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Courts at Risk, Rights in Peril: Where Have All the Courageous Gone?

For Immediate Release
October 3, 2007

Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT:	Symposium: "Courts at Risk, Rights in Peril: Where Have All the Courageous Gone?"
WHEN:	Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE:	Georgetown University Law Center Gewirz Student Center - 12th Floor 120 F Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20001
MODERATOR:	Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
PANELISTS:	Carmen Maria Argibay, Justice, Supreme Court of Argentina Carlos José Cerda Fernández, Judge, Santiago Court of Appeals Mónica Feria Tinta, Lawyer and Activist
NOTE:	This event is hosted by Georgetown Law and sponsored by the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, in coordination with Georgetown Law's Human Rights Institute. As three active voices for democracy in the Latin American judicial system, Argibay (Argentina), Cerda (Chile) and Feria (Peru) are being honored with the 2007 Justice Prize of the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation. A Web cast will be available at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/. Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.