Special Event: Universal – Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World
The Schulich School of Law cordially invites all members of the Dalhousie community to a special event with the 2025 CBC Massey Lecturer Alex Neve, O.C. (LLB '87).
About the Lecture:
Our lives are surrounded by a deepening climate crisis, the toll of genocide and mass atrocities, and the rapid rise of hate and divisiveness. Unquestionably, there is an urgent need to renew and strengthen the vital promise of universal human rights in our communities and across the world.
Neve's 2025 CBC Massey Lectures "Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World" explore that imperative, lifting up the vital role of 'people power' and solidarity at this crucial time.
In this talk, Neve will offer an overview of his five Massey Lectures, including the fractured state of our world and a hopeful way forward.
He will then be joined by a panel of community members to reflect on what universality means in their human rights work and studies, including:
- Jeff Douglas, Panel Moderator, CBC Radio
- Kristan Belanger (JD '22), Instruction and Public Service Librarian, Schulich School of Law
- Tareq Hadhad, Founder and CEO, Peace by Chocolate
- Tanha Tanjila, Master's Student, International Development Studies
- Heather Tasker, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Neve is a visiting and adjunct professor in international human rights law at the Schulich School of Law and the University of Ottawa, and is a senior fellow with the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. He has taken part in over 40 human rights research and advocacy delegations throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, Guantánamo Bay, and First Nations communities in Canada and served as Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada from 2000–2020.
Categories
Alumni, Faculty Interest, Staff Interest, Student Interest
Time
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Location
Weldon Law Building, Room W105
6061 University Ave.
Cost
No cost
Additional Information
Seating is limited.
Please RSVP online to reserve a ticket.
