Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson will speak at the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture at the Microbial Sciences Building Sept. 26.
Robinson's speech, Human Rights in the 21st Century,"" will officially mark the start of the Division of International Studies' Human Rights Initiative, a program formed to include economic, social and cultural rights in the traditional definition of human rights.
Florence Chenoweth, United Nations representative and international visitor to UW-Madison, said she is honored to have Robinson speak.
""She has shaped the course of human rights in our lifetime,"" Chenoweth said in a statement.
The former president has been president of Oxfam International since 2002 and is chair of the International Institute for Environment and Development. Robinson is also chair of the Council of Women World Leaders and member of the Trilateral Commission.
