Welcome Address and The Unique and the Universal: Human Rights and the Pursuit of Dignity

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Welcome

Introduction:

Ms. Quynh-Giang Tran

Dr. Sol Gittleman, Provost/Senior Vice President, Tufts University

Program Introduction

Mr. Douglas Reiner, EPIIC

Charge to the Symposium

Mr. Sherman Teichman, Director, EPIIC

Video Presentation

Introduction:

Ms. Carolyn Koegler, EPIIC
Ms. Melanie Rademacher, EPIIC

The Unique and the Universal: Human Rights and the Pursuit of Dignity

Moderator

Mr. Philip Wood, EPIIC

Panelists

Dr. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im

Co-Editor, Human Rights in Africa; author, "Problems of Universal Cultural Legitimacy for Human Rights"; Ariel F. Sallows Professor of Human Rights, University of Saskatchewan

Mr. Aryeh Neier

Executive Director, Human Rights Watch; former Director, American Civil Liberties Union; author, Only Judgment and Defending My Enemy