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Strengthening the Prohibition of Torture: The Evolution of the UN Committee against Torture - Concluding Remarks

Posted on March 04, 2010
WCL Dean and Professor of Law Claudio Grossman, Chair, UN Committee against Torture Widney Brown, Senior Director, International Law and Policy, Amnesty International

Strengthening the Prohibition of Torture: The Evolution of the UN Committee against Torture - Panel Three: Interpretation and Implementation of CAT Article 22 (Petitions)

Posted on March 04, 2010
Julia Hall, Researcher on Counter?Terrorism and Human Rights in Europe, Amnesty International Barbara Jackman, Immigration and Refugee Lawyer, Jackman & Associates (Canada) Ann Jordan, Director, Program on Forced Labor and Trafficking, WCL Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Francisco Quintana, Deputy Program Director for the Andean, North America and Caribbean Region, Center for Justice and International Law Moderator: Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Member, UN Committee against Torture

Strengthening the Prohibition of Torture: The Evolution of the UN Committee against Torture - Luncheon Keynote Address by the Honorable Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor

Posted on March 04, 2010
Luncheon Keynote Address by the Honorable Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: "The Role of the U.S. in Strengthening the Prohibition Against Torture"

Strengthening the Prohibition of Torture: The Evolution of the UN Committee against Torture - Panel Two: Ensuring Reparations for Victims of Torture and Other Ill - Treatment

Posted on March 04, 2010
Christopher Hall, Senior Legal Advisor, International Justice Project, Amnesty International Juan Mendez, WCL Visiting Professor of Law and former President, International Center for Transitional Justice Lorna McGregor, International Legal Advisor, REDRESS Nora Sveaass, Vice Chair, UN Committee against Torture Moderator: WCL Dean and Professor of Law Claudio Grossman, Chair, UN Committee against Torture

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Strengthening the Prohibition of Torture: The Evolution of the UN Committee against Torture - Panel One: Building on CAT's Successes and Addressing its Shortcomings: The Stakeholders' Perspectives

Posted on March 04, 2010
Santiago Canton, Executive Secretary, Inter?American Commission on Human Rights Jens Faerkel,Minister Counsellor of the Human Rights Department of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Felice Gaer, Member, UN Committee against Torture Yuval Ginbar, Legal Advisor, Amnesty International Joao Nataf, Acting Secretary, UN Committee against Torture Florence Simbiri?Jaoko, Chairperson, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Moderator: Mark Thomson, Secretary General, Association for the Prevention of Torture

Strengthening the Prohibition of Torture: The Evolution of the UN Committee against Torture - Opening Remarks

Posted on March 04, 2010
WCL Dean and Professor of Law Claudio Grossman, Chair, UN Committee against Torture Widney Brown, Senior Director, International Law and Policy, Amnesty International

Why History Matters: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Posted on February 24, 2010
Victor Kattan will speak on the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mr. Kattan will discuss the international legal framework that governs the conflict and contextualize it within the larger history. He will introduce his new book, From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1891-1949, which was released in June 2009...

2010 Symposium on Health Disparities - International Disparities

Posted on February 24, 2010
Javier Vazquez, WHO?PAHO; Professor Margaret Farrell, American University Washington College of Law; Mark Green, Malaria No More; Leonard Rubenstein, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; TBC, World Organization for Human Rights USA

2010 Symposium on Health Disparities - Aging and Disability Disparities

Posted on February 24, 2010
Moderator: Professor Bob Dinerstein, American University Washington College of Law Ahaviah Glaser, AARP, and Adjunct Professor, American University Washington College of Law; Daniela Kraiem, Associate Director, Women and the Law Program, American University Washington College of Law

2010 Symposium on Health Disparities - Keynote Address

Posted on February 24, 2010
Councilman David Catania, Council of the District of Columbia

2010 Symposium on Health Disparities - Federal and State Perspectives

Posted on February 24, 2010
Ken Johnson, HHS Office of Civil Rights; Carlessia Hussein, Maryland Department of Health, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities; Hilary Frierson Keeley, HHS Public Health Division, Indian Health Services

2010 Symposium on Health Disparities - Opening Remarks / Racial Disparities

Posted on February 24, 2010
Corrine Parver, Practitioner?in?Residence and Executor Director, Health Law Project, LLM Program on Law and Government, American University Washington College of Law; Kathryn Coniglio, Health Law and Justice Initiative; and Jocelyn Moore, Health Law and Policy Brief Mara Youdelman; National Health Law Program; Julia Pierce, HHS Public Health Division, Indian Health Services; Gina Wood, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Regulatory Change Under the Obama Administration - Regulatory Change in the Environmental Sector / Closing Remarks

Posted on February 23, 2010
Moderator: Professor William J. Snape, Washington College of Law Kyle W. Danish, Partner, Van Ness Feldman David D. Doniger, Climate Change Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council Professor Rena I. Steinzor, University of Maryland School of Law & President, Center for Progressive Reform

Regulatory Change Under the Obama Administration - Regulatory Change in the Communications Sector

Posted on February 23, 2010
Moderator: Professor Anthony E. Varona, Washington College of Law Daniel L. Brenner, Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP Harold Feld, Legal Director, Public Knowledge M. Chris Riley, Policy Counsel, Free Press

Regulatory Change Under the Obama Administration - Luncheon Keynote Address

Posted on February 23, 2010
Cornelius M. Kerwin, President, American University & Founder, Center for the Study of Rulemaking

Regulatory Change Under the Obama Administration - Regulatory Change in the Financial Sector

Posted on February 23, 2010
Moderator: Professor Stephen Wermiel, Washington College of Law Annette L. Nazareth, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP & former Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission Damon A. Silvers, Deputy Chair, Congressional Oversight Panel & Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO Professor Arthur E...

