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Bios of the panelists
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Salim Muwakkil is a senior editor at IN THESE TIMES magazine. He is an Op-Ed columnist for the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, a member of the editorial board, and a columnist for, the Madison-based Progressive Media Project, an advisory board member of Free Press and a 2000 Media Fellow of the Soros Open Society Institute. He was a contributing columnist for the Op-Ed page of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES from 1993 to 1997. His work has won him many awards - including the Studs Terkel Award for journalistic excellence.

Salim Muwakkil is a contributing author to six books: APPEAL TO REASON: 25 YEARS IN THESE TIMES, 2002; STATES OF CONFINEMENT, 2000; THE FARRAKHAN FACTOR: AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS ON MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN, 1998; THE BELL CURVE DEBATE, 1995; COLLATERAL DAMAGE: THE NEW WORLD ORDER AT HOME AND ABROAD, 1992; INSIDE THE L.A. RIOTS, 1992.

From 1986 to 1990 he taught journalism at Chicago’s Columbia College. He has also been an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Film Center, Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, the Associated Colleges of the Midwest’s Urban Studies, and the University of Illinois in 2001.

From 1995-96 Muwakkil was a co-host of Pacifica News’ network daily “Democracy Now” program and from 1993 to 1996 he hosted a weekly talk show on Chicago radio station WVON-AM. Muwakkil is a frequent guest on CHICAGO TONIGHT, a public affairs program on PBS, BEYOND THE BELTWAY, a nationally syndicated radio program of political commentary. He has provided on-air political analysis for Fox TV News in Chicago and is an occasional commentator for the Pacifica News Network, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Monitor Radio.

Mr. Muwakkil’s work has been published in a wide range of publications, including THE BLACK SCHOLAR, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE PROGRESSIVE, NEW YORK NEWSDAY, CINEASTE magazine, CHICAGO magazine, THE BALTIMORE SUN, THE TORONTO STAR, EMERGE magazine and the UTNE READER.

Barbara Ransby
Curriculum Vitae

Personal:

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Rank:

Associate Professor of History and African-American Studies

Address:

Department of History (m/c 198)
913 University Hall
601 S. Morgan St.
Chicago, IL 60607-7109
Phone: (312) 996-2961
E-Mail: bransby@uic.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Spring 1996 Department of History University of Michigan
MA 1987 Department of History University of Michigan
BA 1980-1984 History (with Honors) Columbia University, New York

Academic Positions:

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2002— Associate Professor, Department of History & the Department of African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
1996-2002 Assistant Professor, Department of History & the Department of African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
1995-1996 Director of the Center for African American Research and Assistant Professor of History, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
1992-1995 Instructor of History, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
1989 (Fall) Instructor, Center for Afro-American and African Studies, University of Michigan

Publications:

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Book:
Ella Baker and the Black Radical Tradition (University of North Carolina Press, 2003). Recipient of the following awards:
2004 Lillian Smith Book Award
Joan Kelley Prize for best book in women’s history in 2003 from the American Historical Association
Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Prize for best book in African American women’s history in 2003 from the Association of Black Women Historians
Gustavas Myer Outstanding Book Award for 2003 from the Gustavas Myer Center for Human Rights, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Co-winner, Liberty - Legacy Foundation Award for best book in civil rights history in 2004 from the Organization of American Historians
Winner, James A. Rawley Prize for best book in the field of race relations from the Organization of American Historians
Honorable Mention for Best Non-ficiton book, Black Caucus of The American Library Association, 2004
Honorable Mention, best first book, Berkshire Women’s History Conference, 2004
Prelinger Scholarship Award, for a scholar with an unconventional career who has contributed to women in the historical profession, Coordinating Council of Women in History

Articles and Chapters:

