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Under the patronage of Alexandre Viala, professor of public law at theUM, the University of Montpellier had the honor and pleasure of welcoming Belgian scholar François Ost to confer upon him the title of Doctor Honoris Causa. Here is a profile of this legal scholar and philosopher of law who excels in the art of narrating the law to better understand it.

Following the recommendation of Patrick Caron, Vice President for International Relations, the University of Montpellier awarded Professor Tawana Kupe an honorary doctorate last October. A native of Zimbabwe, this media specialist has enjoyed a distinguished career in South Africa, culminating in his current position as vice chancellor of the University of Pretoria.

Based on the recommendations of Montpellier professor Philippe Vande Perre, the University of Montpellier awarded an honorary doctorate to Zambian pediatrician Chipepo Kankasa last October. Unanimously recognized for her research on mother-to-child transmission of HIV, she is also a pioneer in providing African children with access to antiretroviral treatments and in implementing prevention strategies in Zambia to combat HIV transmission through breastfeeding.

A 2018 Nobel Prize laureate for his fight against mass rape and sexual violence against women in his country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the man many call “the man who heals women” has once again called for changes to international criminal law and for gender equality.

During her visit to the University of Montpellier for a lecture in March 2020 that led her to “reexamine the intertwined destinies of agriculture and food,” Louise O. Fresco, professor and president of Wageningen University & Research, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier by Philippe Augé, president of the University of Montpellier.