Sep 30, 2015 - ... Rights of Persons with Disabilities and will be available for a question and answer session following
You are cordially invited to: An evening with Eric Rosenthal for the Washington premiere of the PBS Visionaries documentary featuring acclaimed actor Sam Waterston:
Disability Rights International: No One Left Behind Wednesday, September 30, 2015 6:00 p.m. Reception with light refreshments to follow the program. Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 Hart Auditorium, McDonough Hall (Ramp access via southeast entrance off First and F Streets) Eric Rosenthal (L’92) is the 2015-2016 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights at Georgetown Law and the Founder and Executive Director of Disability Rights International – a leading nonprofit organization that conducts human rights investigations and advocacy for the rights of persons with disabilities worldwide. With powerful footage from orphanages and psychiatric facilities around the world, this documentary describes how DRI contributed to the creation of a new field of international human rights advocacy. Eric Rosenthal will discuss the impact of the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and will be available for a question and answer session following the documentary. A trailer for the series is available here.
