CBC Massey Lectures return to Toronto
Tickets are on sale now for this year's CBC Massey Lectures featuring human rights lawyer Alex Neve who will be exploring what it takes to make human rights truly universal.
Universality is the core promise of the human rights order born out of the devastation of the Second World War and the Holocaust. These rights extend to everyone, everywhere, at all times, without exception.
In this lecture, Neve will argue that the word "universal" also screams of our profound failure to keep that promise. Too often, human rights are applied selectively, withdrawn on the whims of political leaders, or ignored altogether, he says.
Weaving together law, history, and stories from decades on the front lines of the struggle for human rights, Neve investigates where we went wrong, how we have progressed, and what we can do to fulfil the promise that human rights are inherent, inalienable, and applicable to all people.
Tickets can be purchased at rcmusic.com or at 416-408-0208.
The series will be broadcast on CBC Radio's IDEAS and be available as a podcast from your favourite app and at CBC's Listen App in November.
When: Friday, September 19 at 7 p.m.
Where: Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor Street West