JURIST - Monitor: February 2005

Monday, February 28, 2005

Beijing +10 briefing [UNICEF ED Carol Bellamy]
3:28 PM ET

Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), briefs on the tenth-year review and appraisal of the Beijing Plan of Action and on the sexual exploitation of women. Watch recorded video.

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2004 Human Rights Reports [US State Dept.]
3:16 PM ET

Release of the 2004 the State Department's 2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Undersecretary of State Paula Dobriansky and Michael Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary of Democracy for Human Rights and Labor, February 28, 2005. Watch recorded video via C-SPAN. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Treaties and federal law in interrogation of detainees [HLS Federalist Society]
1:28 PM ET

International Treaties and Federal Law in the Interrogation of Detainees, Harvard Law School Federalist Society, February 26, 2005 [featuring Professor Philip Heymann, Harvard Law School, Professor Michael S. Paulsen, University of Minnesota Law School, Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 17 mins. Watch recorded video.

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The War on Terror and Civil Liberties [HLS Federalist Society]
1:12 PM ET

Freedom and Security: The War on Terror, Civil Liberties, and the Court, Harvard Federalist Society Student Symposium, February 26, 2005 [featuring Professor Jack L. Goldsmith, Harvard Law School, Dr. Robert A. Levy, Cato Institute, Dr. Daniel Pipes, Middle East Forum, Professor Nadine Strossen, New York Law School; ACLU; Judge Richard C. Wesley, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 45 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Sunday, February 27, 2005

Legal Remedies and the War on Terror [U. Virginia]
12:42 PM ET

Beyond the U.S. War on Terrorism: Comparing Domestic Legal Remedies to an International Dilemma, Paul Pillar, National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia, University of Virginia School of Law, February 25, 2005. Windows Media Player, 38 minutes. Watch recorded video; related article.

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Friday, February 25, 2005

Bush-Putin joint press conference [Russian Presidency]
11:26 AM ET

Press conference by US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the close of the Slovakia Summit, February 24, 2005 [discussing democracy, human rights, Iraq and other law-related issues]. Windows Media Player, 32 Minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Thursday, February 24, 2005

US Senate Judiciary Committee briefing [Sen. Arlen Specter]
6:44 PM ET

US Senate Judiciary Committee work/agenda, news conference by committee chairman Senator Arlen Specter, February 24, 2005 [discussing judicial nominees and various bills]. RealPlayer, 37 minutes. Watch recorded video [via C-SPAN]. Recorded audio also available via FedNet.

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Human rights in the Americas [OAS]
6:41 PM ET

Remarks by Clare K. Roberts, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Inaugural Session, 122nd Regular Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States, February 24, 2004. Windows Medis Player, 10 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Report on Kosovo [UN Security Council]
6:38 PM ET

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UN Security Council, February 24, 2005. RealPlayer, 2 hrs. 47 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Rights of children in armed conflict [UN Security Council]
6:58 PM ET

Children in armed conflict, UN Security Council, February 23, 2005 [includes a briefing on the rights and circumstances of children in armed conflict by Mr. Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict]. RealPlayer, 3 hrs. 18 min. Watch recorded video here.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

China's Anti-Secession Law [Heritage Foundation]
7:03 PM ET

Evaluating China’s Elusive Anti-Secession Law, Heritage Foundation, February 22, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 12 mins. Watch recorded video; event details also available.

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Monday, February 21, 2005

Spanish referendum on the European constitution [EU]
8:33 PM ET

The outcome of the Spanish referendum on the European constitution, press conference by European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstrom, February 21, 2005. RealPlayer, 8 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Friday, February 18, 2005

Human cloning treaty vote [UN Sixth Committee]
11:47 PM ET

The Convention against the Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings, UN Sixth (Legal) Committee, February 18, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 35 min.. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Clergy sex abuse complaints audit report [US CCB]
2:48 PM ET

The 2004 annual report on US diocese compliance wuth the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People; audit commissioned by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, released February 18, 2005. RealPlayer, 46 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Darfur humanitarian situation briefing [UN USG Jan Egeland]
2:40 PM ET

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland briefs on the humanitarian situation in Darfur, Sudan, February 18, 2005. RealPlayer, 20 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Signing of class action reform bill [White House]
2:33 PM ET

Signing of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 into law, President George W. Bush, February 18, 2005. RealPlayer, 11 minutes. Watch recorded video here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Refugee Commissioner Lubbers on sex harassment allegations [UN]
2:04 PM ET

Statement to the Press by Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on allegations of sexual harassment, February 18, 2005. RealPlayer, 16 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Thursday, February 17, 2005

The Lynne Stewart Verdict [Brooklyn Law]
8:25 PM ET

Lynne Stewart: The Verdict and Its Implications, Brooklyn Law School,
February 17, 2005. Featuring veteran news correspondent for Fox News, Geraldo Rivera, Class of ’69, and attorneys Gerald B. Lefcourt, Class of ’67 and Michael S. Ross. Windows Media Player, 1 hr. 26 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Nomination of John Negroponte as National Intelligence Director [White House]
1:47 PM ET