“Afrocentrism, Cultural Nationalism and the Problem with Essentialist Definitions of Race, Gender and Sexuality” in Dispatches from the Ebony Tower: Intellectuals Confront the African-American Experience, ed. Manning Marable (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000)
“Fear of a Black Feminist Planet” in Civil Rights Since 1787: A Reader on the Black Struggle, ed. Jonathan Birnbaum and Clarence Taylor (New York: New York University Press, 2000)

“Forward” to Deep in Our Hearts: Nine White Women int he Freedom Movement (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000)
“Black Feminism at 21: Reflections on the Evolutoin of Black Feminist Politics in the 1980’s and 90s,” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 25 (Spring 2000)
“U.S.: The Black Poor and the Politics of Expendability” in Race and Class 38 (October-December 1996); reprinted in A New Introduction to Poverty: The Role of Race, Power, and Politics. ed. Louis Kushnick and James Jennings (New York University Press, 1999)
Book review: Development Arrested: The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta in Journal of Southern History (Spring 2000)
Book review: The Bridge Over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics by William Julius Wilson in Emerge Magazine (December-January 2000)
“Reflections on the Fiftieth Anniversary Commemoration of the Pan-African Conference,” in Issue: A Journal of Opinion XXIV (1996)
“Black Popular Culture and the Transcendence of Patriarchal Illusions,” co-authored with Tracye Matthews, in Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought. ed. Beverly Guy-Sheftal (New Press, 1995)
“Afrocentrism, Cultural Nationalism and the Problem with Essentialist Definitions of Race, Gender and Sexuality,” Race and Reason 1 (New York: Columbia University Institute for Research in African American Studies) (Autumn, 1994)
“Ella Jo Baker: African American Radical and Intellectual,” in The American Radical. ed. Paul Buhle, Mari Jo Buhle, and Harvey Kaye (New York: Routledge, 1994)
“Black Popular Culture and the Transcendence of Patriarchal Illusions,” in Race and Class 35 ( July-September 1993)
“A Righteous Rage: African American Women in Defense of Ourselves and Black Women’s Response to the Hill - Thomas Hearings,” in Reflections on Anita Hill: Race, Gender and Power in the United States. ed. Geneva Smitherman (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1994)
“Ella Josephine Baker, 1903-1986,” in Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia I, ed. Darlene Clark Hine (Brooklyn: Carlson Publishing, 1993)
“Columbus and the Making of Historical Myth,” Race and Class 33 (Spring 1992)
“The Gang Rape of Anita Hill and the Assault Upon all Women,” The Black Scholar (Spring 1992); reprinted in Court of Appeal: The Black Community Speaks Out on the Racial and Sexual Politics of Thomas vs. Hill. ed. Robert Chrisman and Robert L. Allen (New York: Ballantine Books, 1992)
“Black Women’s Participation in the Student Non -Violent Coordinating Committee: Transforming and Transformed,” Michigan Feminist Studies, No. 4 (Fall 1989)

Selected Newspaper and Non-Academic Publications:

“MIT Self-Study Is Powerful Lesson For Others In Academia” Chicago Tribune, April 7, 1999
“Black History Month is a Time To Honor Those Who Shared the Dream,” The Buffalo News, February 13, 1997
“The Criminalization of Black, Single Mothers,” (an opinion - editorial piece on the Keystone 19 case) in Miami Herald, May 13, 1994
“Clinton’s welfare plan is based on myths,” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 13, 1994, p. A7
“The death penalty in black and white,” Baltimore Evening Sun, August 7, 1995
“The Undeclared War on Black Women,” in Crossroads, no. 28, February 1993, p. 17-20
“The Press for Freedom: African American Newspapers, 1827 - 1987,” script for museum exhibition, Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan. Exhibition to open in 1993
1994 - 1996, Contributing Writer, The Progressive Media Project, opinion - editorials in Knight-Ridder Papers. Over two dozen opinion-editorial pieces have appeared in : USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Newsday, Miami Herald, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, and The Denver Post, 1993 - present
“Feminism in Black and White: Reflections on Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas,” New Directions for Women, March 1992
“Students of History” in “Old Hands, Young Bloods: Student Activists of the ‘60’s Meet Campus Organizers of the ‘80’s”, Southern Exposure, summer 1988, vol. XVI, no. 2

