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| Vol. 18, No. 16 | Jan. 7, 1999 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 16 | Jan. 7, 1999 |
The series opens with a talk by Stephen Marks, director of the United Nations Studies Program at Columbia University, who will discuss "Universal Human Rights: An Overview." His talk will begin at 7:30 p.m., tonight, in Room 125, Clayton Hall.
On Monday, Jan. 11, Neil Hicks, senior program coordinator of the Middle East and North Africa Program of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, will discuss "Some Islamic Responses to Universal Human Rights." His talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Room 108, Arsht Hall.
Joseph Mettimano, public policy specialist for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF, will discuss "The Rights of the Child," at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, in Room 125, Clayton Hall.
On Tuesday, Jan. 19, Lori F. Damrosch, professor of law at Columbia University Law School, will discuss "Universal Human Rights," at 7:30 p.m. in Room 125, Clayton Hall.
Minna Schrag, former senior trial attorney for the War Crimes Tribunal in the former Yugoslavia, will speak on "Human Rights and War Crimes" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 21, in Room 108, Arsht Hall.
Shelia Berry, special assistant to the ambassador at large for war crimes in the U.S. Department of State, is scheduled to speak on either Monday, Jan. 25, or Monday, Feb. 1, in Room 125, Clayton Hall. Her topic has not been announced.
The series concludes on Thursday, Jan. 28, when Kit Cosby, coordinator for external affairs for the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the U.S. and cochairperson of the working group on the Human Rights of Women, will speak on "The Human Rights of Women." The talk is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Room 125, Clayton Hall.
The lectures are sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Wilmington and the University's Office of International Programs and Special Sessions and Department of Political Science and International Relations.
For more information on the series or any of the speakers, call the Department of Political Science and International Relations at 831-2355.
Marks, who will speak this evening, is a director of the United Nations Studies Program at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, where he teaches courses on international law, UN peace operations and the law and politics of the UN. He also conducts a seminar on human rights and economic development.
He holds degrees from Stanford University, the universities of Paris, Strasbourg, Besancon and Nice, as well as from the University of Damascus. His principal fields of interest are international law, international politics, international organizations, peace and conflict resolution and human rights.
Marks recently received funding from the Program on Peace and International Cooperation of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and was a visiting fellow at the Center of International Studies of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, where he taught a seminar on democratization in theory and practice.
He has taught at numerous other colleges and universities and has been a consultant to various foundations and international agencies and organizations. He serves on the board of directors of many organizations and is active in numerous professional organizations.
He is president of the International Service for Human Rights-USA and represents the International Secretariat of that organization at the UN.
Previously, he served as head of human rights education, training and information for the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia and was assistant to the Independent Jurist, UN Mission for the Referendum in the Western Sahara.
Hicks, who will speak on Monday, Jan. 11, has been the senior program coordinator, Middle East and North Africa Program, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, since 1991. His areas of interest are human rights in the Middle East, local human rights movements and political Islam and human rights.
He received his bachelor's degree in modern Middle Eastern studies from the University of Durham in the United Kingdom, studied the Arabic language at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and completed the Refugee Studies Program at the University of Oxford.
Previously, he served as a researcher and executive assistant for the Middle East Department of Amnesty International, worked as a human rights project coordinator at Birzeit University in the West Bank and has authored numerous reports and books concerning human rights in the Middle East and North Africa.
His numerous publications include Islam and Justice: Debating the Future of Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa, Escalating Attacks on Human Rights Protection in Egypt and The Utility of Tradition: Civil Society in Kuwait.
