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[Agron Alibali]

  Valbona Sherifi <vsherifi at naac.org> wrote: From Valbona Sherifi Mon Apr 8 16:04:27 2002
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Subject: Conference on International Justice, War Crimes and Terrorism
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Conference on International Justice, War Crimes and Terrorism to be hosted by Social Research and to be held at the New School University in New York City, April 25th through the 27th



See below for details:
"International Justice, War Crimes and Terrorism: The U.S. Record", a
three-day conference at the New School University, 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, and others at the Graduate Faculty.  "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, President, Catholic Charitites
Amb. Richard Holbrooke, Former Permanent United States Representative
to the United Nations
Michael Walzer, Author, Just and Unjust Wars; Professor, School for
Social Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study
Moderator: Martin Peretz, Chairman and Editor in Chief of the New
Republic

Session II.  "The Training of the Military: National Law and Teaching
the Geneva Conventions"
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Col. Charles Garraway, Directorate of Army Legal Services, Ministry of
Defence, Great Britain
Col. Anthony E. Hartle, Professor of Philosophy and English, United
States Military Academy
Col. Hays Parks, Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General of
the Army at the Pentagon
Moderator: Arthur C. Helton, Director, Peace and Conflict Studies,
Council on Foreign Relations
Session III.  Keynote Address: "Terrorism"
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Bob Kerry, President, New School University; former United States
Senator from Nebraska

FRIDAY, APRIL 26th
Session IV.  "International Law and Justice"
10:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Gary Bass, Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Richard J. Goldstone, Justice, South African Constitutional Court;
Chief Justice, International Criminal Court for Rwanda and Kosovo
Stephen Holmes, Professor of Law, New York University
Moderator: Andrew Arato, Hirshon Professor of Sociology, Graduate
Faculty, New School University

Session V.  "Punishment of War Crimes and Atrocities: International
and National Tribunals"
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Aryeh Neier, President, Soros Foundations and Open Society Institute
Samantha Power, Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights
Policy, Kennedy School of Gov't., Harvard University
Amb. David Scheffer, Former Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues
Patricia Wald, Former Judge, International Criminal Tribunal, The Hague

Moderator:  Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch

Session VI.  "Defining and Responding to Terrorism"
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
*Note: This session only will be held in Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth
Avenue, between 13th and 14th Streets.
Speakers:
Philip Gourevitch, Author and staff writer at the New Yorker magazine
Michael Ignatieff, Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy,
Kennedy School of Gov't., Harvard University
Anatol Lieven, Author and Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
David Rieff, Journalist and Senior Fellow of the World Policy Institute, New School University
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:
Richard J. Goldstone, Aryeh Neier, David Rieff, Patricia Wald, Michael
Walzer
Moderator:
Theodor Meron, Denison Professor of Law, New York University; American
judge,UN War Crimes Tribunal, The Hague

Speakers are subject to change, for more up-to-date information or for
reservations, please visit www.socres.org/justice/register.htm 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 at newschool.edu

The conference is organized by Arien Mack, Editor of Social Research
and Marrow Professor of Psychology at the Graduate Faculty of New School University.



The conference will be held at John L. Tishman Auditorium, New School
University, 66 West 12th Street, New York City, with the exception of
Session VI, which will be held in Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth
Avenue, between 13th and 14th Streets.



Contact: Kim Overdyck
MA Peace Studies : University of Notre Dame
820 N Notre Dame Avenue Apt.4a
South Bend IN 46617
219 - 2350075
overdyck.1 at nd.edu




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