BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250513T231245EDT-1160DjXwl5@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250514T031245Z DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism has the pleasur e of welcoming Ms. Sally Armstrong for the 2017 John Humphrey Lecture in H uman Rights. Ms. Armstrong's talk is titled Human Rights – Human Wrongs. I s this the age of descent when human rights fall from the lexicon of commo n language?\n\nThe speaker\n\nHuman rights activist\, journalist and award -winning author Sally Armstrong\, OC\, has covered stories about women and girls in zones of conflict all over the world. Her eye witness reports ha ve earned her numerous awards.\n\nShe was a member of the International Wo men’s Commission\, a UN body that consists of 20 Palestinian women\, 20 Is raeli women and 12 internationals whose mandate is assisting with the path to peace in the Middle East.\n She has authored several books: Veiled Thre at: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan (Penguin\, 2002)\; The Ni ne Lives of Charlotte Taylor  (Random House\, 2007)\; and  Bitter Roots\, Tender Shoots: the Uncertain Fate of Afghanistan’s Women (Penguin\, 2008). \n\nHer newest book\, Ascent of Women: Our Turn\, Our Way – a remarkable s tory of world-wide change - was published by Random House in March 2013. A revised version called Uprising: A new age is dawning for every mother’s daughter was published in March 2014 by St. Martins Press in New York.\n\n About the Humphrey Lectures\n\nThe John P. Humphrey Lectureship in Human R ights is an annual lecture on the theme of the role of International Law a nd Organization in the world-wide protection of Human Rights. The lecture was founded in 1988 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the drafting of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in recogniti on of the leadership of John P. Humphrey (BCL 1928) in the elaboration\, d rafting\, and promotion of the Declaration.\n DTSTART:20170118T180000Z DTEND:20170118T193000Z LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel SUMMARY:John Humphrey Lecture with Sally Armstrong: Human Rights – Human Wr ongs URL:/channels/event/john-humphrey-lecture-sally-armstr ong-human-rights-%E2%80%93-human-wrongs-264159 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR