Shorenstein Journalism Award Nominations
January 27, 2025
Journalism in the Global South: Expanding Epistemological Frameworks
February 3, 2025
Dr. Agnès Callamard is Secretary General at Amnesty International. She leads the organization’s human rights work and is its chief spokesperson. She is responsible for providing overall leadership of the International Secretariat, including setting the strategic direction for the organization and managing relations with Amnesty International’s national entities. Agnès has been a prominent figure in the human rights world for decades. In 2016, she was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary killings. Along with her UN work, Agnès was also the Director of Global Freedom of Expression at Columbia University in New York. Previously, she was Executive Director of the freedom of expression organization Article 19. She returns to Amnesty after twenty years having previously held the role of Chef de Cabinet for then Secretary General Pierre Sané. As a leading advocate for freedom of expression, a feminist, and an anti-racism activist, she pushes out the frontiers of rights through her scholarship and advocacy.
Join us for a discussion on Sunday, February 2, with Dr. Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, of their landmark report,‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza.
Released in December 2024, this report is a critical intervention in the ongoing struggle for justice. Its findings lay bare a systematic campaign of destruction and its devastating toll on Palestinian life and dignity.