Obama & Human Rights Conference at American U.

The American University Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law will host a conference in Washington, D.C., on April 28 and 29 on Obama & Human Rights.

 

There's an impressive group of participants, and the list is growing:

• Diane Orentlicher, Deputy, State Department Office for War Crimes Issues
• Vince Warren, ED, Center for Constitutional Rights
• Suzanne Nossel, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organizations
• Gary Motsek, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Support
• Peter Sprigg, Senior Fellow for Policy Studies, Family Research Council
• Joe Stork, Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch
• Shari Knoerzer, Social Responsibility and Community Development-Asia and Africa, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

Aryeh Neier, President of the Open Society Foundations, will deliver the keynote, titled The Arab Revolutions, Human Rights and the Obama Administration, on Thursday, April 28, at 1:00 p.m.

Registration is free.  For more information and registration, click here.

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