Selected Panels, Papers, and Lectures:

“Healing History,” panelist at Chicago Humanities Festival 2000 at Chicago Historical Society, November 5, 2000
“International Women’s Movements,” conferee and panelist, Rockefeller Center for Research, Bellagio, Italy, April 7, 2000
“Ella Baker and Radical Democracy: Following a Different Path Back to the 1960’s,” Conference on the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and Ella Baker held at Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 3, 2000.
“Ella Baker and the Challenge of Democratic Praxis in the 21st Century,” Duke University, Durham, NC, March 6, 2000.
Politics, Rights, And Representation: Gender, Racial, And Sexual Equality in The United States, France, and South Africa: An International Conference organized by the Center for Gender Studies at the University of Chicago. Panel Commenter, October 17, 1999
North American Labor History Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Commenter, October, 1999
“Exploring the Frontiers of Black Feminism,” one day conference held at University of Illinois at Chicago. Conference Organizer and Convener. June 9, 1999
“Chicago’s Radical Past: Haymarket to 1968,” Chicago Historical Society, January 24, 1999
“Ida B. Wells Barnet: Race Woman and Gender Rebel,” DePaul University, January 12, 2000
“Excavating African American Women from the Footnotes of Civil Rights Movement History,” Keynote Address, University of Houston, African American Studies Program, October 22, 1998
“Ella Baker’s Harlem: The Forging Of A Black Left Community And Tradition In Depression Era New York,” Newberry Library, American Social History Lecture Series, May, 1998
“Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask,” Panelist, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, April 12, 1997
“Issues in Gender and Women’s History: Writing Ella Baker’s Story,” Loyola University, History Department, Chicago, Illinois, February 19, 1997
“Black Studies: The Perspective of History,” Panelist, Threshold Experiences: Black Studies in the Year 2000 Conference. Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, November 12, 1996
“Ella Baker and the Struggle for the Ballot,” Conference on Woman Suffrage, University of Iowa, October 24, 1996
“Ella Baker and the Writing of Black Feminist Biography: A Conversation Between Sisters Living and Dead,” Berkshire Women’s History Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, June 7, 1996
Race, Gender, Law and Politics Conference, Panelist, Columbia University, Center for Research on Women, New York, New York, April 1996
“Race and Democracy Symposium,” Panelist, University of Wisconsin, Department of African American Studies, Madison, March, 1996
“The Legendary Ella Baker,” DePaul University Women’s Center, Chicago, Illinois March, 1996
“Gender Politics in the Pan-African Movement,” Panelist, Africa and the World Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, October, 1995
“Ella Baker’s World View and the Challenge of Radical Democracy,” Keynote Speaker, State University of New York, Binghamton, February, 1995
“Feminist Symposium,” Panelist, Northwestern University Law School, Evanston, Illinois, February, 1995
Panelist commenting on the play “I Am a Man” at the Goodman Theater, program organized by the Goodman and held at the DuSable Museum, April, 1994
“Ella Baker and the Challenge of Inclusion in the Historiography of the American Left,” Roundtable discussion at Organization of American Historians Conference, Atlanta, GA. (Paper read by colleague in my absence), March, 1994
“Women and Youth in the Modern Civil Rights Movement,” University of Chicago, Martin Luther King Day Symposium, January, 1994
“Ella Baker and the Dialect of Race and Gender in the Lives of African American Women Activists,” Berkshire Women’s History Conference, New York. June, 1993
“Ella Baker and Martin Luther King: The Populist and the Preacher in Comparative Perspective,” Organization of American Historians, Anaheim, CA. April, 1993
“Ella Baker’s Role in the Civil Rights Movement,” Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. November 6, 1992
“An African American Womanist Agenda for the 21st Century: Decoding and Reassessing the Legacy of Malcolm X,” Community Forum on Black Politics, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, Illinois, February 29, 1992
“When the People Lead, the Leaders Will Follow: The Life and Legacy of Ella Jo Baker,” paper presented at Organization of American Historians Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, April, 1991
“The Life and Legacy of Ella Jo Baker: A Work in Progress,” Irvine Visiting Scholars Symposium, Stanford University, Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project, Palo Alto, California, February 11, 1991
“African American Women and the Legacies of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.: Cures for the Messiah Complex,” International Conference on Malcolm X, Borough Manhattan Community College, New York, NY, November 9, 1990
“The Explosion of a Dream Deferred: The Politics of the Detroit Riot of 1967,” The Civil Rights Era Revisited, a conference sponsored by the State University of New York, Brockport and the Strong Museum, Rochester, New York, November 11, 1989
“Defining the Nature and Extent of African American Women’s Participation in the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee,” Organization of American Historians Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 1989
“African American Women: Grassroots Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement,” Martin Luther King Day Symposium, Department of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 15, 1989
“Linking Anti-Racism and Anti-Apartheid Issues in the United States Free Southern Africa Movement,” World Council of Churches Global Consultation on Racism, Apartheid and Theology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, August, 1988
“Leadership Patterns and Personal Transformation Among Black Female Activists in the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, 1960 - 1966,” Trailblazers and Torchbearers: Women in the Civil Rights Movement Conference, Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change, Atlanta, Georgia, October 14, 1988
“Black Women and Education,” panel moderator, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History Conference, Durham, North Carolina, October, 1987
“Black Women in the United States and South Africa: Comparisons and Contrasts”, Columbia University Women’s Center, New York , New York, April 11, 1986
“Women and Resistance in the 1960’s and the 1980’s,” The Feminist and the Scholar Eleventh Annual Conference, Barnard College, New York, New York, April 14, 1984