Nomination of Ambassador John Negroponte as the first National Intelligence Director under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, President George W. Bush, February 17, 2005. RealPlayer, 35 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Kyoto One Day After [UN]
12:18 PM ET

One Day after Kyoto: Next Steps on Climate, UN special event, February 17, 2005. RealPlayer, 47 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Iraq after elections [UN Security Council]
9:05 PM ET

Iraq after elections, UN Security Council, February 16, 2005. RealPlayer, 24 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Kyoto Protocol Entry into Force [Japan Environment Min.]
8:09 PM ET

Commemorative event to mark the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol. Japan Ministry of the Environment, February 16, 2005. Windows Media Player, 2 hours. Watch recorded video and view program details. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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The Judicial Confirmation Process [AEI]
10:01 AM ET

The Judicial Confirmation Process, American Enterprise Institute, February 14, 2005 [featuring a paper by AEI's John Lott discussed by C. Boyden Gray, William P. Marshall, and Todd J. Zywicki]. Watch recorded video. Event details available.

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Conversation on Rwanda with Gen. Romeo Dallaire [New School]
8:31 AM ET

A Conversation on Rwanda with General Romeo Dallaire (Canadian Army, Ret.), head of the UN force in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. New School University, February 11, 2005. Watch recorded video.

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Tuesday, February 15, 2005

UN oversight of Oil-for-Food [US Senate Homeland Sec. & Gov. Affairs Committee]
4:16 PM ET

The United Nations’ Management and Oversight of the Oil-for-Food Program, US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Investigations, February 15, 2005. RealPlayer, 3 hrs. 29 min. Watch recorded video.

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UN Oil-for-Food briefing [UN DSG]
4:12 PM ET

UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette briefs on issues addressed in the interim report of the Independent Inquiry Committee on the UN Oil for Food Programme, February 15, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 17 min. Watch recorded video.

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Election to the International Court of Justice [UN]
3:56 PM ET

Election of a member of the International Court of Justice, UN Security Council and General Assembly, February 15, 2005 [electing Ronny Abraham of the French Conseil d'Etat]. Watch recorded video of the initial Security Council session, the General Assembly session, and the final Security Council session announcing the result. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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The Supreme Court and Property Rights [Cato Institute]
12:42 PM ET

Resolved: The Supreme Court Should Better Protect Property Rights, a debate between Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute and Professor J. Peter Byrne, Faculty Director, Georgetown Environmental Policy and Law Institute, Cato Institute, February 14, 2004. RealPlayer, 54 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Restoring Iraqi Marshlands [Stetson Law School]
11:02 AM ET

Restoring Iraqi Marshlands, Azzam Alwash, director of the Eden Again Project. Stetson Law School via audiolink with southern Iraq, February 9, 2005 [discussing efforts to restore Iraqi marshlands destroyed by the Saddam Hussein-led government]. Windows Media Player, 55 minutes. Watch recorded video. Event details available.

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Monday, February 14, 2005

Swearing-in of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [White House]
8:46 PM ET

Ceremonial swearing-in of new US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales by US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, US Department of Justice. February 14, 2005 [including remarks by President Bush and Attorney General Gonzales]. RealPlayer, 16 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Friday, February 11, 2005

Spanish European Constitution rally [EU]
6:59 PM ET

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero and French President Jacques Chirac at a rally for the "Yes" side in the upcoming February 20 Spanish referendum on the European Constitution, Barcelona, February 11, 2005. RealPlayer, 5 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Lynne Stewart post-conviction statement [Democracy Now]
2:05 PM ET

Civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart makes a statement outside a Manhattan courthouse after her conviction for conspiring to aid terrorists and lying to the government, February 10. 2005. RealPlayer 2 minutes. Watch recorded video via Democracy Now. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Iraq After Elections: Focus on the Constitution [USIP]
1:43 PM ET

Iraq After Elections: Focus on the Constitution, United States Intsitute of Peace, February 3, 2005. QuickTime, 2 hours. Watch recorded video; event details.

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Thursday, February 10, 2005

Theodore Olson conversation [WUSTL Law School]
8:43 PM ET

A Conversation with Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson, Washington University St. Louis School of Law [with William Webster, former director of the FBI and CIA]. RealPlayer, 1 hour 7 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Hearing on Volcker Report on UN Oil-for-Food [US House International Relations Committee]
10:16 PM ET

Hearing on the Volcker Interim Report on the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program, US House International Relations Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, February 9, 2005. Watch recorded video.

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Class-action law suit reform conversation [White House]
9:03 PM ET

Class-Action Lawsuit Reform Conversation, President George W. Bush, February 9, 2005 [with Duke law professor Walter Dellinger and others]. Watch recorded video.

