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Today, April 18: A Talk by Aryeh Neier, Co-Founder of Human Rights Watch, President of the Open Society Foundations

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April 18, 2012

“The International Human Rights Movement: A History”

A Talk by Aryeh Neier, President of the Open Society Foundations

2:00- 3:00 pm

Wasserstein 3013

Aryeh Neier is a giant in the world of human rights advocacy: the President of the Open Society Foundations, a Co-Founder of Human Rights Watch, and a former national director at the American Civil Liberties Union. The author of seven books, next week he will discuss his latest, “The International Human Rights Movement: A History.”

Neier has taught law at New York University, Georgetown University Law School and the University of Siena (Italy). In the fall of 2012, he will become a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs- Sciences Po.