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International
Justice, War Crimes And Terrorism:
The U.S. Record
Conference at the New School University
April
25-27, 2002
How does the
national and international community respond to human
rights abuses in their own and other countries? What is
the response
of
the U.S. and other nations to war crimes and acts of terrorism?
How does the training of the military instill respect
for the Geneva
Conventions?
What has been the role of the U.S. in the evolution
of New forms of international criminal jurisdiction?
"International
Justice, War Crimes and Terrorism: The U.S. Record",
a three day conference at New School University on April
25-27, 2002, places the September 11th terror attacks
in a global and historical context. Speakers will address
events in Vietnam, Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, New York,
and other places, discussing how the national and international
community, including the United States, responded to
the devastating events in their own and other countries,
through legal, political, military, and other means.
The
conference has been organized by Dr. Arien Mack, Editor
of Social Research journal. "We are defining
terrorism as acts of violence against innocent civilians,
which may or may not be part of an officially declared
war," said Dr. Mack, Marrow Professor of
Psychology
at the Graduate Faculty and director of the Social Research
conference series. "The conference presents
a wide-angle view on how war crimes and terrorism are
and ought to be dealt with, and reinforces the University's
commitment to advancing the possibility of global justice
and the protection of human rights."
Conference
Agenda:
THURSDAY,
APRIL 25th
Session I.
"Just and Unjust War"
10:00
- 1:00 p.m.
Speakers:
J.
Bryan Hehir, Amb. Richard Holbrooke, Michael Walzer
Moderator:
Martin Peretz
Session
II. "The Training of the Military: National
Law and Teaching the Geneva Conventions"
2:00
- 5:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Col.
Charles Garraway, Col. Anthony E. Hartle, Col. Hays
Parks
Moderator:
Arthur C. Helton
Session
III. Keynote Address: "Terrorism"
6:00
- 7:30 p.m
Bob Kerry
FRIDAY, APRIL 26th
Session
IV. "International Law and Justice"
10:00
- 1:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Gary Bass, Richard J. Goldstone, Stephen Holmes
Moderator:
Andrew Arato
Session V.
"Punishment of War Crimes and Atrocities: International
and National Tribunals"
2:00
- 5:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Aryeh
Neier, Samantha Power, Amb. David Scheffer, Patricia
Wald
Moderator: Kenneth Roth
Session
VI. "Defining and Responding to Terrorism"
6:00
- 9:00 p.m.
Speakers: Philip
Gourevitch, Michael Ignatieff, Anatol Lieven, David
Rieff
Moderator: Samantha Power
SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH
Session VII. "Where Do We Go From Here?
New and Emerging Issues in the Prosecution of War Crimes
and Acts of Terrorism: A Panel Discussion"
10:30
- 1:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Kenneth
Anderson, Richard J. Goldstone, Aryeh Neier, David Rieff,
Patricia
Wald, Michael Walzer
Moderator:
Theodor
Meron
Support
for the conference has been received from the Open Society
Institute, Russell Sage Foundation, and others.
This
conference is free and open to the public, but reservations
are requested as space is limited. For more information
please see the conference's website at http:www.socres.org/justice
or contact the Social
Research conference office:
Social
Research - International Justice Conference
New
School University
65
Fifth Avenue, Room 375
New
York, NY 10003
Phone:
(212) 229-2488 Fax: (212) 229-5476
E-mail:
socres@newschool.edu
www.socres.org/justice
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