Journal of Global Rights and Organizations (JGRO) and Impunity Watch News (IWN) have announced the participants for its Spring 2020 Distinguished Lecturer Series.
Chim猫ne Keitner
The scheduled speakers are:
Professor Chim猫ne Keitner on 鈥淚mmunity of Foreign Officials鈥�
Professor of International Law, UC Hastings College of Law
Thursday, Feb. 6
Noon to 1 p.m.
352 Dineen Hall
Kristen Boon
Kristen Boon, Ph.D., on 鈥淚mmunity of International Organizations after Jam v. IFC鈥�
Professor of Law, Seton Hall Law
Thursday, Feb. 6
5 to 6:30 p.m.
352 Dineen Hall
Margareta Matache
Margareta Matache, Ph.D., on 鈥淭he Roma Case for Reparations鈥�
Justice activist and scholar from Romania; director of the Roma Program at the Harvard University Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
(In conjunction with the 黑料不打烊 School of Education鈥檚 Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice program)
Tuesday, March 3
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Location TBA
John Sopko
John Sopko
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
(In conjunction with the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the SUCOL Institute for Security Policy and Law)
Tuesday, March 10
Time and location TBA
鈥淭hrough its Distinguished Lecturer Series,聽 the Journal of Global Rights and Organizations and Impunity Watch News is able to bring leading experts in international law to continue the dialog on dynamic, evolving鈥攁nd sometimes vexing鈥攊ssues in international law and legal institutions,鈥� says Professor Cora True-Frost, faculty director of Impunity Watch News and the Journal of Global Rights and Organizations.
鈥淎s the international community grapples with difficult questions of rights, laws and norms, JGRO and IWN’s focus is needed more than ever, and our students will be the next generation鈥檚 thought leaders on these issues.鈥�
