Combating International Human Rights Abuses Using U.S. Courts & International Mechanisms
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MCLE Credits Available
Program Schedule
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Breakfast & Networking
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Welcome & Introduction
Hope Kwiatkowski, Editor In Chief, Journal of International Law & Policy, 3L
10:15 - 11:45 a.m. | Panel 1
Using U.S. Domestic Liability as a Means for Accountability of International Human Rights Violations
Moderator: Roza Essaw, Pritkin Chair, Journal of International Law & Policy, 2L
Paul Hoffman, Partner, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP
Franklin A. Gevurtz, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Mugambi Jouet, Thomas C. Grey Fellow, Lecturer in Law, Stanford Law School
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Keynote Address
Dr. Kathy Roberts, Director of Transitional Justice Initiatives and Acting Legal Director, Center for Justice and Accountability
1:15 - 3:00 p.m. | Panel 2
Alternatives to Domestic Liability for International Human Rights Abuses
Moderator: John Miller, Managing Editor of Production, Journal of International Law & Policy, 3L
Roxanna Altholz, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Director, International Human Rights Law Clinic, Berkeley Law
Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law
Dana Zartner, Associate Professor and Chair, International Studies Department and Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco School of Law
Peter Jan Honingsberg, Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law, and Founder and Director, Witness to Guantanamo