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"The United Nations and Human Rights"

Tuesday, November 17 at 7 p.m.

Julie Mertus
Associate professor and co-director of the MA program in ethics, peace, and global affairs at American University

Globalization and changes in the United Nations human rights system provide new opportunities and an expanded range of tools to use to address human wrongs and to advance human rights. Julie Mertus will discuss these changes and how the UN and non-governmental organizations are promoting a more just and peaceful future through greater participation in problem solving and conflict prevention.

Mertus, author of The United Nations and Human Rights, is one of the leading experts on civic education and the United Nations. Her work focuses on human rights education, U.S. foreign policy, refugee and humanitarian law and policy, gender and conflict, and post-war transitions. While her geographic expertise is in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Yugoslavia, she has participated in human rights projects in such diverse places as Vietnam, Brazil, China, Jordan, and South Africa.

All Sidore lectures are free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended. A reception follows each lecture. Lectures are presented in the Smith Recital Hall in the Silver Center for the Arts, unless otherwise noted. For reservations or to arrange special accommodations, call (603) 535-ARTS.