Academic Awards and Community Service:

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1999-2000 Postdoctoral Ford Foundation Fellow
1998-1999 Fellow, Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Summer 1999 University of Illinois Summer Teaching Enhancement Grant
November 1998 Grant Recipient, Rockefeller Foundation Community Building Grant, “A Community-University Dialogue Series on Democracy, Diversity and Directions for the Next Millennium.”
1998-2000 Committee Member, Elections Committee, University of Illinois at Chicago
1997-1999 Committee Member, Committee on the Status of Status of Women in the Historical Profession, Organization of American Historians
Summer 1997 Summer Fellowship Award, University of Illinois at Chicago’s Race and Comparative Public Policy Institute. .
Spring 1997 Grant Recipient. University of Illinois at Chicago Great Cities Seed Fund for the Ida B. Wells Forum Communiversity: A Series of dialogues beween academics and community members on reserach and policy issues. .
Fall 1996 Grant Recipient. University of Illinois at Chicago, Office of Social Science Research Seed Fund Research Initiative-a grant for reserach & travel
1993 Summer Faculty Research Award. DePaul University School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
1990 Graduate Student Research Grant under auspices of Ford Foundation and Center for Afro-American and African Studies, University of Michigan
1986-1990 Michigan Minority Merit Fellowship, University of Michigan Rackam Graduate School Fellowships
1984-1986 National Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities, Woodrow Wilson Fellowships Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey

Cathy J. Cohen

Memberships and Affiliations:

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Board Member, Crossroads Fund, Chicago, IL
Board Member, Chicago Reporter Magazine, Chicago, IL
Board Member, Clergy and Laity Concerned, Anti-Racism Institute, Chicago, IL
Board Member, Chicago Coalition in Solidarity with Southern Africa (1990-1994)
Board Member, Editorial Board of the Journal Race and Class, London, England
Board Member, Advisory Board, Ella Baker - Nelson Mandela Center for Anti-Racist Education, University of Michigan (1988 - 1991)
Member, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History
Member, Association of Black Women Historians
Member, Coordinating Committee for Women in the Historical Profession
Member, Organization of American Historians

