JURIST - Monitor: February 2006

Monday, February 27, 2006

Supreme Court of Canada nomination hearing [Canada Parliament]
10:55 PM ET

Justice Marshall Rothstein, Federal Court of Canada; opening statement to the ad hoc parliamentary committee to review his nomination to the Supreme Court of Canada, February 27, 2006. Listen to recorded audio via CBC [video not available].

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Thursday, February 23, 2006

Human Rights Council resolution briefing [UN]
3:15 PM ET

Jan Eliasson, President of the UN General Assembly, briefs on his proposed text for a draft resolution on the Human Rights Council, February 23, 2006. RealPlayer, 46 mins. Watch recorded video.

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The Bush Presidency and Constitutional Powers of War [Heritage Foundation]
3:03 PM ET

The Bush Presidency and the Constitutional Powers of War, Professor John Yoo, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley, Heritage Foundation, February 22, 2006. Windows Media Player, 1 hour. Watch recorded video; additional event details here.

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Council of Europe renditions briefing [UN]
2:18 PM ET

Terry Davis, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, briefs on rendition flights in Europe, February 23, 2006. RealPlayer, 43 mins. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Outsourcing of American Law [AEI]
10:00 PM ET

Outsourcing of American Law: International and Foreign Law and the US Supreme Court, American Enterprise Institute, February 21, 2006. Keynote address by Justice Antonin Scalia; other speakers include AEI visiting scholar John Yoo; Brookings Institution senior fellow Stuart Taylor; senior vice president of the Center for American Progress Morton Halperin; professor of law at American University’s Washington College of Law Kenneth Anderson; Hofstra University professor of law Julian Ku; and Hoover Institution senior fellow and George Mason University law professor Peter Berkowitz. Windows Media Player, 3 hrs. 33 minutes. Watch recorded video [with separate part 2]; additional event details here.

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Extraordinary Rendition [U. Va.]
7:15 PM ET

Extraordinary Rendition: Issues of Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law, February 16, 2006. Windows Media Player, 59 minutes. Listen to recorded audio [video not available]; additional even details available here.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Spying, Secrecy and Presidential Power [ACLU]
3:33 PM ET

Freedom at Risk: Spying, Secrecy and Presidential Power, American Civil Liberties Union, February 20, 2006 [discussing the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance of Americans by the National Security Agency]. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 28 minutes. Watch recorded video; additional event details here.

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Presidential Power and Warrantless Surveillance [Syracuse U.]
11:32 AM ET

All Means Necessary--Presidential Power, Warrantless Surveillance and Terrorism, Syracuse University College of Law, February 6, 2006. Windows Media Player, 1 hr. 41 mins. Watch recorded video; additional events details available here.

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Intelligent design and the Scopes trial [Duke Law School]
8:09 AM ET

Intelligent Design and Inherit the Wind -- The debates in historical and cultural context, Professor Jeff Powell, Duke Law School, February 9, 2006. RealPlayer, 41 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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The International Criminal Court: An Obstacle to Peace? [Duke Law School]
7:19 AM ET

"The International Criminal Court: An Obstacle to Peace?", Professor Ron Rychalk (University of Mississippi School of Law), Duke Law School, February 7, 2006. RealPlayer, 47 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Friday, February 17, 2006

SG Annan on UN Guantanamo report [UN]
8:26 PM ET

Informal comments to the media by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the UN special rapporteurs' panel report on Guantanamo, February 16, 2006. RealPlayer, 12 mins. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Thursday, February 16, 2006

China internet rights hearing [US House IR Comm.]
3:33 PM ET

The Internet in China: A Tool for Freedom or Suppression?, US House of Representatives Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, February 15, 2006 [hearing on US internet companies' compliance with the Chinese government censorship requests, with testimony from Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft]. RealPlayer, 7 hrs. 6 mins. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Saddam trial and Guantanamo detainees briefing [US State Dept.]
11:44 PM ET

Foreign Press Center briefing on developments in the trial of Saddam Hussein and the UN special rapporteurs report on Guantanamo detainees, John Bellinger, US State Department Legal Advisor, February 15, 2006 [Bellinger also comments on the release of new photos from Abu Ghraib]. Streaming MP3, 48 minutes. Listen to recorded audio [video not available].

