This coming Wednesday I'll be moderating an English-language talk by Pardiss Kebriaei, an American attorney from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) who's representing several detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The talk is a joint project of DIAS (a Duesseldorf-based foreign policy think tank) and the Heinrich-Heine University Group of Amnesty International (g). A preview of the talk in German can be found here.
The CCR is the pioneering force behind the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative, a program whose purpose is to provide high-quality legal representation for all of the individuals detained at Guantanamo:
Nuts and bolts: The talk will happen on Wednesday, 24 June, at 12:30 PM in the Grosser Vortragssaal (Large Lecture Room) of the main library of the University of Duesseldorf, Building 24.41 (identifed with the word Bibliothek on this map (g)).
The speech will be held in English. We're anticipating good turnout, and the Large Lecture Room actually isn't all that large, so come early to get prime seats. Of course, there'll be a question-and-answer period after the talk, and I'll translate questions from German into English if need be.
We'll try to keep the talk as accessible as possible, but the legal issues are fairly involved, so you might want to read up first. Here's a fact sheet about the Supreme Court's landmark 2008 decision in Boumediene v. Bush. If you're one of those people who wants to go straight to the source, go here (.pdf) to find all 134 pages of the court opinion (including a nice potted history of the right of habeas corpus). I don't want to give away any spoilers, but let's just say Jack Bauer probably wasn't pleased at the result.
Andrew,
in the meanwhile, the answer to FJM's question is a clear "Yes!"
Posted by: Marian Wirth | June 23, 2009 at 04:30 PM
Good idea! We're working on it, but no promises.
Posted by: Andrew | June 23, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Interesting. Is the event going to be video-taped?
Posted by: FJM | June 22, 2009 at 11:15 PM