Monday, October 31, 2005

Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Ms. Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; brief on the response received from the U.S. authorities on access to detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Meeting and vote on Resolution 1636 (2005) calling on Syria to fully co-operate with the Mehlis investigation of the Hariri assassination, October 31, 2005. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Statement to the press and informal comments by Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, Jack Straw, prior to the passage of a Security Council Chapter 7 resolution directing Syrian co-operation with the Mehlis criminal probe into the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito of the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush, October 31, 2005. RealPlayer, 10 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Sunday, October 30, 2005

The First Amendment in the 21st Century [Princeton U.]
10:58 PM ET

The First Amendment in the 21st Century, Patrick Butler, Vice President, The Washington Post Company, Woodrow Wilson School of Intrenational Affairs, Princeton Univerity, October 27, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 15 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Friday, October 28, 2005

Bush remarks on Libby indictment [White House]
5:20 PM ET

President's remarks on the resignation of Scooter Libby, October 28, 2005. RealPlayer, 2 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Leandro Despouy, Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions, brief on their request to visit US detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, October 28, 2005. RealPlayer, 18 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's Press Conference, October 28, 2005 [announcing the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on obstruction of justice and perjury charges in the CIA leak case]. MP3 1 hr., 5 mins. Listen to recorded audio [archiveable video not available]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Jean Ziegler, Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the right to food, briefs on his latest report, including his finding that Coalition forces in Iraq have purposefully denied food and water to civilians as a means of driving out insurgent strongholds, contrary to provisions of the Geneva Conventions. RealPlayer, 21 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Thursday, October 27, 2005

Race and Reconstruction After Hurricane Katrina [U. Minnesota Law]
8:48 PM ET

Race and Reconstruction After Hurricane Katrina, University of Minnesota School of Law, October 26, 2005. RealPlayer, 52 mins. Watch recorded video [event details here].

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Cronyism and the Future of the Supreme Court: The Nomination of Harriet
Miers, Duke Law School, October 26, 2005. Speakers include Erwin Chemerinsky, and former Deputy White House Counsel Bill Marshall. RealPlayer, 1 hr. Watch recorded video.

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Manfred Nowak, UN Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, briefs on his report to the UN General Assembly [includes discussion of legal problems associated with states' rendition of terror suspects to countries where they may be tortured, even in instances where diplomatic assurances against torture are sought from the receiving country], October 26, 2005. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme, Justice Richard Goldstone and Professor Mark Pieth, members of the Committee, brief members of the General Assembly on the work of the Inquiry [discussion of Final Report centering on the manipulation of the Programme, which resulted in companies, entities, and individuals from at least 60 countries paying, directly or indirectly, illicit surcharges or kickbacks in contravention of Programme rules and in violation of United Nations sanctions]. RealPlayer, 52 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Report of the International Court of Justice, Shi Jiuyong, President of the International Court of Justice, UN General Assembly, October 27, 2005. RealPlayer, 2 hrs. 50 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Justice in Pursuit of War Criminals [Carla del Ponte]
11:39 PM ET

Justice in Pursuit of War Criminals, Carla del Ponte, UN Chief War Crimes Prosecutor, Harvard Institute of Politics and the Kennedy School of Government JFK Jr. Forum, October 26, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 6 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Should Journalists Have a Federal Shield Law?, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), prime sponsor, The Free Flow of Information Act of 2005, American Enterprise Institute, October 25, 2005. RealPlayer, 54 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Hariri assassination report follow-up briefing [UNIIIC]
10:19 PM ET

Detlev Mehlis, Commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, briefs on the presentation of his report to the UN Security Council.RealPlayer, 54 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Debate on the Mehlis report on the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, UN Security Council, October 25, 2005. RealPlayer, 43 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Monday, October 24, 2005

Counter-terrorism and human rights [UK Home Secretary]
6:13 PM ET

Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights, UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights, October 24, 2005 [includes testimony by Home Secretary Charles Clarke on UK anti-terror policy and legislation]. Windows Media Player, 2 hrs. 17 mins. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Should Schools Teach "Intelligent Design"?, American Enterprise Institute, October 21, 2005 [includes discussion of whether teaching intelligent design would violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution]. Windows Media Player, 6 hrs. 36 mins. Watch recorded video and review further event details.

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Friday, October 21, 2005

New Perspectives on UN Reform [Columbia U.]
11:32 PM ET

New Perspectives on United Nations Reform, Columbia University, October 18, 2005. RealPlayer, various excerpts. Watch recorded video of presentations by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and others.

