Judicial Responses to International Violence

Posted by on March 12, 2007

The 2007 Edward V. Sparer Symposium

Judicial Responses to International Violence

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Keynote Address: Juan Mendez,
United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide

Confirmed participants include:
Neil Boothby – Columbia School of Public Health
Laura Dickinson – Princeton University’s Program in Law and Public Affairs
James Garbarino ? Loyola Univesity Chicago
Olara Otunnu ? LBL Foundation for Children
Deborah Pearlstein ?US Law and Security Program- Human Rights First
Pierre-Richard Prosper ? Former US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
Luc Reydams ? University of Notre Dame, Political Science Department
Kim Lane Scheppele ? Princeton University’s Program in Law and Public Affairs
Hina Shamsi- Human Rights First

Panel topics include: Domestic Judicial Remedies for Torture; Domestic Prosecution of Genocide under Universal Jurisdiction; Children and Armed Conflict

Free and open to the public.

Substantive legal education credit for Pennsylvania lawyers will be available.

RSVP to Jennifer Pavane, jpavane@law.upenn.edu.


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