The Brendan Brown Natural

Law Institute, established

through the generosity

of the late Professor

Brendan Brown, sponsors

a major annual lecture,

colloquia, and other

scholarly activities in

keeping with Professor

Brown’s love of natural law

and scholarly discourse.

Brendan Brown Lecture Series Presents

Carlos Eduardo Japiassú PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAWSTATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

“The Role of Criminal Law in Response to Serious Violations of Human Rights”

Friday, March 30, 20124 p.m.

526 Pine St., Room 405College of LawBroadway campusRECEPTION TO FOLLOW.

Carlos Eduardo Japiassú is a professor of criminal law and

international criminal law at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He lectures

on a regular basis on the topics of criminal law and international human rights law at

the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (France), the Université Montesquieu

Bordeaux IV (France), and the University of Warwick (United Kingdom). Japiassú

holds several law degrees awarded by the State University of Rio de Janeiro—a bachelor

of law, a master of laws, and a Ph.D. in public law.

Japiassú has served in numerous domestic and international organizations, including

the International Association of Penal Law (deputy secretary general) and its Brazilian

National Group (president), the Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences

(director), the Brazilian Bar Association (member of Bar Exam Expert Committee),

and the National Council of Criminal and Penitentiary Policy in the Brazilian Ministry

of Justice (member). He is also a consultant with the International Monetary Fund on

projects in his area of expertise.

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