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Iran, the West, and the Nuclear Issue, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN, Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, Princeton University, October 17, 2005. RealPlayer, 51 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Detlev Mehlis, Commissioner, United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission, briefs on the findings of the UNIIC report into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others in Beirut on February 14, 2005, October 21, 2005. RealPlayer, 24 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Property Rights After Kelo v. New London [Cato Institute]
2:30 PM ET

Restoring Property Rights After Kelo v. New London, Cato Institute, October 17, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 27 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Monday, October 17, 2005

Texas Supreme Court justices and Miers nomination [White House]
8:27 PM ET

President Bush welcomes former Texas Supreme Court justices supporting the nomination of Harriet Miers to the US Supreme Court, October 17, 2005. RealPlayer, 2 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Saturday, October 15, 2005

US Ambassador to Iraq referendum briefing [MNF Iraq]
8:27 PM ET

Dr. Zalmay Khalizad, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, briefs the press and local officials at Fallujah about the benefits of elections and the constitutional referendum, October 15, 2005. Windows Media Player, 16 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Beyond Katrina [Georgetown U. Law Center]
4:20 PM ET

Katrina and Beyond: Put People First, Marc H. Morial, President & CEO National Urban League and former Mayor of New Orleans, Georgetown University Law Center, October 12, 2005 [calling for a Victim's Bill of Rights encompassing protection of "the right to recover, the right to vote, the right to return, the right to rebuild and the right to work", and calling for re-implentation of affirmative action and fair wage laws waived by President Bush for the recovery process]. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 10 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Torture and the War on Terror, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center War Crimes Research Symposium, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, October 7, 2005. RealPlayer, 8 hours. Watch recorded video of the entire conference or view in 7 parts:

Welcome & Keynote: Torturing the Law
Panel I: What's Wrong with Torture?
Panel II: Outsourcing Torture and Extraordinary Rendition
Debate: The White House Torture Memos
Panel III: Suppressing Torture: The Role of International Law and Organizations
Panel IV: Adjudicating Torture in American Courts
Legal, Moral, and Policy Implications of Torture as State Policy and Practice

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Monday, October 10, 2005

Darfur genocide briefing [UN]
9:34 PM ET

Juan Mendez, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, briefs on the situation in Darfur, October 10, 2005. RealPlayer, 32 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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War, Terrorism, and Torture: Limits on Presidential Power in the 21st Century, University of Indiana-Bloomington School of Law, October 7, 2005. Watch recorded video of panel 1 ["The Commander-in-Chief Power: Legal and Institutional Constraints"], panel 2 ["Interrogation and Torture: A Case Study], and keynote [Yale Dean Harold Koh, "Can the President Be Torturer-in-Chief?"]. Additional event details here.

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Report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda, UN General Assembly, October 10, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 48 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Saturday, October 08, 2005

Bush address on Miers nomination [White House]
10:31 PM ET

President George W. Bush, weekly radio address, October 8, 2005 [promoting the nomination of Harriet Miers to the US Supreme Court]. RealPlayer, 4 minutes. Listen to recorded audio [no video avaiable].

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Friday, October 07, 2005

Remaking Iraq: Federalism and Rights [AEI]
10:00 PM ET

Remaking Iraq, American Enterprise Institute, October 5, 2005 [includes panels on federalism, rights and the structure of government under the new constitution; panelists include former Iraqi Special Tribunal head Salem Chalabi]. Windows Media Player, 8 hours. Watch recorded video [also part 2].

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Taking on the State: The Khodorkovsky Case; lawyer Robert R. Amsterdam, retained in August 2003 as part of the defense team for Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and YUKOS-Group MENATEP, discusses the case's political and economic ramifications to Russia and its impact on international relations. Georgetown University Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, October 6, 2005. MP3, 1 hr., 2 mins. Listen to recorded audio [video not available].

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Thursday, October 06, 2005

The UK Approach to Terrorism [Heritage Foundation]
1:47 PM ET

The United Kingdom's Approach to Terrorism, Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP, Home Secretary, United Kingdom, October 5, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 2 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Commission on International Migration briefing [UN]
12:27 PM ET

Presentation of the report of the Global Commission on International Migration (GMIC) to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Member States, October 5, 2005. RealPlayer, 48 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

US Supreme Court perspectives [Harvard Law School]
8:32 PM ET

Perspectives on the just-past and upcoming US Supreme Court terms; Dean Elena Kagan, Professors David Barron, Richard Fallon, Martha Field and Charles Fried, Harvard Law School, October 4, 2005. Watch recorded video.

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The Military's Role in Disasters: What's the Right Answer? Cato Institute, October 3, 2005 [discussing Posse Comitatus and the military's potential role in domestic law enforcement during disaster recovery in light of the Hurricane Katrina experience]. RealPlayer, 1 hour. Watch recorded video. View additional event details here.

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Katrina's liability implications, American Enterprise Institute, October 3, 2005. Windows Media Player, 2 hrs. 16 mins. October 3, 2005. Watch recorded video. Additional event details here.

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Monday, October 03, 2005

Miers US Supreme Court nomination [White House]
9:51 PM ET

Nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush, October 3, 2005. RealPlayer, 12 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Sunday, October 02, 2005

Global War on Terrorism [Duke Law School]
4:01 PM ET

The Global War on Terrorism: Taking Stock, Duke Law School Program in Public Law, September 28, 2005. RealPlayer, 1 hour. Watch recorded video.

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