Major Areas of Interest: - American Politics;
- African American Politics;
- Marginal Groups;
- Social Movements.
Selected Publications: - The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics;
- Women Transforming Politics: An Alternative Reader (with Kathleen Jones and Joan Tronto);
- “The Struggle Continues” in PS (1996).
E-Mail: cjcohen@midway.uchicago.edu
Phone: (773) 702-8051
Office: Pick 522B
Office hours:

Cathy J. Cohen, is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science. Cohen is the author of the book The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics (University of Chicago Press, 1999) and the co-editor with Kathleen Jones and Joan Tronto of Women Transforming Politics: An Alternative Reader (NYU, 1997). Her work has been published in numerous journals and edited volumes including the American Political Science Review, GLQ, NOMOS, and Social Text. Cohen is also editor with Frederick Harris of a new book series from Oxford Press entitled “Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities.” Her general field of specialization is American politics, although her research interests include African-American politics, women and politics, lesbian and gay politics, and social movements.

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RESUME
DOUGLASS CASSEL
August 2006
Douglass Cassel is a scholar, attorney and journalist specializing in international human
rights, international criminal and international humanitarian law. Current or former president of two
international organizations assisting justice reform in the Americas, he has been consultant on human rights
to numerous non-governmental organizations as well as the United Nations, Organization of American
States, United States Department of State and the Ford Foundation. He lectures worldwide and his articles
are published internationally in English and Spanish. His commentaries on human rights are published in the
Chicago Tribune and broadcast weekly on Chicago Public Radio.
PRINCIPAL EMPLOYMENT:
Lilly Endowment Professor of Law and Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame
Law School (2005 - ). Teaching, research and publications, public education, technical assistance,
advocacy and litigation. Director of LL.M in International Human Rights Law program.
Clinical Professor and Director, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University
School of Law (1998-2005). Courses: international human rights law, international criminal law,
international humanitarian law, international legal analysis and Inter-American human rights law. Prior
academic appointments: Senior Lecturer (1998-2001) and Clinical Associate Professor (2001-03).
Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for Civil and Human Rights, and Concurrent Assistant Professor,
Notre Dame Law School (spring 2002). Taught international criminal law (including international
humanitarian law and terrorism).
Executive Director and co-founder, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University
College of Law (1990-98), and of its Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Program for Human Rights in the Americas.
Teaching, research, litigation, and training. Taught international, European and Inter-American human rights
law.
Legal Adviser, United Nations Commission on the Truth for El Salvador (1992-93). Advised the
Commission, supervised its investigations and was principal editor of its report.
General Counsel, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a not-for-profit law center in
Chicago (1982-91), and Staff Counsel (1976-82). Litigation and public policy research and advocacy on civil
rights, civil liberties, consumer, environmental and other public interest matters.
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, United States Navy (1973-75).
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PRINCIPAL OTHER CURRENT AND RECENT ACTIVITIES:
Justice Studies Center for the Americas, Santiago, Chile (President, 2002-04, Vice President 2000-01,
Board of Directors, 2001 to date). Nominated by the United States and re-elected to the Board by the
Organization of American States in 2003; first elected in 2000. The Center promotes reforms and exchange
of information on administration of justice in the hemisphere. Its seven-member Board has included, among
others, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, the former Minister of Justice of Costa Rica, and the former
Attorneys General of Jamaica and Trinidad.
Due Process of Law Foundation, Washington, D.C., President (2000 - ). The Foundation promotes due
