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Global Initiatives Lecture Series 2008-2009

Human Rights: Content and Discontent

GLOBAL INITIATIVES LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS:

The International Response to the Global Reach of Racism

Gay McDougall, UN Independent Expert on Minority Rights

Wednesday, November 12,
4:30pm – 6:00pm (Reception to Follow)
Alexander Library,
4th Floor Teleconference Lecture Hall, CAC

Gay J. McDougall was appointed to serve as the first UN Independent Expert on Minority Rights in 2005. She was Executive Director of Global Rights from 1994 to 2006 where she developed and implemented country and thematic programs and initiatives in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Americas. Ms. McDougall was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1999 for her "innovative and highly effective" work on behalf of international human rights.

Sponsored by:
Global Initiatives http://humanrights.rutgers.edu

and

The Center for Race and Ethnicity http://raceethnicity.rutgers.edu

For more information about the Global Initiatives 2008-2009 Film Series go to http://humanrights.rutgers.edu/