Latest Past Events

Annual Human Rights Lecture

LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/catholicuniversity/events/9667327 Religious freedom is a foundational human right without which subsequent human rights cannot be upheld. This widely recognized fact is maintained, not only in the luminous tradition of the Catholic Church, but in the contemporary human rights discourse, including secular documents like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the U.S. Constitution. Saint John Paul II called it […]

30th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda​

On April 20, 2024, The Catholic University of America hosted the 30th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The event began with a walk of remembrance, in which participants processed into the Pryzbylla student center from outside. Professor Robert Destro, Fellow at the Center for Human Rights, participated in a panel […]

Center for Human Rights Fellows Speak to Catholic U Honors Program

On February 7, Distinguished Fellow Chen Guangcheng and Director Dr. William Saunders spoke to Catholic University students at their Hitchhikers Guide to Culture speaker series. The event was hosted by the University Honors Program. They spoke about the threat the Chinese Communist Party poses not only to its own citizens, but to the United States as […]

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