December 10 marks the 60th anniversary of the U.N.'s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first global expression of inherent rights. Since its adoption, the declaration has taken on the force of international law, and yet human rights violations are still widespread.

How can the average person make a difference in the human rights movement? Join us on December 11 at 9 a.m. EST (14:00 GMT), after our global forum, as we talk with Professor Bert Lockwood, a leading human rights scholar and lawyer.

Bert Lockwood is a distinguished professor of law at the University of Cincinnati and director of the university's Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights. For 26 years he has been the series editor of Human Rights Quarterly, a widely recognized academic journal that is a leading resource on human rights. He has been program director for the World Peace Through Law Center, an associate dean at American University and assistant director for international studies at New York University. He serves on the board of directors of Amnesty International and on the advisory boards of several other human rights groups.

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