Friday, October 29, 2004

Arrivals, signing ceremony and associated footage for the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe, Rome, October 29, 2004. Produced by the Government of Italy; RealPlayer, 3 hrs 6 minutes (in original languages; WMP version also available here). Watch recorded video; Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Press Conference with Cherif Bassiouni, Independent Expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, October 28, 2004. RealPlayer, 38 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Thursday, October 28, 2004

The US and International Law [Justice Sandra Day O'Connor]
7:52 AM ET

The US and International Law, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, delivered at Georgetown University Law Center, October 27, 2004. RealPlayer, 32 minutes. Watch recorded video here [via C-SPAN].

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour and others, official launch of Action 2 of the UN Secretary-General’s reform program on strengthening United Nations human rights-related actions at the country level. October 27, 2004. RealPlayer, 55 minutes [session starts at about the 7-minute mark]. Watch recorded video here. The UN provides background information in the initiative.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

National IDs and personal liberty [Cato Institute]
3:43 PM ET

Would a National ID Make Us Safer or Just Less Free?, Cato Institute, Washington DC, October 26, 2004. Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute and Former Rep. Bob Barr, 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy, American Conservative Union. RealPlayer, 51 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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European Commission President-designate Jose Manuel Barroso addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, October 27, 2004 [announcing his withdrawal of a slate of proposed European Commissioners, including proposed Justice Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione]. RealPlayer, 5 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Voter Fraud [AEI]
2:41 PM ET

Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC, October 26, 2004. John Fund, Wall St. Journal. Windows Media Player, 34 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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Friday, October 22, 2004

Defending Detainees at Guantanamo [Duke Law]
8:07 PM ET

Defending Detainees at Guantanamo; Colonol Will A. Gunn, USAF, chief defense counsel for the US Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, October 21, 2004 RealPlayer, 55 mins. Watch recorded video.

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"Military Commissions and the Global War on Terrorism: The Chief Defense Counsel's Perspective", Colonel Will A. Gunn, chief defense counsel for the Office of Military Commissions. Delivered at the Harvard Law School Saturday School Program, October 13, 2004. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 6 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Thursday, October 21, 2004

Screening for Terrorists on Passenger Planes [Heritage Foundation]
3:43 PM ET

Secure Flight: Screening for Terrorists on Passenger Planes, Heritage Institute, Washington DC, October 21, 2004. Panelists include Justin Oberman, Director, Office of National Risk Assessment, Transportation Security Administration; Lisa S. Dean, Privacy Officer, Transportation Security Administration and Paul Rosenzweig, Senior Legal Research Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 2 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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Hearing of a motion made by assigned counsel for Slobodan Milosevic in The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic, on appeal to the Appeal Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, October 21, 2004 [seeking their removal from the case on the grounds that the defendant is not co-operating with them]. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 25 min. Watch recorded video from the ICTY and Domovina.net. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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"The Next Big Thing in Copyright? The Induce Act and Contributory Liability", The Cato Institute, October 20, 2004. Panelists include David Green, MPAA; Markham Erickson, NetCoalition; Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge; Mitch Glazier, RIAA; and Adam Thierer, Cato Institute. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Is the Supreme Court Going Down the Drain? [Professor Charles Fried]
11:17 AM ET

"Is the Supreme Court Going Down the Drain?", Professor Charles Fried, Harvard Law School. Delivered at the Harvard Law School Saturday School Program, September 22, 2004. RealPLayer, 1 hr. 8 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Absentee Ballot Voting [AEI]
6:58 PM ET

Absentee Ballot Voting, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC, October 19, 2004. Panelists include Curtis Gans, Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, and Rebecca Vigil-Giron, National Association of Secretaries of State. Windows Media Player, 1 hr. 39 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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Darfur: How to Respond to Genocide; panel includes Romeo Dallaire, Former Force Commander, United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda. Harvard University Institute of Politics, October 18, 2004. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 17 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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Monday, October 18, 2004

The Electoral College [AEI]
1:50 PM ET

After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC, October 18, 2004. Panelists include Yale law professor Akhil Reed Amar. Event details available here. Windows Media Player, 1 hr. 39 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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Friday, October 15, 2004

Democracy and Islam [Professor Noah Feldman]
10:38 AM ET

"Democracy and Islam", Professor Noah Feldman, Associate Professor of Law, New York University School of Law; Former Senior Constitutional Advisor to the Coalition Authorities in Iraq. Delivered at the The New School University, New York, October 12, 2004. RealPLayer, 1 hr. 8 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Iraq: Sovereignty, Security and Justice, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC, October 14, 2004. Panelists include Salem Chalabi, former head of the Iraqi Special Tribunal designated to try Saddam Hussein and other former Iraqi officials for war crimes. Event details available here. Windows Media Player, 1 hr. 53 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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Thursday, October 14, 2004

