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Professor George Edwards took part in a panel discussion, “The United Nations at 75 and the Challenges Facing International Law,” as part of the association of American Law School’s annual meeting. The presentation took place January 8.

“It was a true honor to speak on a panel with illustrious figures, including former United Nations Under-Secretary-General Hans Corell of Sweden, who served under Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Professor Edwards said. “I spoke about the UN and human rights non-governmental organizations.”

The Program in International Human Rights Law, which Professor Edwards founded in 1997 at IU McKinney, was the first law school in the U.S. to which the UN granted “Special Consultative Status.” The status was conferred in 2011.

Professor Edwards is the Carl M. Gray Professor of Law, and the Founding Faculty Director of the Program in International Human Rights Law and the Guantanamo Bay Cuba Military Commission Monitoring Project. He has been elected as Delegate to two Presidential National Conventions, and attended two others, and has worked on political campaigns at all levels, from local to the Presidential, including working at primaries and caucuses around the U.S., primarily on legal matters related to voter protection. He received the National Bar Association’s Sankofa Award in Summer 2020.