At noon on Wednesday, September 24, the Duke Human Rights Center will present A Human Rights Agenda for the Next Administration: Accountability and Engagement, a talk by Michael Tigar, noted defense attorney, long-time human rights activist, and Duke Law School faculty. For more information on Prof. Tigar, please click here.

Prof. Tigar will lay out what he believes to be the human rights challenge for a new administration in Washington. He will discuss accountability for the Bush/Cheney human rights abuses. He will also address what he sees as the underlying motivation for human rights violations, which is a foreign and military policy aimed at controlling key resources in a time of increasing scarcity.

Wednesdays at the Center (WATC) is a topical weekly noontime series in which distinguished scholars, artists, journalists, and others speak informally about their work in conversation with those who attend. Presented by Duke University’s John Hope Franklin Center and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, all events in the series are free and open to the public. A light lunch is served. No reservations are necessary, and vouchers to cover parking costs in the Duke Medical Center parking decks are provided.

WATC is held most Wednesdays during the academic year, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, in Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center. To view a listing of all Wednesdays at the Program this Fall, click here.