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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2014 Raoul Wallenberg Lecture in Human Rights\,
  which will be given by Mr. Stephen Lewis. Mr. Lewis' presentation will to
 uch upon the UN’s role and response to the cholera outbreak in Haiti\, and
  to finding an end to the impunity surrounding UN military and civilian pe
 acekeeping personnel who engage in sexual violence.  About the speaker  St
 ephen Lewis is a Professor of Practice in Global Governance at the Institu
 te for the Study of International Development at ´ó·¢²ÊƱƽ̨ and a D
 istinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University.  He is the board ch
 air of the Stephen Lewis Foundation\, which is dedicated to turning the ti
 de of HIV/AIDS in Africa\, and he is co-founder and co-director of AIDS-Fr
 ee World\, an international advocacy organization.  Mr. Lewis is a Senior 
 Fellow of the Enough Project.  He is an immediate past member of the Board
  of Directors of the Clinton Health Access Initiative\, and Emeritus Board
  Member of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.  He served as a Comm
 issioner on the Global Commission on HIV and the Law\; the Commission’s la
 ndmark report was released in July 2012.  Stephen Lewis’ work with the Uni
 ted Nations spanned more than two decades.  He was the UN Secretary-Genera
 l’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa from June 2001 until the end of 2
 006.   From 1995 to 1999\, Mr. Lewis was Deputy Executive Director of UNIC
 EF at the organization’s global headquarters in New York. From 1984 throug
 h 1988\, he was Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations.     From 1970-1
 978\, Mr. Lewis was leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party\, during wh
 ich time he became leader of the Official Opposition.  Mr. Lewis is the au
 thor of the best-selling book\, Race Against Time.  He holds 37 honorary d
 egrees from Canadian universities\, as well as honorary degrees from Dartm
 outh College and Johns Hopkins University in the United States.    In 2003
 \, Stephen Lewis was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada\, Canada
 ’s highest honour for lifetime achievement.  In 2007\, King Letsie III\, m
 onarch of the Kingdom of Lesotho (a small mountainous country in Southern 
 Africa) invested Mr. Lewis as Knight Commander of the Most Dignified Order
  of Moshoeshoe.  The order is named for the founder of Lesotho\; the knigh
 thood is the country’s highest honour. And in 2012\, Mr. Lewis was an inau
 gural recipient of Canada’s Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q
 C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:United Nations Immunity versus Human Rights 
URL:/law/channels/event/united-nations-immunity-versus
 -human-rights-238651
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