Human Rights Day Talk
"Refugees, Human Rights  and the Asylum Network" 
Tues, Dec. 10., 12:15 p.m.,  Moos Tower 2-650 
(Lunch provided in limited quantities)

Nancy Pearson, MSW, LISW 
(Center for Victims of Torture) 
 
Nancy Pearson, from the Centers for Victims of Torture, will speak about
the international human rights situation for refugees, address local
refugee contexts, and discuss the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights,
Center for Victims of Torture, Physicians for Human Rights (MN) Asylum
Network as an example of how healthcare providers have stepped forward to
defend human rights for immigrants seeking political asylum.  She has
worked with torture survivors from many countries at CVT and with women
torture survivors in the Phillipines and in Guinea. 

Sponsors: 
American Medical Student Association 
Physicians for Human Rights 
Universities Allied for Access to Essential Medicines 
International Medical Education & Research 
Program in Human Rights and Medicine


Hope to see you there to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights

Quy