An Evening with Kenneth Roth on "Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines, Trump, Gaza, and China"

We invite you to join the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs as we welcome Kenneth Roth for an evening of discussion with Dr. Micheline Ishay, director of CMES.

Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch (1993–2022), built the organization into a global leader with operations in 100 countries. Over his career, he has conducted human rights investigations worldwide, met with dozens of heads of state, and written extensively on war, the United Nations, and the global contest between democracy and autocracy. His new book, Righting Wrongs (Knopf, 2025), offers an insider’s view of strategies to hold governments accountable.

In his talk, Roth will talk about three decades on the field, focusing on Trump’s foreign policy, China, and Gaza.

Food will be served.