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Join NYU’s Frederic Ewen Academic Freedom Center to address legal affairs and human rights surrounding Guantanamo.

This conference will take place in Theater 102. Following the conclusion of the last panel, a reception will take place at 5:00 pm.  For more information and to RSVP, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 212-992-7050.

Conference Program Schedule:

9:30 am:  Keynote Address - David Cole, professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Volunteer Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights, Legal Affairs Correspondent, The Nation

10:00 am: Guantanamo and the Law
Steven R. Shapiro, Chair & Comment, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union
Jonathan Hafetz, Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union
Peter Jan Honigsberg, Professor of Law, University of San Francisco, and Project Director of "Witness to Guantanamo”

11:30 am Guantanamo on the Ground; The Human Cost
Liz Sevcenko, Chair & Comment, Director, International Coalition of Sites and Conscience
Laurel E. Fletcher, Clinical Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Kyndra Rotunda, Lecturer, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law & Director, AMVETS Legal Clinic
Mark Denbeaux, Director, Seton Hall Law School, Center for Policy and Research
Margot Herster, Artist and Experimental Documentarian

1:30 pm Lunch on your own

3:00 pm Dismantling Guantanamo: What Have We Learned, If Anything?
Karen J. Greenberg, Chair & Comment, Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security, New York University School of Law
Christopher Boucek, PhD, Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Mary Dudziak, Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor of Law, History and Political Science, University of Southern California

5:00 pm Reception