Thursday, March 31, 2005

The Schiavo Case, University of Notre Dame School of Law, March 30, 2005 [panelists include M. Cathleen Kaveny, John Robinson, A. J. Bellia, Richard Garnett, and John Finnis]. Windows Media Player, 1 hour 30 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Putin's Russia - The Human Rights Record, New School University, March 10, 2005 [panel discussion with Mary Holland, research scholar at NYU School of Law and lecturer-in-law at Columbia Law School; Diederik Lohman, Senior Researcher on Russia for Human Rights Watch and former director of the Human Rights Watch office in Moscow; Alexander Lupis, Europe and Central Asia Senior Program Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Andrew Nagorski, Senior Editor, Foreign Editions, Newsweek magazine]. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 42 min. Watch recorded video.

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Death of Terri Schiavo news conference, Attorney George Felos [representing Michael Schiavo], March 31, 2005. RealPlayer, 5 minutes. Watch recorded video via ABC WFTS-TV Tampa.

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Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty, Randy E. Barnett, Boston University School of Law, Princeton University, March 20, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 25 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Response to Oil-for-Food second interim report [UN]
12:10 PM ET

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mark Malloch Brown, Chef de Cabinet, brief on the Second Interim Report of the Oil-for-Food independent inquiry committee, March 29, 2005. RealPlayer, 41 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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UN Security Council open meeting and vote on Sudan sanctions resolution, March 29, 2005. RealPlayer, 44 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Update on combatant status review tribunals, US Secretary of the Navy Gordon England, March 30, 2005. 22 minutes. Watch recorded video here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Monday, March 28, 2005

Cambodia Khmer Rouge war crimes trials pledging conference [UN]
6:48 PM ET

Pledging conference for United Nations assistance to the Khmer Rouge trials, March 28, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 5 min. Watch recorded video [recording begins several minutes into session]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Friday, March 25, 2005

Same-sex marriage debate [U. Texas]
8:37 PM ET

The Debate over Same-Sex Marriages, U of Texas law professors Douglas Laycock and Louise Weinberg and BYU law professor Richard Wilkins, University of Texas School of Law, March 24, 2005. Windows Media Player, 1 hr. 41 min. Watch recorded video.

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Thursday, March 24, 2005

Prosecuting terrorists under the Patriot Act [US DAG James Comey]
12:02 PM ET

Prosecuting terrorists and the USA Patriot Act, James B. Comey, Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Duke Law School, March 22, 2005. RealPlayer, 51 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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International Law and Individuals: International Criminal Tribunals, Stanford Law School, March 18, 2005 [includes comments by Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson (Jamaica), International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Judge Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba (Zambia), member of the Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; Judge Geoffrey Robertson Q.C. (United Kingdom), member of the Appeals Chamber, Special Court for Sierra Leone; and Judge Navanethem Pillay (South Africa), International Criminal Court]. RealPlayer 1 hr. 36 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Statement on new evidence in Schiavo case [FL Gov. Jeb Bush]
10:39 PM ET

Press statement on new evidence in the Terri Schiavo case, Governor Jeb Bush of Florida, March 23, 2005. RealPlayer, 7 minutes [citing the opinion of Mayo Clinic neurologist Dr. William Cheshire that Schiavo is minimally conscious and therefore that the current diagnosis of her being in a persistent vegetative state might not be correct]. Watch recorded video via NBC WFLA-8 TV Tampa. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Briefing on the UN Oil-for-Food investigation, Mark Malloch Brown, Chief of Staff for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, March 23, 2005. RealPlayer, 41 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Protecting confidential sources [Judith Miller]
8:06 PM ET

The Consequences of Protecting Confidential Sources: Jail; Judith Miller in Conversation with Lowell Bergman, University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, March 17, 2005. RealPlayer 55 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Monday, March 21, 2005

UN Larger Freedom report briefing [UN SG Kofi Annan]
2:25 PM ET

Press briefing on the launching of the UN Millenium Declaration reform report "In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all", UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, March 21, 2005. RealPlayer, 55 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan presents his "Larger Freedom" report on UN and international reform to the UN General Assembly, March 21, 2005. RealPlayer, 23 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Sunday, March 20, 2005

Press briefing on UN SG Larger Freedom report [UN]
4:26 PM ET

Briefing by UN SG Chief of Staff Mark Malloch Brown and Robert Orr on the launching of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's report "In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all", March 20, 2005. RealPlayer, 54 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Saturday, March 19, 2005

Schiavo Congressional compromise press conference [US House]
9:39 PM ET

US House Majority Leader Tom Delay press conference announcing US House-Senate leadership compromise on legislation allowing Terri Schiavo's parents to appeal her case to the federal courts and authorizing the courts to order her feeding tube reinserted pending hearing of an appeal, March 19, 2005. QuickTime, 5 minutes. Watch recorded video from C-SPAN [via Jackson's Junction video weblog]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Friday, March 18, 2005

Filibusters of judicial nominations [Washburn U. Law School]
9:14 PM ET

Filibusters of judicial nominations; Todd Gaziano speaks to the Washburn University Law School Federalist Society about filibusters of judicial nominees, March 17, 2005 Windows Media Player, 51 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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George Felos, attorney for Michael Schiavo, speaks to reporters after the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, March 18, 2005. Windows Media Player, 24 minutes. Watch recorded video via CBS TV-10 Tampa. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Living with Lawrence: The State of the LGBT Legal Movement, Georgetown University Law Center, March 17, 2005 [surveying gay rights issues in the wake of the US Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas]. RealPlayer, 5 hrs. 21 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Judicial Independence and Congressional Checks [Heritage Foundation]
12:30 PM ET

Congress and the Courts: Judicial Independence and Congressional Checks, Heritage Foundation, March 15, 2005 [panel discussion on judicial nominations, filibuster procedures, etc.]. RealPlayer, 3 hrs. 24 min. Watch recorded video.

