Lecture—"Towards Universal Human Dignity: Challenging the Undeclared War"
Thursday, November 21, 2024 12:30–2:00 PM
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- DescriptionThis event welcomes back Kroc Institute alumna Rosette Muzigo-Morrison (M.A. '93), legal officer at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, located at the Hague, Netherlands. Muzigo-Morrison will highlight several notable world events that coincided with her arrival at Notre Dame in the early 1990s— the collapse of the Berlin Wall to the release of Nelson Mandela and an end to apartheid in South Africa to the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. Despite these developments, a united resolve to work for human dignity has been stifled. Muzigo-Morrison will also address the concerns surrounding forgotten wars in Cameron, South Sudan and Sudan, Ethiopia and Syria, the rise of white supremacist governments in Europe, and implications for the future.
Anne E. Hayner, associate director for alumni relations, will provide an introduction.
Originally published at kroc.nd.edu. - Websitehttps://events.nd.edu/events/2024/11/21/towards-universal-human-dignity-challenging-the-undeclared-war/
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