Date: October 14, 2024
When: 4-5:30pm
Where: Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center (Recording available online following the lecture)
Reception immediately following lecture - light refreshments provided
About: The J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor Fund supports regular lectures on contemporary issues of global significance. Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa (‘46 BA L&S) established this fund to support an annual public lecture on a contemporary issue of global significance by a distinguished woman in international public life.The speakers have included well-known leaders in the struggle for human rights and understanding.
Keynote speaker: Karima Bennoune is the Lewis M. Simes Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.
Lecture Title: Ending Gender Apartheid: Lessons from AfghanistanKarima Bennoune served as the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights from 2015-2021. Bennoune was also appointed as an expert for the International Criminal Court in 2017 during the reparations phase of the groundbreaking case The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, concerning intentional destruction of cultural heritage sites by extremists in Mali. A former legal advisor for Amnesty International, she has carried out human rights missions in most regions of the world. She has been on three missions to Afghanistan, visiting different regions of the country: in 1995, 2005 and 2011, and has worked closely with Afghan women human rights defenders for many years, including during the 2021 evacuations.
***The lecture will be recorded and shared publicly following the in-person event***
