Women's Rights in the Human Rights System: the Past, Present and Future

September 2, 2009
Speaker: Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations
Presented by: Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Co-sponsored by:Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence
Summary: 2009-2010 Recipient - Frederick K. Cox International Humanitarian Award for Advancing Global Justice
Judge Pillay is this years recipient of the Cox Center International Humanitarian Award for Advancing Global Justice. Established in 2003, it has been awarded to the Hon. Philippe Kirsch, President, International Criminal Court; Amb. Hans Corell, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs; Judge Thomas Buergenthal, International Court of Justice; Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court; and Robert Petit, International Prosecutor, Khmer Rouge Tribunal/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.

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