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ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Reporter: ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ welcomes François Crépeau
Published: 5 January 2009
François Crépeau, an expert in human rights becomes first Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law
By Pascal Zamprelli.
In 1948, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Law professor John Humphrey penned the first draft of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Dec. 10 marked the 60th anniversary of the Declaration’s adoption, and ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ still finds itself at the forefront of human-rights law, with the arrival of François Crépeau. One of the world’s foremost experts in the field of international human rights, refugee law and globalization, he is, as of this month, the first Hans and Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law...