BRICS, Human Rights, and the New International Legal Order

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Jorge Castañeda, Jacob K. Javits Visiting Professor and Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, and Mexico's former secretary of foreign affairs, will deliver the 2012 Jacob K. Javits Visiting Professorship Lecture, "BRICs, Human Rights, and the New International Legal Order," on Wed., April 25, 5 p.m., at NYU's Silver Center (Hemmerdinger Hall), 100 Washington Square East (at Washington Place/enter at 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place).

Few matters generate as much consensus in international affairs today as the need to rebuild the world geopolitical order. A retooled international order, Castañeda contends, would be far more representative of the distribution of power in the world today, but it is not clear whether it would be better. Changes in Libya and Egypt in the past year, along with the conflict in Syria, have made these questions even more pressing.