FXB Center Work in Progress Seminar: Forced Mobility and Organized Crime in Latin America

Date and Time

October 3, 2023

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Zoom – Registration Required

Webinar Recording

Join this work in progress (WIP) seminar to hear from FXB Visiting Scholar, Sergio Aguayo, PhD, MA a scholar, human rights advocate, and political analyst from Mexico. Through his dedication and experience, Dr. Aguayo has spent his career shedding light on social justice issues, human rights violations, and democratic governance in Mexico. Dr. Aguayo is a professor and researcher for El Colegio de México, a visiting professor at Harvard University, and a member of the Mexican Researchers National System (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, SNI).

This webinar is part of a series of events commemorating the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which will be celebrated on December 10, 2023.

Date and Time: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 1:00p.m. – 2:00p.m. ET

Location: Zoom – registration required

Moderator:

FXB Director of Research

Jacqueline Bhabha, JD, MSc

Jacqueline Bhabha is a Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health, the Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School, and an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is also the Director of Research at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University. She received a first class honors degree and an M.Sc. from Oxford University, and a J.D. from the College of Law in London.

Speaker:

FXB Visiting Scholar

Sergio Aguayo, PhD, MA

Sergio Aguayo is a Professor at the Centro de Estudios Internacionale, El Colegio de México, where he coordinates the Seminar on Violence and Peace and recently published a report investigating two mass killings in Mexico by gangs in the drug trade. The Wilson Quarterly recently published his analysis of the need for the United States and Mexico to join together to fight organized crime, and why it has not happened yet. Professor Aguayo’s academic training and public experiences have led to an outstanding career as a public intellectual concerned with the roots of violence in Mexico and long-term solutions.