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Event

Title:: Accountability Today - Preventing Torture Tomorrow
When:: 06.01.2011 - 06.01.2011 18.30
Where:: Lutheran Church of the Reformation - Washington
Category:: Speaking Engagements

Description

A panel discussion featuring the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, legal experts and special video testimonials from victims of the U.S. torture program.

Nearly ten years since the beginning of the so-called "War on Terror," not a single victim of the Bush Administration’s torture program has had their day in court or received any meaningful redress from the United States. Both the White House and Congress have opposed efforts to establish a Commission of Inquiry and any independent criminal investigation into torture. Moreover, the United States has opposed every civil action brought against U.S. officials, shutting the courthouse doors to victims of torture and other serious U.S. violations of international law. Meanwhile, several countries have initiated their own investigations related to U.S.-sponsored torture, isolating the United States in its failure to investigate torture crimes.

KEYNOTE:
JUAN E. MÉNDEZ
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and a torture survivor

PANELISTS:
AMRIT SINGH
Senior Legal Officer for the National Security and Counterterrorism program, Open Society Justice Initiative
KATHERINE GALLAGHER
Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights

6:00 P.M.:
Opening Reception with refreshments and hors d’oeuvres

6:30 P.M.:
Keynote, Panel Discussion, Video Testimony, Q&A

8:00 P.M.:
Closing Reception, with live musical performance

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Co-Sponsors:

Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
Alliance for Justice

American Civil Liberties Union

Amnesty International USA

Bill of Rights Defense Committee

Center for Constitutional Rights

Human Rights First

National Religious Campaign Against Torture
Pax Christi USA

Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition

Physicians for Human Rights

War Criminals Watch

Witness Against Torture

Venue

Venue:: Lutheran Church of the Reformation
Street:: 212 E. Capitol Street
ZIP:: 2003
City:: Washington
State:: DC