[POSTPONED]  U.S. Envoy to Sudan to speak at ND Law | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame






	
	





  	Skip To Content
	Skip To Navigation
	Skip To Search






  
  
    University of Notre Dame

    
      
      Notre Dame News

      
      
    


    
    
      
        
        
        	
	Experts
	ND in the News
	Subscribe
	About Us
	


      
        
          
          
          
          
          
        

      


      
    


    
    
      	 Home
	 Contact
	 Search
	
          
          
            
            
          
          Menu
        
        


      
        
          
          
          
          
          
        

      

    

  

  
  

  

  
    	Home › 
	News › 
	[POSTPONED]  U.S. Envoy to Sudan to speak at ND Law


    
      
        
          [POSTPONED]  U.S. Envoy to Sudan to speak at ND Law

          
            
              
                
                Published: April 06, 2008
              

              
                Author: Melanie McDonald
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

Ambassador Richard S. Williamson, United States special envoy to Sudan, will deliver a talk titledHuman Rights: Principles, Politics, Performance and Darfurat 12:15 p.m. Thursday (April 10) in Room 121 of the University of Notre Dame Law School.

Currently a partner in the Chicago office of Winston and Strawn, Williamson once served as ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs and as ambassador to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.

Williamson also served previously in senior foreign policy positions under Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush, including as assistant secretary of state for international organizations and assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs in the White House. He also has served as chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.

Williamson is active in a wide variety of civic organizations, serving on the board of directors of the International Republican Institute; the board of the Committee in Support of Russian Civil Society; a member of the advisory committee for the International Human Rights Center, DePaul University; and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Williamson was graduated cum laude in 1971 from Princeton University. He received a degree in jurisprudence in 1974 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was executive editor of the Virginia Journal of International Law. He is the author of seven books and editor of three. He has written more than 175 articles in professional and popular periodicals.

_ Contact: Sean OBrien,_  " sobrien2@ND.EDU ":mailto:sobrien2@ND.EDU  _, 574-631-8544

_

TopicID: 27288

        

        
        
          
            

          

        
      
      
    
  
  
    	Home
	Experts
	ND in the News
	Subscribe
	About Us


  

  
  
    
     
  
  

  
  
    
      	For the Media
	Contact


    
            
    
      
	Office of Public Affairs and Communications


      Notre Dame News

      
        
          
            500 Grace Hall
 
            Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
          
          
          
          
        

        
          	 Facebook
	 Twitter
	 Instagram
	 YouTube
	 Pinterest


        
      

      
© 2022 University of Notre Dame

    
    
      

        
      
      
        
          	Search
	Mobile App
	News
	Events
	Visit
	Accessibility


        
        
          	 Facebook
	 Twitter
	 Instagram
	 YouTube
	 LinkedIn