Professor Joanna Harrington recently returned from a visit to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (also known as UNAM or in English, the National Autonomous University of Mexico) located in the south of Mexico City, Mexico.
UNAM is one of the oldest and the largest university in the Americas, attracting over 300,000 students and housing many of Mexico's premiere research institutions. UNAM is generally recognized as the leading university in Mexico and Ibero-America.
Professor Harrington was invited to UNAM to deliver a guest lecture on the protection of human rights in Canada. She delivered this lecture as part of a two-day symposium on legal issues in North America organized by the research institute, the Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte (CISAN), in partnership with the UNAM Faculty of Law and Canada's Embassy in Mexico.
Her lecture, entitled "La protección de los derechos humanos en Canadá: la dimensión de la óptica canadiense, interamericana y universa," discussed the Canadian vision for the protection of human rights, reflecting on its national, inter-American, and international dimensions. The lecture was delivered with simultaneous translation to accommodate an audience of English and Spanish speakers.
In addition to cultivating academic links, a visit to UNAM also offers a chance to enjoy one of the most artistically detailed universities, with the main campus in Mexico City having been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. The murals found on the main campus were painted by some of the most recognized artists in Mexican history, including Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Juan O'Gorman.
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Above: Murals painted on buildings at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México