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39th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards
October 6, 2015 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Online registration is closed. Tickets are available for purchase at the door.
The Institute for Policy Studies invites you to the 39th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards. Join the Institute for Policy Studies, MSNBC’s Dorian Warren, and Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) as we honor those fighting for criminal justice reform and an end to impunity for human rights abusers. Special performance by jazz vocalist and DC native Denyse Pearson.
Please consider supporting this year’s Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards with us.
Online registration is closed. Tickets are available for purchase at the door.
5:30 pm Reception and Light Fare
7:00 pm Human Rights Awards Ceremony
Domestic Award Recipient
Daryl Atkinson and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, for their leadership in building a broad-based movement for criminal justice reform, and in empowering those with criminal records to uphold their right to a second chance.
International Award Recipient
Almudena Bernabeu and the Center for Justice and Accountability, for their successful prosecution of several of the worst Latin American perpetrators of crimes against humanity.