Abu Ghraib and torture [Professor David Luban]
6:01 PM ET

"Abu Ghraib and the Unpleasant Question of Torture," Professor David Luban, Georgetown University, delivered at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, October 13, 2004. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 3 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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"John Ashcroft's Paradigm of Prevention and the Future of Civil Liberties," Professor David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center, delivered at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, September 29, 2004. Windows Media Player, 57 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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United Nations General Assembly, Twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, October 13, 2004. RealPlayer, 3 hrs. 1 min. Watch recorded video here.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Provisional ballot case - oral arguments [FL SC]
11:39 AM ET

AFL-CIO v. Glenda Hood, Florida Supreme Court, October 13, 2004 [challenging limitations on the use of provisional ballots entitling voters to cast their ballots elsewhere than just in their correct precincts]. RealPlayer, 46 minutes. Watch recorded video from The Florida Channel.

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Resumption of the defense case in The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, October 12, 2004. RealPlayer, 6 hrs. Watch recorded video from the ICTY and Domovina.net. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Philip Zelikow, Executive Director, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) and Professor of History, University of Virginia, speaking at the Harvard University Institute of Politics and the Kennedy School of Government, October 12, 2004. RealPlayer, 1 hr 10 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Tuesday, October 12, 2004

UN Security Council reform debate [UN General Assembly]
3:46 PM ET

UN General Assembly discussion of equitable representation on and increase in Security Council membership, October 12, 2004. RealPlayer, 3 hrs. Watch recorded video here. Recorded video from October 11 is also available (RealPlayer; 2 hrs. 41 min.).

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False Campaign Ads: Pros and Cons of Regulation, Professor Bill Marshall, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, delivered at Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, October 11, 2004 (event information here). RealPlayer, 1 hr. 13 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Thursday, October 07, 2004

UN Reform - UN Assistant Secretary-General Danilo Turk [Columbia Law School]
11:38 AM ET

UN Reform: Looking from Outside the Box, an address by Danilo Turk, UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, Columbia Law School Center on Global Legal Problems Series, delivered September 30, 2004. RealPlayer, 56 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, London, October 7, 2004 [announcing that 459 legal actions against music uploaders will be filed in Europe as part of IFPI's campaign against illegal file-sharing; as part of this, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) will sue 28 "major uploaders" who are illegally swapping music online]. Windows Media Player, 7 minutes. Watch recorded video of a statement by BPI Chairman Peter Jamieson. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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UN Security Council special session, October 6, 2004. RealPlayer, 2 hrs. 18 minutes/3 hrs. 35 minutes. Watch recorded video here and here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Start of proceedings in the trial of former Bosnian Muslim militia leader Naser Oric, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague, October 6, 2004 [Oric is charged with war crimes, including murder, wanton destruction and plunder of Bosnian Serbs]. Watch recorded video here.

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Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Barriers to the Presidency [Ralph Nader]
3:32 PM ET

Barriers to the Presidency; Independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader. Harvard University Institute of Politics, October 4, 2004. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 24 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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UN Security Council debate and vote on a draft resolution directing an end to Israeli military operations in Gaza, October 5, 2004 [ended by US veto]. RealPlayer, 46 minutes. Watch recorded video here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Peer-to-peer piracy on university campuses [US House]
6:42 PM ET

House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property; oversight hearing on peer-to-peer piracy on university campuses, October 5, 2004. Watch recorded video here.

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The Problems and Challenges of Political Corruption, an address by Christopher Christie, US Attorney for New Jersey, delivered at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University, September 29, 2004. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 19 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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A Conversation with ACLU President Nadine Strossen, Duke Law School, September 30, 2004. RealPlayer; 55 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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Constitutions for the 21st Century: Emerging Patterns - The EU, Iraq, Afghanistan - Professor Chibli Mallat, EU Jean Monnet Chair in European Law and Director, Centre d'Etudes sur l'Union Europeenne, Universite Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon. Delivered as the annual Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International & Comparative Law at Duke Law School, September 28, 2004. RealPlayer; 1 hr. 7 minutes, September 28, 2004. Watch recorded video here.

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The 9/11 Commission Report: Where Do We Go From Here? Commissioner Jamie Gorelick, Duke Law School Program in Public Law, September 22, 2004. RealPlayer, 55 minutes. Watch recorded video here.

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Saturday, October 02, 2004

Guantanamo review tribunals briefing - Secretary of the Navy Gordon England
10:11 AM ET

Secretary of the Navy Gordon England; media briefing on Combatant Status Review Tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October 1, 2004. Audio only - listen here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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