MEDIA ADVISORY
M. Cherif Bassiouni, professor of law at DePaul University and Chairman of the United NationsÂ’ Commission of Experts investigating human rights violations during the Bosnian civil war, will deliver the 42nd annual John R. Coen Lecture in the Fleming Law Building on the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder campus.
Bassiouni will be available to answer reporters' questions concerning suspected human rights violations in Kosovo on Thursday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Fleming Law Building at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder. Call 492-3084 to arrange an interview.
His talk, "Combating Impunity for International Crimes," will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Lindsley Memorial Courtroom. The talk is free and open to the public.
As Chairman of the UNÂ’s Commission of Experts, Bassiouni worked to uncover mass graves, and he interviewed rape victims in Bosnia. He is currently the U.N.'s Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Restitution, Compensation and Rehabilitation for victims of grave violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Bassiouni specializes in U.S. and international criminal law and violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. He has written 42 books on U.S. Criminal Law, international and comparative criminal law and human rights and has worked as a consultant to the U.S. Department of State and the Justice Department on international drug trafficking, terrorism and the defense of the U.S. hostages in Iran.
Bassiouni also is president of the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences.
For more information see the Coalition for International Justice webpage at .