Regulatory Change Under the Obama Administration - Welcome/Introduction / Opening Keynote Address

Posted on February 23, 2010
Claudio M. Grossman, Dean, Washington College of Law Kevin G. Barker, Editor in Chief, Administrative Law Review The Honorable Cass R. Sunstein, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget

Custom, Law and Tradition: Alternative Legal Systems and their Impact on Human Rights - Panel: How Does Customary Law Fit into or Conflict With State-building Processes?

Posted on February 23, 2010
This panel will discuss the use of customary law communities or states that are emerging from human rights violations or seeking sovereignty. Panelists will discuss the pressure for nations/communities to come into line with a larger national or regional human rights framework.

Custom, Law and Tradition: Alternative Legal Systems and their Impact on Human Rights - Keynote Speech

Posted on February 23, 2010
Topic: Whether modern conceptions of democracy and human rights provide a role for customary law in advancing human rights or enriching the constitutional state

Custom, Law and Tradition: Alternative Legal Systems and their Impact on Human Rights - Panel: Customary Law and the Tension Between Collective Versus Individual Rights

Posted on February 23, 2010
This panel will discuss the how collective rights under customary law intersect with and sometimes conflict with individual rights established under national law or international human rights law.

Custom, Law and Tradition: Alternative Legal Systems and their Impact on Human Rights - Welcome/Opening Remarks / Speaker: Different Perspectives on Customary Law

Posted on February 23, 2010
This first session will give an overview of what customary law is and how it functions in various societies.

Domestic Violence in Indian Country

Posted on February 04, 2010
A panel of law professors, policy makers, and NGO advocates will examine how conflicts between federal and tribal jurisdiction can lead to a lack of prosecution and enforcement of domestic violence cases in Native American communities. In addition, panelists will identify the various policy mechanisms that have been developed to address this problem, and explore the ways in which Native women's organizations have used these mechanisms to help end violence against women in their communities.

Demystifying the Journals

Posted on February 02, 2010
Law journal information session

Transparency in the Obama Administration - A First-Year Assessment - Panel Four: The Open Government Directive - an analysis of this long-awaited keystone of Obama Administration transparency policy with attn to the breadth of its related tech initiatives

Posted on January 22, 2010
Clint Hendler, Staff Writer, Columbia Journalism Review; Alexander T. Hunt, Chief, Information Policy Branch, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; Sean Moulton, Director, Federal Information Policy, OMB Watch; Burt Wides, former Senior Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee, Chief Counsel to House Judiciary Committee, and Special Counsel to President Jimmy Carter; and Gary D...

Transparency in the Obama Administration - A First-Year Assessment - Panel Three: The New Executive Order on National Security - a discussion of new Exec. Order No. 13,526, with focus on both classification and declassification.

Posted on January 22, 2010
Meredith Fuchs, General Counsel, National Security Archive; Regina A. Genton, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Policy, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; William H. Leary, Senior Director, National Security Council; J. William Leonard, former Director, Information Security Oversight Office, National Archives and Records Administration; and Steven Aftergood, Executive Director, Project on Government Secrecy, Federation of American Scientists (moderator)

Transparency in the Obama Administration - A First-Year Assessment - Luncheon Presentation

Posted on January 22, 2010
Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent, Newsweek, and contributor to MSNBC

Transparency in the Obama Administration - A First-Year Assessment - Panel Two: The New Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) - an inside look at OGISs start-up operations and its plans for 2010.

Posted on January 22, 2010
Rick Blum, Coordinator, Sunshine in Government Initiative; Lydia Kay Griggsby, Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy; Patrice McDermott, Director, OpenTheGovernment.org.; Miriam McIntire Nisbet, Director, Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration

Transparency in the Obama Administration - A First-Year Assessment - Panel One: Freedom of Information Act Policy - a review of governmentwide implementation of the Holder FOIA Memorandum.

Posted on January 22, 2010
Lucy A. Dalglish, Executive Director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Thomas J. Fitton, President, Judicial Watch; Richard L. Huff, Director, American Society of Access Professionals, and former Director, Office of Information and Privacy, Department of Justice; David Sobel, Senior Counsel and Director, FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government Project, Electronic Frontier Foundation; and Thomas M...

Transparency in the Obama Administration - A First-Year Assessment - Welcome and Introduction / Keynote Speech

Posted on January 22, 2010
Daniel J. Metcalfe, Executive Director, Collaboration on Government Secrecy, Washington College of Law Robynn K. Sturm, Assistant Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Director, White House Open Government Initiative

Lawyers Fiddle While the Constitution Burns

Posted on January 11, 2010
Guest speakers Ralph Nader, the famed consumer activist and environmentalist, and Bruce Fein, a prominent conservative constitutional lawyer, team up to call the legal profession to account for ignoring a "chronic multi-faceted Constitutional crisis in America...

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