21 Oct Making Human Rights the Compass for All Ethical Globalization
Mary Robinson (Former President of Ireland)
Friday, October 21, 2011/ 8:00 PM
Campbell Hall
Admission: $20 / UCSB Students $10
Mary Robinson, the first woman President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has spent most of her life as a human rights advocate. In 2009, President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She now chairs the Council of Women World Leaders and is President of the Mary Robinson Foundation, a center for leadership, education, and advocacy on the struggle for global justice.
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