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Empowering the Survivors of the Khmer Rouge in International Justice Mechanisms

  • Columbia Law School 435 West 116th Street New York, NY, 10027 United States (map)

Organizer:  Columbia Society of International Law

Type/Location: In Person / New York, NY

Description:

Join the Columbia Society of International Law and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University for a talk by Dr. Leakhena Nou, medical sociologist and Professor of Sociology at California State University-Long Beach, who will share her approach to empowering Khmer Rouge survivors to share their testimonies at the UN-supported Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Leakhena Nou is a medical sociologist and professor of sociology at California State University, Long Beach. Firmly committed to applied research and activism, Dr. Nou's primary research interests are the epidemiology of social stress and health, political sociology, sociology of women, human rights and justice, long-term physical and mental health impacts of stress and trauma among Cambodian adult refugees, and the post-Khmer Rouge generations. Dr. Nou is also the Executive Director of the Applied Social Research Institute of Cambodia (ASRIC).

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