Human Rights Watch Director Ken Roth announced as commencement speaker

Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth has been announced as the Bard College Berlin commencement speaker for the Class of 2022 and 2020 graduation which will be taking place on Saturday, May 21st, 2022. Ken Roth is also a member of the BCB  board of governors. He recently announced that, after thirty years of service, he will be stepping down as the director of Human Rights Watch. 

Commencement Speaker Bio:
Ken Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch, one of the world's leading international human rights organizations, which operates in more than 90 countries. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 1987, he served as a federal prosecutor in New York and for the Iran-Contra investigation in Washington, DC. A graduate of Yale Law School and Brown University, Ken has conducted numerous human rights investigations and missions around the world. He has written extensively on a wide range of human rights abuses, devoting special attention to issues of international justice, counterterrorism, the foreign policies of major powers, and the work of the United Nations. His articles and reviews have appeared in such publications as The New York Review of Books, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, The Guardian, and The New York Times Book Review. He frequently addresses audiences around the world, including at the United Nations in New York, universities, and conferences, including the Munich Security Conference and the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Learn more about Ken Roth and Human Rights Watch >> 

To read the enlightening transcript of his interview with The Octavian Report "Playing handball: Kenneth Roth on His Three Decades Leading Human Rights Watch" >>

Post Date: 05-04-2022