October 2025
Event Details
The United Nations at 80 and the Future of Human Rights
in the International Economic Order
DATE: Thursday, October 23, 2025
TIME: 4:30 p.m.–5:45 p.m. ET
Refreshments will be served.
This event is for the NYLS community only. Outside visitors will not be admitted.
George Katrougalos is the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (appointed by the Human Rights Council) to identify possible obstacles to and best practices in the promotion and protection of a democratic and equitable international order at the local, national, regional, and international levels. A former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece who previously served as a member of the European and the Greek Parliaments, Mr. Katrougalos is professor of public law at Democritus University of Thrace.
Event Chair: Ruti G. Teitel, Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law at New York Law School; Co-Director, Center for International Law and the Institute for Global Law, Justice, and Policy; and author of Presidential Visions of Transitional Justice: An American Legacy of Responsibility and Reconciliation (Oxford University Press, 2025).