Distinguished Lecture on Human Rights: Libya: a Show Case of Human Rights issues

Dr. Raymond R. Sackler is an American physician and entrepreneur. With his brothers Arthur M. Sackler (1913–1987) and Mortimer Sackler (1916–2010) he founded the pharmaceutical company LTR Pharmaceutical. He and his wife, Beverly, are international philanthropists with a commitment to supporting scientific research. In 2011 The Sackler Distinguished Lecture Series on Human Rights at Leiden University was established through an endowment given by Raymond and Beverly Sackler. The endowment offers Leiden Law School the opportunity to invite distinguished international experts to lecture on developments in international human rights law.

Venue: Academiegebouw, Groot Auditorium
Rapenburg 67-73, 2311 GJ Leiden
Date, time: Tuesday December 10th, 2013
Time: starting at 11:00

Mr. Salah Marghani, Minister of Justice of the State of Lybia will deliver the third Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture on Human Rights on: “Libya: a Show Case of Human Rights issues”, followed by a Q & A session.

Before he became a minister of justice in PM Zeidan’s cabinet, Salah Marghani was a lawyer and
a human rights activist. Under Gaddafi he represented political prisoners, and was refused
permission to form a human rights group. During the 2011 uprising against Gaddafi, Marghani
headed a.o. the Libyan Human Rights Violations Detection Group in documenting abuses by
pro- and anti-Gaddafi forces. For his courageous work he received a prestigious award from
Human Rights Watch. He is one of the five ministers who constitute the core cabinet which
confronts the pressing problems of security and justice which Libya is facing today. The Leiden
Law School pays its deep respect to Salah Marghani for his commitment to revealing the truth
and pressing for freedoms in Libya both in the past and today.