Lincoln (Neb.) - Nov. 16, 2000 -Cambodia, Rwanda and Bosnia are just three of many place names connected with genocide, ethnic cleansing and other gross violations of human rights.
How the world should respond to those affronts to humanity will be the subject of the next E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
David P. Forsythe, Charles J. Mach distinguished professor of political sciences at UNL, will deliver "Justice After Injustice: What Response After Atrocities" beginning at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 28 in the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 201 N. 12th St. The lecture is free and open to the public and is available live via satellite at sites throughout Nebraska, including the Panhandle Learning Center in Scottsbluff, Northeast Community College in Norfolk, College Park in Grand Island and Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte. It will be broadcast live on KRNU Radio (90.3 fm) and educational access channel 21 on Lincoln cable television.
A world authority on human rights, Forsythe will suggest that there is no one form of justice appropriate for all situations and that responses to atrocities must be tailored to fit the situation. He will argue that the future protection of human rights may often be best served by avoiding judicially mandated punishment.
Forsythe is the author of more than 75 publications on different aspects of international law, organization and human rights. His most recent book is "Human Rights and International Relations," from Cambridge University Press (2000).
The Thompson Forum is a cooperative effort of the Cooper Foundation
and UNL.
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