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Miriam Rothschild and John Foster Human Rights Trust

The purpose of the Trust is to fund an annual lecture promoting the cause of human rights and law reform. The lectures are held under the auspices of University College London.

Past speakers include the Hon. Dame Miriam Rothschild FRS, Sir Sydney Kentridge QC, Anthony Lewis, Jerome Shestak, Tun Mohamed Salleh Abas, The Baroness Williams of Crosby, PC, Professor Amartya Sen, Teddy Kollek, Dr Clinton Bailey, President Mary Robinson, Asma Jahangir, HRH El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, Professor Martin Gilbert, Professor Sissela Bok, Sonia Picado Sotela, Justice Anthony Gubbay, Dr Mamphela Ramphele, Professor Harold Hongju Koh, Zackie Achmat, Aharon Barak, Professor Martin Rees PRS, Justice Kate O'Regan, Sir Nicolas Bratza QC and, in 2014, Professor David Cole.

The texts of many of the lectures are now available on this web site.

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