War-Crime Tribunal Prosecutor To Speak
At Penn State Forum Oct. 24

10-3-97
University Park, Pa. -- Justice Richard Goldstone, former chief prosecutor of the United Nations Tribunal on Crimes Against Humanity in Bosnia/Croatia and Rwanda, will present "International Justice and Democracy: The Role of the United Nations" at the Penn State Forum from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Goldstone, justice of the South African Constitutional Court and chancellor of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, served as chief prosecutor for the United Nations Tribunal on Crimes Against Humanity in Bosnia/Croatia and Rwanda from 1993 to 1996. In that role, he investigated and issued indictments to be pursued by trial judges.

The Penn State Forum is a lunchtime speaker series sponsored by the Penn State Faculty Staff Club and the Penn State Bookstore. Tickets are $10 and include lunch. Reservations can be made by contacting the Faculty Staff Club office in 110 HUB. Departments may reserve 10-person tables; tickets will be on sale at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the speech at noon. For more information call (814) 865-7590.

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Contact: Karen I. Wagner (814) 865-7517 (office), e-mail: kiw1@psu.edu