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July 7, 2021

100 Years of the Chinese Communist Party.

Bob Reilly, President of the Westminster Institute, hosted Program Director William Saunders and Catholic University Distinguished Fellow Chen Guangcheng to discuss the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. 
June 23, 2021

William Saunders on Modern Threats to Human Rights – Free Society Seminar

Program Director William Saunders spoke at the Free Society Seminar hosted by the Faith and Reason Institute - see the full panel below and tune into William Saunders' remarks at the 35 minute mark!
June 22, 2021

A Comment on the Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Chen Guangcheng comments on the Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
June 18, 2021

Washington Insider: COVID and the Courts

IHE Director of the M.A. Program in Human Rights William Saunders, J.D., reflects on the recent Supreme Court cases affecting religious liberty.
June 7, 2021

Conversations on the human right to life with William Saunders, brought to you by Americans United for Life.

M.A. in Human Rights Program Director William Saunders joins Tom Shakely and Noah Brandt on "Life, Liberty, and Law" to discuss his decades of work fighting for human rights across the globe. 
May 27, 2021

Palliative and Hospice Care from a Catholic Perspective

On 12 May 2021, IHE Director of the M.A. Program in Human Rights William Saunders, J.D., led a discussion contemplating the above question with Dr. Joseph Meaney (National Catholic Bioethics Center) and Dr. Kerrianne Page (Catholic Health of Long Island).
May 17, 2021

Saunders and Guangcheng discuss religious freedom in China.

On 14 May 2021, Chen Guangcheng and M.A. in Human Rights Director William Saunders were interviewed about religious freedom in China under the Chinese Communist Party for EWTN News In Depth. 
April 30, 2021

William Saunders speaks to students from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute

On 21 April 2021, Program Director William Saunders spoke to the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) student group at Gordon College, as part of their “Stand for Life” week. Professor Saunders addressed the legal questions surrounding abortion, with particular reference to his new book, Fundamental Rights and Unborn Human Life: Leading Constitutional Cases Under Scrutiny.
April 28, 2021

Students Meet with Prof. Robert George of Princeton University

Each semester, students pursuing their M.A. in Human Rights participate in lectures with experts in the field of human rights.
April 28, 2021

Palliative and Hospice Care from a Catholic Perspective

On 27 April 2021, William Saunders, J.D., director of the M.A. Program in Human Rights, led a conversation among Catholic ethicists Dr. Jozef Zalot (National Catholic Bioethics Center) and Dr. Myles Sheehan (Pellegrino Center for Clinical Ethics; Georgetown Medical School), on the definition and scope of palliative and hospice care from a Catholic perspective.

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