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University School of Law
Northwestern University School of Law: Atrocity Crimes Litigation Year-in-Review
January 25, 2008
Northwestern University School of Law
Presented in conjunction with the Northwestern University Center for International Human Rights.
This half-day conference will provide a forum for a global review of the most influential atrocity crimes litigation of 2007. Ongoing litigation and decided cases from the International Criminal Court and all UN ad-hoc and mixed tribunals will be the subject of debate and discussion. The Conference will be attended by Northwestern School of Law students and faculty as well as prominent members of the Chicago legal and global affairs community.
In conjunction with the event, the Journal of International Human Rights will publish a Symposium issue that will include Conference discussion and relevant articles to serve as a resource for academics and practitioners worldwide. Through the discourse of the most prominent panelists in the field, and the dissemination of this discourse worldwide, the annual event will become an integral part of the development of international justice.
The event will be moderated by Professor David Scheffer, Director of the Center for International Human Rights.
Keynote Address
The Honorable Clint WilliamsonU.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues
1:30 p.m. (Rubloff 150)
Panel Discussion
2:30-5 p.m. (8th Floor, Rubloff-Bluhm Legal Clinic)David Scheffer
Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law
Northwestern University School of Law
Cherif Bassiouni
Distinguished Research Professor of Law
President Emeritus, International Human Rights Law Institute
Christine Chung
Former Senior Trial Attorney
International Criminal Court
George Mugwanya
Senior Appeals Counsel, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Stephen Rapp
Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
David Tolbert
Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
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