process of law in the administration of criminal justice in the hemisphere. Its Board has included, among
others, former United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and the former Presidents of
Colombia, Ecuador and Honduras.
American Society of International Law, Executive Council (2004 -).
Lawyers= Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Board of Directors (2003 - ), Board of Trustees (2001-
03), co-chair, International Committee (2003- ).
American Bar Association, co-chair, Human Rights Committee, Section on Individual Rights and
Responsibilities (2003 -); Advisory Committee (2004 - ) and Consultant to ABA Human Rights Center (2003-
); ABA Observer of the pretrial criminal proceedings against Maria Machado et al. in Venezuela (2005);
Advisory Committee, Latin American Law Initiative Council (2001-05).
Director, International Human Rights Law Concentration for LL.M. students at Northwestern University
School of Law (2001-05).
Consultant, Transitional Justice, in Northern Ireland (Pat Finucane Center, 2004); Colombia (Fundación
Ideas para la Paz, 2004); Indonesia (Ford Foundation, 2000); Colombia, Peru and Panama (Center for
Transitional Justice, 2001); and Ghana (Center for Democratic Development, 2001). Advice on proposals to
establish truth commissions and prosecutions of persons responsible for past human rights violations.
Seminar Coordinator, 2003-04, Northwestern University faculty interdisciplinary seminar on transitional
justice, funded as a Sawyer Seminar by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Principal Investigator, 2000-04, research project funded by the Searle Fund to study the hypothesis that
more open, market economies lead to improved respect for individual rights in Latin America and East Asia.
Consultant to U.S. State Department on Inter-American Human Rights system, 1997 to 1999; public
member of U.S. delegations to Meetings of Attorneys General and Justice Ministers of the Americas (2000
and 2002) and to Organization of American States General Assembly, 1997 and 2003, and to OAS Permanent
Council meeting of government experts on Inter-American Human Rights system, 1997; appointed Foreign
Affairs Officer (Expert), State Department, 2001.
Conference Chair and Organizer, Fifth Annual Faculty Conference, Northwestern University School of
Law, Human Rights and the Law of War: New Roles for the World Court?, April 2002.
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Member, Organizing Committee, and Instructor, Summer Course on Human Rights, 2002-05, Leuven,
Belgium, co-sponsored by Netherlands School of Human Rights Research, Catholic University of Leuven and
Northwestern University School of Law (and Instructor in 2001).
Commentator on International Human Rights, CHICAGO TRIBUNE (occasional) and Chicago Public Radio
(weekly) and CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN (weekly) (see publications).
RECENT LITIGATION:
United States Supreme Court:
Counsel for International Humanitarian Law Experts as Amici Curiae Louise Doswald-Beck et al. in Hamdan
v. Rumsfeld, 2006 U.S. LEXIS 5185 (June 29, 2006) (military commission lacked power to try alleged
unlawful enemy combatant at U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, because it failed to comply with
Uniform Code of Military Justice and Common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions), and in lower
courts: 344 F.Supp.2d 152 (D.D.C. 2004), reversed,415 F.3d 33 (D.C.Cir. 2005), reversed and remanded by
the Supreme Court.
Consultant to counsel for prisoners in Rasul v. United States, 542 U.S. 466 (2004), (U.S. courts have
jurisdiction to hear habeas corpus petitions by foreign nationals imprisoned as “unlawful enemy combatants”
without charges, counsel or judicial review at U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba), and before Court of
Appeals, 321 F.3d 1134 (D.C.Cir. 2003).
Consultant to counsel for Yaser Hamdi in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004) (U. S. citizen could not be
imprisoned as alleged “unlawful enemy combatant” without notice of the factual basis of this classification and
a fair opportunity to rebut the government’s factual assertions before a neutral decisionmaker).
Counsel for Amici Curiae Legal and Religious Organizations in Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426 (2004)
(Because the particular district court in which the case was filed lacked jurisdiction, the Supreme Court did not
reach the issue of whether a U.S. citizen arrested and detained in U.S., and alleged to be “unlawful enemy
