A Social Research conference
New School University, April 25-27, 2002

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CONFERENCE AGENDA

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.

For speaker bios, click on the speaker's name, or go to www.socres.org/justice/bios.
 

THURSDAY, APRIL 25th

Session I.  "Just and Unjust War"
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Speakers:
J. Bryan Hehir, President, Catholic Charities
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 p.m. - 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 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Bob Kerrey, President, New School University; former United States Senator from Nebraska
 

FRIDAY, APRIL 26th

Session IV.  "International Law and Justice"
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Gary Bass, Assistant Professor of Politics, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Richard J. Goldstone, Justice, South African Constitutional Court; former Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
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, Open Society Institute
Samantha Power, Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Amb. David Scheffer, Former Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues
Patricia Wald, Former Judge, International Criminal Court, The Hague
Moderator:  Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
 

Session VI.  "Defining and Responding to Terrorism"
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.  *This session will take place in Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue, between 13th and 14th Streets.
*This session is now closed for pre-registration.  Any seats still open at 5:45 p.m. will be made available to the public, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Speakers:
Philip Gourevitch, Author and staff writer, New Yorker
Michael Ignatieff, Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Anatol Lieven, Author and Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
David Rieff, Journalist and Senior Fellow, 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:
Kenneth Anderson, Prefessor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University
Richard J. Goldstone, Aryeh Neier, Patricia Wald, Michael Walzer
Moderator:
Theodor Meron, Denison Professor of Law, New York University; American judge, United Nations War Crimes Tribunal, The Hague


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