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Assessing Human Rights in Iran 9/29/09
Human rights in Iran have been a critical international issue in the wake of the nation’s June 12th presidential election. Since the election, there have been reports of government abuses, including speech and assembly repression, arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, and execution. The panel seeks to present diverse perspectives from scholars, human rights lawyers, and journalists on this pressing issue.

Featured Speakers:
Mehrangiz Kar, Human Rights Attorney, Author, Activist; Roozbeh Mirebrahimi, Journalist and Blogger; Renee Redman, Executive Director, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center; Gary Sick, Senior Research Scholar, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University

Moderator: Mark R. Shulman, Pace Law School; Chair, City Bar Council on International Affairs

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Eminent Jurists Report on Counter-Terrorism Investigation 5/4/09
Prominent members of The Eminent Jurists Panel of the International
Commission of Jurists present the results of one of the most
comprehensive investigations ever undertaken into the impact of
counter-terror measures on human rights.

Featured Speakers:
MARY ROBINSON,  Former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, President of the ICJ and member of the Eminent Jurists
Panel ROBERT GOLDMAN, Professor of Law at American University College of Law, former President of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights
and UN Special Representative on Terrorism and Human Rights, member of
the Eminent Jurists Panel

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Prosecuting Terrorists: The Prosecutors' Perspectives - A Panel Discussion 9/8/08
Co-sponsored by Human Rights First

Ever since the first detainees began arriving at Guantanamo Bay in 2002, there has been debate about the proper forum in which to prosecute suspected terrorists. Now, with the conclusion of the first military commission trial at Guantanamo, the debate is more important than ever.

With James J. Benjamin, Jr., Former AUSA; Andrew McCarthy, Former AUSA; Mary Jo White, Former US Attorney; Richard B. Zabel, Former AUSA; Moderated by Hon. Benjamin Civiletti, Former U.S. Attorney General; Chaired by Mark R. Shulman.

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