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Same-sex Marriage and Equality in America [SF Mayor Gary Newsom]
3:05 PM ET

Same-Sex Marriage and Equality in America, San Francisco Mayor Gary Newsom, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Institute of Politics Forum, February 8, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 5 min. Watch recorded video.

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Tuesday, February 08, 2005

UK PM Blair before Commons Liason Committee [UK HC]
11:16 PM ET

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair makes the first of his twice-yearly appearances before the UK House of Commons Liason Committee, addressing a range of political and legal issues. Windows Media Player, 2 hours 29 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Testimony of former Canadian PM Chretien at sponsorship inquiry [CPAC]
9:28 PM ET

Opening statement by former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien in testimony before the Gomery Commission, February 8, 2005. Windows Media Player, 33 minutes. Watch recorded video [via CPAC]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Reports on the situation in Sudan [UN SC]
4:11 PM ET

Reports on the situation in Sudan, UN Security Council, February 8, 2005. Watch recorded video.

Monday, February 07, 2005

2005 State of the Judiciary Address [CJ NY]
8:36 PM ET

2005 State of the Judiciary Address, New York State Chief Justice Judith Kaye, February 7, 2005. Watch recorded video.

Meeting the Threat: A Symposium on Counter-Terrorism [Duke Law School]
10:59 AM ET

Meeting the Threat: A Symposium on Counter-Terrorism, Duke Law School, February 4, 2005; keynote addrress by Michael J. Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, US Department of Homeland Security. Watch recorded video.

Sunday, February 06, 2005

Eminent domain and the Constitution [Case Western U.]
2:35 PM ET

Eminent Domain, Urban Renewal and the Constitution - Legal and Policy Perspectives, Case Western Reserve University School of Law Center for Business Law and Regulation, February 4, 2005. RealPlayer 5 hours. Watch recorded video parts 1 [Public Use-5th Amendment Limits], 2 [Eminent Domain as a Development Strategy] and 3 [Debate preview of Kelo v. City of New London].
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Friday, February 04, 2005

AG Gonzales welcome [US DOJ]
3:56 PM ET

New US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales welcomed to the Justice Department, February 4, 2005. RealPlayer, 7 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Iraqi briefing on Oil-for-Food report [UN]
2:01 PM ET

Samir Sumaidaie, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations, and Feisal Istrabadi, Deputy Permanent Representative of Iraq, on the interim report of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme. RealPlayer, 47 minutes. Watch recorded video.

Thursday, February 03, 2005

Response to Oil-for-Food inquiry report [UN]
6:44 PM ET

United Nations initial response to the interim report of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Oil-for-Food Programme, Mark Malloch Brown, Chef du Cabinet for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, February 3, 2005. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Banning of communist symbols [EU Parliament]
3:59 PM ET

Banning of Nazi and Communist symbols: Brussels press conference by European Parliament member Vytautas Landsbergis (PPE-DE, LT) and József Szajer (PPE-DE, HU), February 3, 2005. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

ICTY/war crimes press conference [EU; Solana, del Ponte]
3:08 PM ET

Press conference on war crimes and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte and Council of Europe Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana, Brussels, February 3, 2005. Watch recorded video.

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

2005 State of the Union Address [White House]
11:16 PM ET

State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush, February 3, 2005. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Chertoff Homeland Security confirmation hearing [US Senate HSGA Committee]
8:29 PM ET

Hearing on the nomination of Judge Michael Chertoff for the post of Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, February 2, 2005. RealPlayer 3 hours, 22 minutes. Watch recorded video.

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Attorney General John Ashcroft [Heritage Foundation]
3:32 PM ET

True Faith and Allegiance, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Heritage Foundation, February 1, 2005. Watch recorded video here.

Post-Iraqi election briefing [UN]
2:12 PM ET

Carina Perelli, Director of the Electoral Division, UN Department of Political Affairs, briefs on the electoral process in Iraq in the January 30 elections. RealPlayer, 35 minutes. Watch recorded video.

Post-Iraqi election briefing [UN - Iraqi Ambassador]
11:54 AM ET

Post-election briefing by Iraqi Ambassador to the UN Samir Sumaidaie, February 1, 2005. Watch recorded video here.

Sentencing: What's At Stake for the States? [Columbia Law School]
9:53 AM ET

Sentencing: What's At Stake for the States?, Columbia Law Review symposium with a keynote address by Judge William H. Pryor, Jr., of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, recorded January 21, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 6 min. Watch recorded video.

Verdict in Dubrovnic war crimes case [ICTY]
8:06 AM ET

The Prosecutor v. Strugar [finding former Yugoslav general Pavle Strugar guilty of failing to prevent attacks by his soldiers on civilians and of damaging or destroying cultural institutions or artifacts, and sentencing him to eight years in prison], International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, January 31, 2005. RealPlayer, 50 minutes. Watch recorded video via Domovina.net. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.