Professor of Social Work Presents at the 47th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Springfield College Professor of Social Work Joseph Wronka recently gave the following presentation, "Constitutional Fiat as a Means to Promote Self-Determination in the Kashmir Region: An Educated Layperson's Approach," at the 47th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council.

The event was sponsored by the Organization of Kashmir Coalition called Covid-19 Politics and Kashmir Self-Determination, and was hosted virtually on July 6, 2021. Wronka's presentation briefly argued for a creative dialogue by looking at constitutional principles for the protection of minorities in the constitution of the occupying powers of that region, as well as, the Constitution of Kashmir itself, also calling for an International Decade on the Right to Self-Determination.

Wronka brings more than two decades of experience in social policy, human rights, social justice, qualitative research, and international social work to Springfield College. He has served as a Fulbright Specialist, and also has served as a representative to the United Nations in Geneva for the International Association of Schools of Social Work.

Wronka also is known widely for his published works. He has written four books, his most recent being Human Rights and Social Justice: Social Action and Service for the Helping and Health Professions (Sage). Replete with an instructor’s manual, it was recently designated as one of one hundred great books for the social worker’s library at MswOnlinePrograms.org. He has also published in the Encyclopedia of Social Work, the International Encyclopedia of Social Work, the Handbook of International Social Work, the International Handbook of Social Justice, the Harvard International Review, the Journal of Moral Education, and the Humanistic Psychologist. Wronka has presented his work in roughly 15 countries.