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01 Sep

“After Guantanamo: The Way Forward” Four Roundtables on Reconciling National Security and the Rule of Law

  • By Greg McNeal
  • In Law and Public Policy

On Friday September 11, 2009 The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law will host Four Roundtables Reconciling National Security and the Rule of Law. 

I’m presenting on the first panel with Larry May (Vanderbilt), Keith Petty (U.S. Army), Mike Newton (Vanderbilt), Morris Davis (USAF Ret.).  The panel will be moderated by Bob Strassfeld (Case Western).  Our topic is “A Retrospective on the Military Commissions.” 

The event will be Webcast live from this link. 

Here is the rest of the agenda:

SCHEDULE
8:00-8:30 AM: Registration and Coffee – Ground floor Rotunda

8:30 AM: Introduction – Professor Michael P. Scharf, director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

8:45-9:30 AM: Opening Lecture – General John D. Altenburg, Jr., Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig; former Convening Authority, Military Commissions

9:30-9:45 AM: Break

9:45-11:15 AM: Roundtable 1: A Retrospective on the Military Commissions
Moderator: Professor Robert Strassfeld, director, Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Larry May, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
Captain Keith Petty, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General, Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions
Professor Michael Newton, Vanderbilt University Law School, co-author, Enemy of the State
Professor Gregory McNeal, Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law
Colonel (ret.) Morris D. Davis, USAF, former Chief Prosecutor, Office of Military Commissions

11:15-11:30 AM: Break

11:30 AM-1:00 PM Roundtable 2: Dismantling Guantanamo: Facing the Challenges of Continued Detention and Repatriation
Moderator: Professor Michael J. Kelly, Associate Dean, Creighton University
Professor Matthew Waxman, Columbia Law School
Nicholas Rostow, University Counsel and Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs, State University of New York (SUNY)
Laura Olson, Senior Counsel, The Constitution Project, and former ICRC Legal Advisor
Devon Chaffee, Advocacy Counsel, Human Rights First

1:00-2:00 PM: Lunch

2:00-3:30 PM: Roundtable 3: The Appropriate Venue for Trying Terrorist Cases
Moderator: Professor Lewis Katz, director, LL.M. in U.S. and Global Legal Studies, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Professor Scott L. Silliman, Duke University School of Law
Justin Herdman, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Cleveland
Professor Amos Guiora, S.J. Quinney Law School, University of Utah
James J. Benjamin, Jr.; author, Human Rights First Report; Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Captain Glenn Sulmasy, Assoc. Prof. of Law, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, author, National Security Court System

3:30-3:45 PM: Break

3:45-5:15 PM: Roundtable 4: Accountability for the Torture Memos
Moderator: Daniel Moulthrop, Producer/Host, National Public Radio, Cleveland, WCPN 90.3FM
Jordan J. Paust, Mike and Teresa Baker Law Center Professor of International Law, University of Houston Law Center
Professor Stephanie Farrior, director, International & Comparative Law programs, Vermont Law School; former Chief Counsel, Amnesty International
Marieke Wierda, Director, Prosecutions Program, International Center for Transitional Justice
Professor Julian Ku, Associate Dean, Hofstra University School of Law
Professor Cassandra Robertson, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Professor Kai Ambos, Ph.D., Chair for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Judge State Court

5:15-6:00 PM: Reception

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