The Honorable András Sajó of the European Court of Human Rights will speak at Fordham Law on October 28, 2014. His lecture, “The Possibility of International Human Rights through Courts: The European System Facing Nationalism,” will focus on the role of the courts in ensuring international human rights, specifically in the European context. The program is co-sponsored by Fordham Law’s Office of International and Non-J.D. Programs, the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, and the Global Law Society.
In addition to serving on the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, Judge Sajó also has served as University Professor and Founding Dean of Legal Studies at Central European University (Hungary), Counsel to the President of Hungary, Founder of the Hungarian League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, and a Member of American Law Institute. Judge Sajó has been instrumental in legal drafting throughout Eastern Europe and has participated in and/or advised in the drafting of the Ukrainian, Georgian, and South African Constitutions.
“Judge Sajó is an enormously distinguished jurist and academic, and we are honored and delighted to have him speak at Fordham Law,” said Toni Jaeger-Fine, Assistant Dean for International and Non-J.D. Programs.