Former Australian High Court Justice speaks at SGIS

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IU School of Global and International Studies Founding Dean Lee Feinstein and IU President Michael A. McRobbie pose for a photo before a dinner in honor of Michael Kirby, who spoke earlier in the day at the School of Global and International Studies
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IU President Michael A. McRobbie has a conversation with IU Professor of Practice and former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar before dinner.
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IU School of Global and International Studies Founding Dean Lee Feinstein and Australian jurist Michael Kirby pose for a photo. Kirby was a justice on the High Court, Australia's supreme court, for 13 years.
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Michael Kirby prepares to take his seat for dinner beside IU President Michael A. McRobbie.
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After everyone is seated, IU President Michael A. McRobbie remains standing to tell a funny story.
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Michael Kirby admires the Indiana University coin that IU President Michael A. McRobbie presented to him before dinner.
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Michael Kirby says a few words of thanks after receiving the Indiana University coin. IU President Michael A. McRobbie and IU First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie listen as Kirby speaks.
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Michael Kirby, Robert N. Johnson and IU President Michael A. McRobbie pose for a photo. Johnson is a member of the IU School of Global and International Studies Dean's Council.
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IU First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie and IU President Michael A. McRobbie converse with former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar.
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Michael Kirby, First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie and IU President Michael A. McRobbie pose for a photo.
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A pianist performs as guests arrive for dinner in the Tudor Room at the Indiana Memorial Union.
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Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar shakes hands in greeting with IU First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie.
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IU President Michael A. McRobbie introduces Michael Kirby, who is the former chair of a United Nations inquiry on North Korea’s alleged human rights violations.
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IU President Michael A. McRobbie welcomes Michael Kirby (left) to the podium. Kirby delivered a lecture titled "The Joys and Nightmare of a UN Human Rights Mandate Holder." Kirby led the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea from 2013-2014.
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IU students, faculty and staff gathered to hear Michael Kirby speak. As chair of the UN inquiry on North Korea, Kirby oversaw a committee that heard testimony from 300 witnesses about abuse that the Commission’s report called “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations." The Commission’s report was handed to the UN Security Council.
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Michael Kirby, a retired Australian High Court judge, speaks to a student (left) along with IU President Michael A. McRobbie and First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie after Kirby's speech at the Indiana University School of Global and International Studies.