April 2007 Archives

Kathryn Sikkink and Juan Mendez - April 24, 2007 - Regents Professor Kathryn Sikkink, author of numerous books including Mixed Signals: U.S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America, discusses international human rights with Juan Mendez, a human rights lawyer and former political prisoner from Argentina who was named the first Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention at the United Nations.

Professor Jane Kirtley - April 5, 2007 - Jane Kirtley, the Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and an internationally known expert on media law and freedom of information, sorts through the complicated issues surrounding the Valerie Plame Affair and assesses the long- term implications for our access to information.