Recorded March 18, 2004
Below is the original description of the event.
Mariclaire Acosta is the former subsecretary for Human Rights and Democracy in the Secretariat of Foreign Relations Office in Mexico. Her career in the field of human rights has led her on missions ranging from investigating the treatment of immigrants in the United States to studying the effects of violence in Colombia. Currently she is a member of the Advisory Council on Foreign Relations for the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL). Ms. Acosta is the author of many articles including: “Overcoming Discrimination against Women in Mexico: A Task for Sisyphus,” “Lessons Learned from Relations between Mexican and U.S. Human Rights Organizations” and “Democracy, Governability and Human Rights in Mexico.”