Archived News & Events
2003-04 NEWS & EVENTS
Video:
Jennifer Rasmussen on the
Cambodian tribunal
(requires Windows
Media Player)
25 Years on the Path to
Justice: The Khmer Rouge and Impunity in Cambodia
With
Jennifer Rasmussen, director,
Core Program Design, Global Rights
(view
report and video)
Lessons for U.S.
Policy & International Criminal Law from the Rwanda
Genocide
With David Scheffer, former
Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes (view
report); co-sponsored with the J.B. Moore Society.
Between Law and Lawyering: Challenging
the System From Within
With Marwan Dalal,
attorney, Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights
in Israel
Can Over-Emphasizing International
Prosecution Undermine the Protection of Human Rights?
With
Jim Silk, director,
Schell Center for International Human Rights and Lowenstein
Clinic, Yale Law School
Challenges and Legal Options
for Freedom of Expression in the Inter-American Human Rights
System
With
Eduardo A. Bertoni, Special
Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights
The Conjunction of Islamic
Law and Secular Law: Guidance vs. Governance
With
Abdulaziz
Sachedina (Professor,
UVA Dept. Religious Studies)
Advancing
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Inter-American
Human Rights System
With Tara Melish, staff
attorney/Bernstein Fellow at the Center for Justice in International
Law (view
report)
OTHER EVENTS
APRIL
8, 2004
Transitional Justice and Human Rights in Sierra
Leone: A Presentation of Findings by the Human Rights Study Project
HRSP traveled to Sierra Leone
over Spring Break, where they interviewed U.N. officials, national
and local government actors, NGO members, and the occasional
mercenary or diamond dealer. Research topics included child soldiers,
conflict diamonds, the national judiciary, reconstitution of
the Sierra Leone military, and prosecutorial discretion within
and the constitutionality of the U.N. Special Court. More
APRIL
7, 2004
Remembering Genocide
Helena Cobban, global affairs
correspondent for The Christian Science
Monitor, is working on
a project called "Violence and Its Legacies: Challenges
for Global Policy." She spoke about the Rwanda Genocide
at an event sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild.
MARCH 20,
2004
International
Law and Practice in American Constitutionalism
J.B.
Moore Society of International Law Annual Spring Symposium
- International Law Increasingly Influencing How U.S. Handles Death Penalty
- New Procedures Needed to Secure Rights of Terror War Detainees, Panelists Say
MARCH 3, 2004
The J.B. Moore Professor Lunch Series: Discussing
Human Rights Litigation and the Alien Tort Statute with Professor
Tim Wu
Professor Tim
Wu hosted
students for a discussion as part of the J.B. Moore Professor
Brown Bag Lunch Series.
MARCH 1, 2004
Interested in Human Rights and Don't
Know What To Do This Summer?
A Q&A discussion on how to explore the possibilities, with
Prof. Deena Hurwitz, director of the Human Rights Program. Co-sponsored
by the Human Rights Program and the Public Service Center.
FEBRUARY 16,
2004
The
Interrelationship of Women's Rights and Human Rights
With Professor Linda Malone, author of Civil
Society Strategies to Enforce International Environmental
Law and International Human Rights. Sponsored by Women
of Color.
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