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Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Judicial nominations filibuster rule change [Senator Harry Reid]
10:23 PM ET

Preserving Checks and Balances, Democratic minority leader Senator Harry Reid, March 15, 2005 [arguing against Republican-supported alteration of a Senate rule allowing judicial nominations to be filibustered in the absence of a 60-vote majority]. RealPlayer, 5 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism and Security, Hans Blix, Former UN Chief Weapons Inspector; Chairman of the International Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, March 8, 2005 [discussing the war in Iraq and the right to use force]. RealPlayer, 1 hr., 23 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Opening address to the 61st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, March 14, 2005. RealPlayer, 23 minutes. Listen to recorded audio [video not available]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Monday, March 14, 2005

Constitutional Interpretation [Justice Antonin Scalia]
8:13 PM ET

Constitutional Interpretation, a speech by US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia delivered at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, March 14, 2005. RealPlayer, 58 minutes. Watch recorded video via C-SPAN. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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The Prosecutor v. Ramush Haradinaj et al, initial appearance of Ramush Haradinaj, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, March 14, 2005 [plaeding not guilty guilty to all 37 counts of war crimes including murder, persecution, and rape]. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 12 minutes. Watch recorded video via Domivina.net. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao press conference at the end of the Third Session of the 10th National People's Congress, March 14, 2005 [speaking on the anti-secession law, Hong Kong succession, and other issues; in Chinese with subsequent English translation]. Windows Media Player, 1 hour 55 minutes. Watch recorded video from China Central Television parts 1 and 2 [large files; may be slow].

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Saturday, March 12, 2005

Hong Kong succession announcement [HK SAR]
1:53 PM ET

Hong Kong Acting Chief Executive Donald Tsang, announcement of China's acceptance of Chief Executive Tung's resignation, an election date of July 10, 2005 and an interpretation of the succession provisions of the Basic Law, March 12, 2005. RealPlayer, 59 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Thursday, March 10, 2005

SG Kofi Annan Madrid address on terrorism and human rights [UN]
6:36 PM ET

Keynote address to the Closing Plenary of the Madrid International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, March 10, 2005. MP3, 22 minutes. Listen to recorded audio [video not available]. Reported in JURIST Paper Chase here.

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Vice-Admiral Albert T. Church, Director of Navy Staff, briefs the media on the results of the DOD review of detention operations and interrogation, US Department of Defense, March 10, 2005. Windows Media Player, 40 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, announcement of resignation, March 10, 2005. RealPlayer, 35 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Taming the Regulation of Culture, Professor Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University Law School, delivered at the Library of Congress, March 3, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 31 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Initial appearance of former Yugoslav general and former deputy Serbian Prime Minister Momcilo Perisic for trial by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, March 9, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 7 min. Watch recorded video via Domovina.net. Indictment and surrender reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Wednesday, March 09, 2005

USG Jan Egeland on Sudan humanitarian situation [UN]
9:10 PM ET

Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, provides an update on the humanitarian situation in Sudan. RealPlayer, 57 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Do Lawyers Share Moral Responsibility for Torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib?, Professor Stephen Gillers, Emily Kempin Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, speaking at the University of Illinois College of Law, March 7, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 6 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Tuesday, March 08, 2005

International convention against human cloning [UN General Assembly]
4:14 PM ET

International convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings,
report of the Sixth Committee, United Nations General Assembly, March 8, 2005 [urging governments to enact a total ban on human cloning, including the cloning of embryos for stem cell research]. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 2 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Saturday, March 05, 2005

Civil Liberties and the War on Terror [Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky]
8:11 PM ET

Civil Liberties and the War on Terror, Erwin Chemerinsky, Alston and Bird Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law, gives the 27th Annual Foulston Siefkin Lecture at Washburn Law School, March 4, 2005. Windows Media Player, 54 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Friday, March 04, 2005

Statement on UN Commission on Status of Women declaration [US]
2:31 PM ET

Press statement by the US representative to the UN Commission on Status of Women, Ellen Sauerbrey, March 4, 2005. RealPlayer, 6 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Nomination of acting EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson as chief EPA Administrator, President George W. Bush, March 4, 2005. RealPlayer, 6 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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From Summers to Sistani: Women's Rights under Attack in the 21st Century, Kavita Ramdas, MPA '88, President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Fund for Women, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, February 22, 2005. Windows Media Player, 1 hr. 5 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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