Radhika Coomaraswamy, who in April 2006 was named U.N. Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, will address the many challenges in protecting boys and girls affected by armed conflict.
Coomaraswamy, a lawyer by training and formerly the chairperson of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, served previously as U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women (1994 to 2003), in which she reported to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on violence in the family, violence in the community, violence against women during armed conflict and the problem of international trafficking. She has served as a member of the Global Faculty of the New York University School of Law and has published widely, including two books on constitutional law and numerous articles on ethnic studies and the status of women.
Coomaraswamy has won many awards including the International Law Award of the American Bar Association, the Human Rights Award of the International Human Rights Law Group, and the Leo Ettinger Human Rights Prize of the University of Oslo.
She received her B.A. from Yale University, J.D. from Columbia University, L.L.M. from Harvard University and honorary Ph.D.s from Amherst College, the University of Edinburgh, University of Essex and University of Leuven.
Admission: FREE
Location:
Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
University of San Diego
5998 Alcal? Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Monday, May 9 7:00 PM to - 8:30 PM
To RSVP for this event, click here.
For more information, please call: (619) 260-7509
Coomaraswamy, a lawyer by training and formerly the chairperson of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, served previously as U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women (1994 to 2003), in which she reported to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on violence in the family, violence in the community, violence against women during armed conflict and the problem of international trafficking. She has served as a member of the Global Faculty of the New York University School of Law and has published widely, including two books on constitutional law and numerous articles on ethnic studies and the status of women.
Coomaraswamy has won many awards including the International Law Award of the American Bar Association, the Human Rights Award of the International Human Rights Law Group, and the Leo Ettinger Human Rights Prize of the University of Oslo.
She received her B.A. from Yale University, J.D. from Columbia University, L.L.M. from Harvard University and honorary Ph.D.s from Amherst College, the University of Edinburgh, University of Essex and University of Leuven.
Admission: FREE
Location:
Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
University of San Diego
5998 Alcal? Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Monday, May 9 7:00 PM to - 8:30 PM
To RSVP for this event, click here.
For more information, please call: (619) 260-7509
