Print

2002-2003 Events

September

Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Lord Anthony Lester
Barrister, Blackstone Chambers
President, International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (InterRights)
"Taking Human Rights Seriously"

Thursday, September 19, 2002
Hurst Hannum
Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
"Human Rights, Terrorism, and Intervention under the European Convention for Human Rights: From Northern Ireland to Kosovo"

Wednesday, September 25, 2002
Catharine MacKinnon
Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School; Professor of Law, University of Michigan School of Law
"Rape as Genocide"

Back to top

October

October 2, 2002
Senator George Mitchell
Senior Fellow, Center for International Conflict Resolution
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Former Member, U.S. Senate

October 9, 2002
Paul Dubinsky
Professor, New York Law School
"Human Rights Law Meets Private Law: The Coming Conflict"

October 24, 2002
Koigi Wa Wamwere
Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School
Norwegian Institute for Human Rights, University of Oslo
Former Member of Parliament and Political Prisoner, Kenya
Book Release and Signing of his autobiography: I Refuse To Die: My Journey For Freedom

Back to top

November

November 6, 2002
Eduardo Bertoni
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Commission, Organization of American States (OAS) Back to top

December

December 3, 2002
Mary L. Dudziak
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Professor of Law and History, University of Southern California Law School

"Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall and the Constitution of Kenya" Back to top

January

January 23, 2003
Ambassador David Scheffer
Senior Fellow, US Institute for Peace
Senior Vice President, UN Association of the United States of America
Former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, US Department of State

"Human Rights and the Practice of Atrocity Law"
Ambassador Scheffer's article, "The Future of Atrocity Law" Back to top

February

February 5, 2003
George P. Fletcher
Cardoza Professor of Jurisprudence, Columbia Law School
"Criminal Accountability for War Crimes"

February 11, 2003
Monica Pinto
Professor of International Law and Human Rights, University of Buenos Aires
Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School
"Assessing UN Human Rights Systems"

February 17-18, 2003
Symposium on the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

February 26, 2003
Paul van Zyl
Program Director, Legal and Technical Assistance, International Center for Transitional Justice
Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School

Back to top

March

March 4, 2003
José E. Alvarez
Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
"The UN's War on Terrorism"

March 12, 2003
Louis Henkin
University Professor Emeritus, Columbia University
"Sovereignty, Terrorism, and the Age of Rights"

March 26, 2003
David Kretzmer
Professor of Law, Hebrew University
Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School
"Supreme Court of Israel and the Occupied Territories"

Back to top