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The Politics of Judicial Confirmation [Judge Charles Pickering]
8:35 PM ET

Supreme Chaos: The Politics of Judicial Confirmation and the Culture War, Judge Charles Pickering, Heritage Foundation, February 15, 2006. 46 minutes. Watch recorded video. Additional event details here.

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Sunday, February 12, 2006

NSA wiretapping controversy [CWRU]
10:53 PM ET

NSA Wiretapping Controversy, Mock U.S. Congressional Hearing Presented by the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center and the Institute for Global Security Law & Policy, Case Western Reserve University Law School, February 9, 2006. RealPlayer, 1 hour 37 mins. Watch recorded video: additional event details here.

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Saturday, February 11, 2006

Security and Civil Liberties [Heritage Foundation]
4:59 PM ET

Security and Civil Liberties, Heritage Foundation, February 19, 2006. RealPlayer, 52 minutes. Watch recorded video; event details available here.

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Friday, February 10, 2006

Human Rights and Islam and the West [Rice U.]
8:22 PM ET

Human Rights and Islam and the West, Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Rice University President's Lecture Series, February 3, 2006. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 14 mins. Watch recorded video. Event details here.

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Thursday, February 09, 2006

The UN Human Rights Council [Heritage Foundation]
8:52 PM ET

Sea Change or Cosmetic Change? The Human Rights Council and the Future of Human Rights at the United Nations, Heritage Foundation, February 9, 2006. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 34 mins. Watch recorded video.

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SG Annan Muhammad cartoons controversy comments [UN]
6:41 PM ET

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan comments on the controversy surrounding publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in world newspapers, February 9, 2006. RealPlayer, 2 minutes. Watch recorded video.

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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

The Abramoff Scandal [Harvard IOP]
9:05 PM ET

The Abramoff Scandal: Has Ethics Collapsed in DC?, Harvard Institute of Politics and the Kennedy School of Government JFK Jr. Forum, February 7, 2006. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 15 mins. Watch recorded video.

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Muslim cartoons controversy press conference [Danish PM]
10:45 PM ET

Press conference by Denmark Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller on controversy triggered by Danish newspaper publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, February 7, 2006. Windows Media Player, 36 minutes. Watch recorded video via Dansmark Radio [in Danish and English].

Monday, February 06, 2006

Domestic surveillance hearing [US Senate Judiciary Comm.]
11:35 PM ET

Wartime Executive Power and the NSA’s Surveillance Authority, testimony by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, US Senate Judiciary Committee, February 6, 2006 [excerpts]. RealPlayer, 36 mins. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The Martha Stewart Case and White Collar Crime [U. Houston]
9:07 PM ET

What the Martha Stewart Case Tells Us About White Collar Criminal Law, Geraldine Szott Moohr, University of Houston Law Center [inaugural lecture as Alumnae Law Center Professor], February 6, 2006. QuickTime, 55 minutes. Listen to recorded audio [video not available].

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Justice Samuel Alito swearing-in [White House]
11:20 PM ET

Swearing-in of Samuel Alito as an Associate Justice of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts, February 1, 2006. RealPlayer, 17 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Tsunami response human rights report briefing [ActionAid]
10:33 PM ET

Press briefing on Tsunami Response: A Human Rights Assessment, ActionAid International, February 1, 2006 [reporting that the global aid campaign to assist those affected by the 2004 tsunami disaster has "trampled" on the human rights of many survivors]. RealPlayer, 46 mins. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Private Military Contractors and the Law of War [Duke Law School]
4:40 PM ET

Private Military Contractors and the Law of War, International Law Society, Duke Law School, January 23, 2006 [panel discussing the role of private firms
in American endeavors, paying particular attention to implications for the
laws of war, human rights and contemporary concerns about abuses]. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 16 mins. Watch recorded video.

Warrantless foreign intelligence surveillance [Johns Hopkins U.]
3:29 PM ET

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance: Without a Warrant--Is It Legally Justified?, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies/ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, January 31, 2006. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 10 mins. Listen to recorded audio [video not available].

Putin press conference [Russian Presidency]
10:15 AM ET

Russian President Vladimir Putin, annual major press conference, January 31, 2006 [discussing Russian legal developments and other issues]. Windows Media Player, 3 hrs. 26 mins. Watch recorded video with simultaneous translation in English. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.