Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, famous for moving on the cases against Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet (see http://www.lakota.clara.net/Library/garzon.html) arrived yesterday to Santo Domingo. He will speak at the state university, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, on occasion of that university’s dedication of the Chair of Human Rights. Judge Garzon will be named Honorary Professor of the School of Judicial and Political Sciences of the UASD. During his two-day stay, he will visit President Hipolito Mejia at the National Palace. He is slated to give a conference today, 24 April at 7 pm at the Central Bank auditorium on "Protection of Human Rights in the International Justice System."
