Catarina de Albuquerque, leading human rights expert and the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation will speak at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Friday, Oct. 25.
The free public lecture, part of the UNC Health and Human Rights Lecture Series, will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the FedEx Global Education Center.
Her talk, “Implementing Human Rights to Eliminate Inequalities in Water and Sanitation,” will address the progressive implementation of water and sanitation systems throughout the world and the policies necessary for marginalized populations to access basic services.
A native of Portugal, de Albuquerque holds a law degree from the University of Lisbon and is currently an invited professor at the law faculties of the Universities of Braga and Coimbra. In 2009 she was recognized for her work in the area of human rights by being awarded the Human Rights Golden Medal by the Portuguese Parliament.
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