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DESCRIPTION:Vous êtes convié.e.s à une conférence commémorative Patricia Al
 len\, laquelle s'inscrit dans le cycle des ateliers Annie Macdonald Langst
 aff\, avec Radhika Coomaraswamy en conversation avec les doctorantes Visha
 kha Wijenakaye et Luisa Castaneda-Quintana. La professeure Shauna Van Praa
 gh animera la conférence. Cette année\, le thème des ateliers Annie Macdon
 ald Langstaff est 'Mothers in Law' : Dialogues intergénérationnels sur les
  femmes et les droits de la personne\, et est organisé en collaboration av
 ec le Centre sur les droits de la personne et le pluralisme juridique.\n\n
 La conférencière\n\n[En anglais seulement] Radhika Coomaraswamy is a lawye
 r\, diplomat\, and human rights advocate. She is a graduate of the United 
 Nations International School in New York. She received aBA from Yale Unive
 rsity\, a JD from Columbia University\, an LLM from Harvard University\, a
 nd honorary PhDs from Amherst College\, the University of Edinburgh\, the 
 University of Essex\, and the University of Leuven.\n\nRadhika Coomaraswam
 y served as the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (2003
 -2006). She was the first Special Rapporteur on violence against women (19
 94-2003). She was also a former Under-Secretary-General and Special Repres
 entative for Children and Armed Conflict (2006-2012).\n\nIn 2005\, the McG
 ill Faculty of Law recognized her with the Centre for Human rights and Leg
 al Pluralism's Litvack Award\, during which she gave as speech titled 'The
  Struggle for Human Rights - A Personal Story.'\n\nIn 2014\, Ms. Coomarasw
 amy was appointed by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as lead author o
 n the Global Study on the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325\, on Wome
 n\, Peace\, and Security. More recently\, she was appointed as a member of
  the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar established
  by the United Nations Human Rights Council (2007-2019).\n\nLa thématique
 \n\n[En anglais seulement]  The theme for the 2021-2022 Annie MacDonald La
 ngstaff Workshop series - “Mothers-in-Law: Intergenerational Dialogues on 
 Women and Human Rights” - underscores the value of conversation across gen
 erations for enriched knowledge and understanding\, meaningful commitment 
 to equality\, and inspired feminist action. As was the case in 2020-2021\,
  the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism is co-sponsoring the Facu
 lty of Law’s series dedicated to the memory of Annie MacDonald Langstaff\,
  the first woman to graduate in law from ���ϲ�����. Following the same format
  as last year\, women jurists who are leaders and mentors in their respect
 ive fields of study and practice are invited to engage in dialogue with wo
 men doctoral students associated with the Centre. The intergenerational co
 nversations will focus\, in turn\, on “Finding Voice”\, “Changing the Rule
 s”\, “Confronting Violence”\, and “Caring for our World”.\n
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LOCATION:Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84246217798
SUMMARY:Confronting Violence - Conférence Patricia Allen avec Radhika Cooma
 raswamy
URL:/law/fr/channels/event/confronter-la-violence-avec
 -radhika-coomaraswamy-333847
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