The 2024 Diplomacy & World Affairs United Nations Week begins on Monday, March 25th with keynote speaker Victor Madrigal-Borloz. This year's theme is "Human Rights Defenders."

25 Mar
6:00 pm
Add to Calendar 2024-03-25 18:00:00 2024-03-25 18:00:00 UN Week Keynote: “Queerness” and Other Vexing Issues in the UN: Advancing Human Rights in Times of Crisis The 2024 Diplomacy & World Affairs United Nations Week begins on Monday, March 25th with keynote speaker Victor Madrigal-Borloz. This year's theme is "Human Rights Defenders." Choi Auditorium Occidental College info@kwallcompany.com America/Los_Angeles public
Location: Choi Auditorium
Event Date: Mar. 25, 2024

Madrigal-Borloz is the former UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and former member of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Madrigal-Borloz is also a Senior Visiting Researcher at Harvard University and was a former Legal Director of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

A pre-keynote reception will be held in the Johnson Hall Global Forum beginning at 5:15 pm.

Photo by Alexandre Leal de Freitas

Victor Madrigal Borloz headshot