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Event

Title:: John Yoo Belongs in Prison, Not Mentoring the Next Generation of Lawyers and Judges
When:: 10.29.2016 - 10.29.2016 13.00
Where:: Boalt Hall - Berkeley
Category:: Community Events

Description

PROTEST WAR CRIMES and UC COMPLICITY

105 Boalt Hall

UC Berkeley continues to harbor and employ a war criminal. Torture is a war crime under all U.S. and international law, and John Yoo was a principal legal architect of the Bush/Cheney torture machinery, before returning to Berkeley Law where he now teaches constitutional law and other core courses to the next generation of lawyers and judges.

The torture operations designed, ordered, and carried out under Bush -- and which continue today under Obama, whose promises to close Guantanamo and end illegal torture have evaporated in the wind -- only became possible through the work of the "torture team" lawyers including UC's infamous John Yoo.

Despite a worldwide outcry, UC has still not taken a single step to investigate John Yoo's status on the faculty. A lawyer whose career hallmark is his stint in Bush's Justice Department providing legal-sounding excuses so that torture could be used under color of presidential power, can not be a role model mentoring students.

"The acts of torture that John Yoo and other Bush administration officials so proudly defend are nothing less than war crimes that, in the absence of accountability, continue to undermine the United States' claim to respect the rule of law," Physicians for Human Rights adviser Vincent Iacopino commented, in response to Yoo's continued defense of the indefensible.

Universities, think-tanks, lobbying firms and corporations provide safe-harbor for Yoo and his ilk. U.S. leaders look after their own.

But they also face resistance from students andparents, alumni and a few faculty members disparage, and communities at large attempt to legislate remedy. It is our responsibility to call out criminals and enablers alike.

Our mission, in concert with people of conscience across the country, is to prosecute key officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Please contact World Can't Wait to tell us how you want to help: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Venue

Venue:: Boalt Hall
Street:: Bancroft Way at Piedmont Avenue
ZIP:: 94720
City:: Berkeley
State:: CA