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Crimes against Humanity: Geoffrey Robertson QC to deliver public lecture at UEL

Wednesday 13 September 2006

Crimes against Humanity is the stimulating subject of a public lecture by leading human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC, to be delivered at the University of East London (UEL) Stratford campus on Wednesday 4 October.

Geoffrey Robertson is a judge, lawyer, academic, author and broadcaster, who has worked for both the UN and the European Court of Human Rights and served as an Appeal Judge at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. His lecture, entitled “Crimes Against Humanity: Developments in International Criminal Law”, has been organised by the new UEL Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, established at the Stratford campus in March 2006.

The Centre promotes policy-relevant research and events with the aim of developing greater knowledge of three key areas: human rights and armed conflict, Islamic human rights, and human rights and civil liberties in the war on terror.

Professor Chandra Lekha Sriram, Director of the Centre and UEL’s inaugural Chair in Human Rights, said: “Geoffrey Robertson is one of the world's foremost authors, academics and lawyers in the arena of human rights, and it is a great privilege to welcome him as a guest speaker at the University of East London.

“Our School of Law is deeply committed to presenting legal studies with an emphasis on human rights education and research; This lecture will undoubtedly provide much food for thought, not only for our students, but also for anyone with an interest in understanding and developing human rights worldwide."

The lecture will take place at 6.30pm on Wednesday 4 October at Duncan House on Stratford High Street and signed copies of Mr Robertson's books Crimes Against Humanity and The Tyrannicide Brief will be available.

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