Rothenberg to lecture at international conference in Rome
Daniel Rothenberg, Executive Director of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law’s Center for Law and Global Affairs, will give a talk at a conference of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) on Thursday, Oct. 21, in Rome, Italy.
Rothenberg will present his paper, “Delivering results: the necessity and challenges of developing meaningful indicators for justice sector reform and human rights monitoring,” at the conference, “Legal and Judicial Development Assistance: Realizing the Paris and Accra Agendas for Rule of Law and Human Rights.”
The conference brings together scholars and practitioners working on legal reform around the world, especially in transitional societies such as Afghanistan.
Rothenberg has more than 15 years of experience combining field research, project management and scholarship on international human rights and the rule of law. His research focuses on human rights documentation and analysis and transitional justice, particularly truth commissions, amnesty laws and reparations. Rothenberg has designed and managed rule of law projects in Afghanistan, Iraq and throughout Latin America including programs to train human rights NGOs, aid indigenous peoples in using international legal remedies and collect and analyze thousands of first-person narratives of victims of severe human rights violations.