In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey

Public International Law Discussion Group (Part II) by Oxford University

Mar 9, 201843:20Education

Professor Akhavan will speak about his recent book In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey, the 2017 CBC Massey Lectures which became the best-selling non-fiction book in Canada. Professor Akhavan will speak...

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