2012 Distinguished Speakers
IGU Presents
the 11th Annual Global Understanding Keynote Address
The Jack and Lewis Rudin Distinguished Speakers Series
Freedom, Sustainability, and Security: International Criminal Law and Human Rights
Raymond M. Brown, Esq.
Wanda M. Akin, Esq.
Co-Founders,
International Justice Project
Tuesday, April 3, at 4:30 p.m.
Co-Sponsored by
Leon Hess Business School
Honors School
School of Science
School of Education
School of Social Work
Global Sustainability Minor Steering Committee
Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies
Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences
This Event is Free and Open to the Public - Classes are Welcome
For more information, please call 732-923-4666 or send e-mail to IGU@monmouth.edu
About the Speakers
Raymond M. Brown is a partner in the Litigation Department of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP and chairs the White Collar Defense and Corporate and International Human Rights Compliance Practice Group. As a trial lawyer, teacher, and legal journalist since 1974, Mr. Brown has handled a wide variety of U.S. criminal and civil matters representing individuals and corporations, and he has appeared in courts and conducted investigations throughout the U.S. and globe, including Kenya, El Salvador, Switzerland, the Bahamas, Uganda, and Sierra Leone. Mr. Brown is the Host of the Emmy Award winning New Jersey Network Program “Due Process” and has provided legal analysis and coverage for many broadcast venues. His recent writings on Business and Human Rights address the need for multinational companies, particularly those companies in internet and social media, mining or oil exploration (extractive) industries, to assess market entry or ongoing business operations through a human rights impact assessment as a matter of corporate due diligence.
Wanda M. Akin maintains an independent practice in Newark, NJ and is an adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University School of Law and at Seton Hall University’s John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Ms. Akin has over 29 years of experience as a trial lawyer focusing on criminal defense in U.S. and international courts. She served as co-counsel to an accused at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. She is a member of the List of Counsel eligible to represent accused and victims before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and currently represents the first Darfurian victims recognized by the ICC to participate in the case against President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan. She has developed an expertise representing victims as well as the accused in cases of gender-based violence. Ms. Akin is also a periodic guest commentator and has made appearances on a variety of television broadcasts, including Court TV, MS-NBC, Inside the Law (PBS), UPN 9 News, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, and New York’s NewsChannel 4.
The International Justice Project (IJP), a 501(c)(3) nonprofitorganization, was founded and launched in 2004 by Mr. Brown and Ms. Akin with the purpose of advancing human rights through the rule of law and providing holistic support to the survivors of the world’s most heinous crimes—genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The IJP’s current projects include:
- Providing legal and logistical support to victims applying for participation in proceedings at the ICC;
- Educating human rights advocates and activists throughout the U.S. and abroad and training lawyers, intermediaries, and others on international criminal law and the ICC;
- Through the Emergency Response Network for Darfuri Women at Risk, supported by the Marilyn S. Broad Foundation, addressing immediate health and other needs of women and children, who experienced genocidal and other violence in Darfur, and connecting these survivors to specialized care and other services in their communities;
- Through the Health and Reparations Project (HARP), assessing and documenting specificpressing medical and mental health and welfare needs in the Darfuri Diaspora in the U.S. and galvanizing national and international support for immediately alleviating these needs; and
- Offering human rights impact assessments in the governmental and corporate sectors.