combatant,” was entitled to be tried or released).
Counsel for 28 Career Foreign Service Diplomats in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004) (Alien
Torts Statute allows suits for violations of clear norms of international law, but not for brief detentions) (brief
amicus curiae of former diplomats argued that human rights litigation in federal courts under Alien Tort
Statute is consistent with United States foreign policy).
Lower Courts:
Counsel for Consul General of Poland in People v. Madej, 193 Ill.2d 395 (2000) (on legal effect in Illinois
courts of violation of rights to consular notification under international treaty), cert. denied, 533 U.S. 911
(2001); petition for habeas corpus granted and death penalty set aside, U.S. ex rel. Madej v. Schomig, 223 F.
Supp.2d 968 (N.D.Ill. 2002).
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International and Foreign Courts and Commissions:
Testimony as expert before Constitutional Court of Indonesia on compliance of Indonesia’s Truth and
Reconciliation Commission Law with international human rights law, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 2006.
Counsel for Gomez Paquiyauri family in Gomez Paquiyauri v. Peru, before Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, 2006 - .
Counsel for certain prisoners in Case of Hugo Juarez Cruzatt et al. v. Peru, before Inter-American Court of
Human Rights, 2005 - .
Counsel for Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law, in Proceedings
before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Advisory Opinion OC-18, Rights of Undocumented
Immigrant Workers (2003).
Adviser, Case of Santo Domingo, Colombia, Caso No. 12.416, Report no. 25/03, March 6, 2003 (ruling case
admissible), Inter.-American Commission on Human Rights.
Counsel for petitioner in Figueredo v. Venezuela, Case no. 11.298, Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights, Report No. 50/00 (2000) (finding violations of due process and rights of defense in political
prosecution of former Foreign Minister of Venezuela).
Counsel for amici curiae MacArthur Justice Center and International Human Rights Law Institute before Inter-
American Court of Human Rights on Advisory Opinion OC-16, The Right to Information about Consular
Assistance within the Framework of Guarantees of Due Process of Law (1999).
Counsel for petitioner in Gómez López v. Guatemala, Case No. 11.303, Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights, Report No.29/96 (1996) (finding violations of right to physical integrity in attempted
assassination of Guatemalan labor leader).
EDUCATION:
Harvard Law School, J.D. 1972 cum laude. Managing Editor,
Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
Yale College, B.A. 1969 cum laude. Major: Economics and Urban Studies.
Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1966 cum laude.
School Year Abroad, Barcelona, Spain, 1964-65.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS (since 1995):
Completed and Pending Publication:
La responsabilidad penal de los superiores por los crímenes de guerra cometidos por sus
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subordinados: omisión y negligencia, MANUAL FOR STATE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL
HUMANITARIAN LAW IN LATIN AMERICA (International Committee of the Red Cross, Mexico,
forthcoming 2006).
Defending Human Rights in the “War” Against Terror, __ REGENT JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ___
(forthcoming 2006)
NATO In Kosovo: A Reply to Jurgen Habermas, in DEBATING KOSOVO: CONTENDING PERSPECTIVES ON THE
LEFT, Danny Postel, ed. (Cybereditions forthcoming 2006).
International Law: Principal Articles (since 1995):
The Expanding Scope and Impact of Reparations Awarded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in
OUT OF THE ASHES: REPARATIONS FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, K. De Feyter, S. Parmentier,
M. Bossuyt and P. Lemmens eds. (Intersentia 2005), pp. 191-223.
Equal Labor Rights for Undocumented Migrant Workers, in HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFUGEES, INTERNALLY
DISPLACED PERSONS AND MIGRANT WORKERS: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JOAN FITZPATRICK AND ARTHUR
HELTON, Anne Bayefsky ed. (Martinus Nijhoff 2006), pp. 477-516.
The Globalization of Human Rights: Consciousness, Law and Reality, 2 NW.U.J. INT’L HUM. RTS. 6 (2004).
International Human Rights and the United States Response to 11 September, in C. Fijnaut, J.
Wouters and F. Naert (eds.), LEGAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM. A TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden / Boston
