Peace Through Law: Juan E. Mendez
“Prevention of Mass Atrocities”
Thursday 7th November, 2024
Lecture begins at 6:00 p.m. Reception to follow.
This year's Notre Dame Law School Peace Through Law award winner is Juan E. Mendez, a Professor of Human Rights Law in Residence at the American University – Washington College of Law, where he is Faculty Director of the Anti-Torture Initiative, a project of WCL's Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Previously he served as the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
The Peace Through Law Lecture is an annual keynote lecture which explores the attainment of peace through the successful implementation of justice and the rule of law. Beyond the cessation of hostilities alone, the lecture promotes a broad definition of peace as a freedom from disturbance, discrimination, and other inequities which supports human flourishing. Each year, a distinguished legal scholar or practitioner is invited to lecture on how their scholarship and work promotes and affects the attainment of peace through law.
This lecture series is generously sponsored by the Thomas F. Fay Peace Through Law Endowment for Excellence.
Location
The conference will take place at the University of Notre Dame (USA) in England in Fischer Hall.