Oct. 30, 2009
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTPanel to examine torture, protecting America in a post-Gitmo world
DATE: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009.
EVENT: The Navy’s retired top lawyer and a retired major general will join Michigan Law graduate and human rights activist Elisa Massimino for a panel discussion Nov. 5 on how best to keep the United States safe in a post-Guantánamo Bay world.
The three also will be available for media interviews before and after the event.
The panel discussion, organized by the Law School’s Office of Public Service, is set for 4-6 p.m. in Honigman Auditorium, Room 100 of Hutchins Hall. Panelists will participate in a lively, moderated discussion and then answer audience questions.
President Barack Obama’s call to close Guantánamo by January has generated heated discussions about the closure’s impact on American security. In response, Human Rights First, a 30-year-old organization that has vigorously advocated against torture, the indefinite detention of terror suspects, and human rights violations around the world, mobilized such experts as Rear Adm. John Hutson, USN (Ret.), former Judge Advocate General of the Navy, and Maj. Gen. William L. Nash, USA (Ret.), who served both as a military commander in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1995-1996) and as a civilian administrator for the United Nations in Kosovo (2000). Massimino, who graduated Michigan Law in 1988, is HRF’s president and CEO.
Organizers hope the panelists’ visit to the Law School will keep people thinking about difficult issues.
“This is an excellent opportunity for discussion about our nation’s approach to a problem that requires thoughtful and reasoned solutions,” said Assistant Dean for Public Service MaryAnn Sarosi. “These are exactly the kinds of public policy dilemmas our graduates will be grappling with in the future.”
MEDIA: Members of the media are asked to RSVP to John Masson (jpmasson@umich.edu) or Brenda Bowser Soder (bowsersoderb@humanrightsfirst.org).
PLACE: Honigman Auditorium, Room 100, Hutchins Hall. Central Campus map: http://www.umich.edu/~info/mapsAndDirections.html#anchor_centralCampus
SPONSOR: U-M Law School’s Office of Public Service
Contact: John Masson
Phone: (734) 647-7352
Related Categories: Law
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