Lieutenant-General, the Honorable Roméo Dallaire
The 2016 Dr. Abdul Lodhi Lecture in Human Rights in scheduled for February 18, 2016, featuring Lieutenant-General, the Honorable Roméo Dallaire.
Roméo Dallaire is a retired Canadian Senator, a retired Canadian Army Lieutenant-General, a devoted humanitarian, and an outspoken advocate and champion of human rights.
During his distinguished military career, General Dallaire commanded the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda prior to and during the 1994 genocide. His courage and leadership during this ill-fated mission has earned him recognition, affection, and admiration from around the globe.
A graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, General Dallaire holds honorary doctorates and fellowships from over three dozen universities in Canada, the United States and abroad.
He is author of two best-selling books: Shake Hands with the Devil – the Failure of Humanity in Rwanda and They Fight Like Soldiers; They Die Like Children – the Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers.
General Dallaire is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, a Commander of the Order of Military Merit, recipient of the Pearson Peace Medal, the Meritorious Service Cross, the United States Legion of Merit, the Aegis Award on Genocide Prevention, the Harvard Secular Society Humanism Award, the Edita and Ira Morris Hiroshima Foundation for Peace and Culture Award and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Elie Wiesel Award. General Dallaire is now dedicating his time to humanitarian causes.
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