On March 1, The College of Humanities (CDH) recognized the 12 best student posters from the 2021 Global Issues course with a special ceremony at the EPFL SwissTech Convention center. Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth gave a timely and inspirational keynote address on the future of democracy.

The Grand Témoin ceremony is the key event of the “Global Issues” course offered by the College of Humanities to all EPFL students in propedeutics (1st year of Bachelor studies). It recognizes the best student work from the year and invites a leading figure to give a lecture tied to global issues in their area of specialization. This year, we had the great pleasure of welcoming Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) since 1993.