Experts from academia and advocacy organizations will come together for a hybrid symposium on April 16 that will explore LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights from an international and human rights perspective. The free, public event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Buffalo Room, 10 Capen Hall, North Campus, and virtually. Registration for in-person and virtual attendance is required. Email dussourd@buffalo.edu to sign up.

The symposium honors the memory of Alison L. Des Forges, a member of the UB community who fought to call the world’s attention to a great humanitarian crisis: the Rwandan genocide. She was one of the world’s leading experts on Rwanda, serving as an expert witness in 11 trials at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Her award-winning book, “Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda”, was a landmark account of the 1994 genocide, and her tireless efforts to awaken the international community to its horrors earned her a MacArthur Fellowship in 1999.