Ken Roth - Is the E.U. Effective at Promoting Human Rights?

	Duration: 05:24 minutes Upload Time: 07-04-16 13:16:21 User: ForaTv :::: Favorites
Description: Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=843 Human Rights Watch Director Ken Roth discusses why the European Union's rotating presidency is preventing it from taking a stronger leadership role on international human rights issues. ----- The Wolfson Center for National Affairs at The New School presents Ken Roth, director of Human Rights Watch, the largest U.S.-based international human rights organization. Roth speaks on the pressing human rights issues detailed in the 2007 edition of the Human Rights Watch World Report (published by Seven Stories Press), which includes policies on refugees, children's rights, AIDS, gay and lesbian rights, terrorism and counterterrorism, and concerns that extend beyond government policies to those of multinational corporations. -- The New School Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch, a post he has held since 1993. Human Rights Watch investigates, reports on, and seeks to curb human rights abuses in some 70 countries. From 1987 to 1993, Mr. Roth served as deputy director of the organization. Previously, he was a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Iran-Contra investigation in Washington. He also worked in private practice as a litigator.
Comments
bartrichbarton ::: Favorites very illuminating - well researched - well done 07-04-18 00:14:42 _____________________________________________________