Distinguished Lecture Series

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Radhika Coomaraswamy
“Children and Armed Conflict: The International Response”


On May 9, 2011, Radhika Coomaraswamy offered an in-depth look at her work as United Nations
Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict. In this role she leads leads global campaigns to protect children in twenty-two different conflict zones. Coomaraswamy, a lawyer by training and formerly the chairperson of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, is an internationally known human rights advocate.

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Past Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series events can be viewed online or on the UCSD-TV channel. UCSD-TV is available in the following San Diego, Calif. markets:

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