Juan Mendez - Human rights and the demands of justice
Channel: UN University
Date: 2013-09-20

Juan E. Méndez is the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment and a Visiting Professor of Law at the American University-Washington College of Law. Additionally, he is an advisor on crime prevention to the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court. He also Co-Chairs the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association.
 
Prof. Mendez has dedicated his legal career to the defense of human rights. He has a long and distinguished record of advocacy throughout the Americas. Prof. Mendez has worked extensively for Human Rights Watch, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States and various other regional human rights bodies. 

In this interview for United Nations University Conversation Series on Global Justice, Prof. Mendez discusses challenges in achieving international human rights and the demands of justice.

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