Kenneth Roth led Human Rights Watch for over three decades. During his leadership, he conducted investigations in 100 countries to uncover abuses and pressured offending governments to stop them. Roth joins Chicago Humanities to share his ongoing fight to take on the biggest villains and toughest autocrats around the world and how he persuaded leaders from around the globe to stand up to their repressive counterparts. He has traveled the world to meet cruelty and injustice on its home turf: from the Rwandan Genocide and Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait to Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians, the Chinese government’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims, Russian war crimes in Ukraine, and more. Grappling with the worst of humanity, Roth tells us the story of wins, losses, and ongoing battles in the fight against injustice.

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