On November 13th, Professor William Saunders welcomed Mary Ann Glendon to deliver the Eighth Annual Human Rights Lecture for the M.A. in Human Rights Program. Mary Ann Glendon is the Learned Hand Professor of Law, Emerita, at Harvard University and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. She spoke about “Saving Human Rights in the New World Order.”
On October 23rd, Professor William Saunders welcomed John Di Camillo, President of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, to deliver a special lecture for the M.A. in Human Rights program at The Catholic University of America. DiCamillo delivered a timely address titled “Navigating the AI Revolution in Bioethics: Human Rights and Being Human.”
On July 9, the Institute for Religion and Democracy hosted a panel concerning the kidnapping in 2017 by the Chinese Communist Party of China's leading human rights and religious liberty lawyer, Gao Zhisheng. The speakers were Professor William Saunders, China Aid's founder, Bob Fu, and Distinguished Fellow, Chen Guangcheng. The speakers recounted the compelling need to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for Gao's kidnapping and subsequent "disappearance," and discussed strategies to secure his release. Gao served as attorney for Guangcheng as well as members of various faiths and spiritualities...
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