(2004), pp. 251-297.
Human Dimension Commitments of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1975-2003
(edited compilation) (monograph 2003).
International Remedies in National Criminal Cases: ICJ Judgment in Germany v. United States, 15 LEIDEN
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 69-86 (2002).
La Lucha Contra La Impunidad ante el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, in VERDAD Y
JUSTICIA: HOMENAJE A EMILIO MIGNONE, Juan Méndez et al., eds. (Inter-American Institute of Human
Rights 2001) 357-410 (The Struggle Against Impunity Before the Inter-American Human Rights System).
Does International Human Rights Law Make a Difference?, 2 CHICAGO JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
121-35 (2001).
Empowering United States Courts to Adjudge Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal
Court, 35 NEW ENGLAND LAW REVIEW 421-45 (2001).
Inter-American Human Rights Law, Soft and Hard, in COMMITMENT AND COMPLIANCE: THE ROLE OF NONBINDING
NORMS IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM 393-418 (Dinah Shelton, ed.)(2000).
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Judicial Remedies for Treaty Violations in Criminal Cases: Consular Rights of Foreign Nationals in United
States Death Penalty Cases, 12 LEIDEN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 851 (1999).
The ICC=s New Legal Landscape: The Need to Expand United States Domestic Jurisdiction to Prosecute
Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, 23 FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 378
(1999).
Peru Withdraws from the Court: Will the Inter-American Human Rights System Meet the Challenge? 20
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW JOURNAL 167 (1999).
El Perú Se Retira de la Corte: Afrontará el Reto el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos?, 29
REVISTA INSTITUTO INTERAMERICANO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS 69 (1999) (Spanish language version of
Peru Withdraws from the Court).
The Inter-American Human Rights System: A Functional Analysis, in Inter-American Court of Human Rights,
LIBER AMICORUM HÉCTOR FIX-ZAMUDIO 521 (1998).
The Future of the Inter-American Human Rights System, (co-authored with Thomas Buergenthal), in EL
FUTURO DEL SISTEMA INTERAMERICANO DE PROTECCIÓN DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS 539 (Inter-American
Institute of Human Rights 1998).
The Law and Reality of Discrimination Against Women, in WOMEN AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
LAW , K. Askin and D. Koenig, eds. (Transnational Pub. 1999), Vol. I, p. 287 (co-authored with Jill Guzman).
Lessons from the Americas: Guidelines for International Response to Amnesties for Atrocities, 59 LAW AND
CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 197 (1996).
Lecciones de las Américas: Lineamientos para una Respuesta Internacional ante la Amnistía de Atrocidades,
24 REVISTA INSTITUTO INTERAMERICANO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS 277 (1997) (Spanish language version of
Lessons from the Americas).
Corporate Initiatives: A Second Human Rights Revolution?, 19 FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
1963 (1996).
A United States View of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in THE MODERN WORLD OF HUMAN
RIGHTS 209 (Inter-American Institute of Human Rights 1996).
Memorial Amicus Curiae of Jurists in case of Reinaldo Figueredo Planchart before the Inter-American
Commission of Human Rights, reprinted in 23 REVISTA INSTITUTO INTERAMERICANO DE DERECHOS
HUMANOS 75 (in Spanish), 103 (in English) (1996).
International Law: Shorter Articles and Reviews (since 1995):
Book Review, The Practice and Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 100 AMERICAN
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 503 (2006).
Washington’s “War Against Terrorism” and Human Rights: The View from Abroad, 33 HUMAN RIGHTS 11-
14 and 22 (ABA publication) (Winter 2006).
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Jurisdiccion Universal Penal, in DERECHO PENAL: MEMORIA DEL CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE
CULTURAS Y SISTEMAS JURIDICOS COMPARADOS, II. Proceso Penal, pp. 77-85, Sergio Garcia Ramirez, ed.,
Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas, Serie Doctrina Juridica, No. 259, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico, Mexico (2005).
El Marco Juridico Internacional, in chapter on La Ley de Alternatividad Penal: Aportes Internacionales, in
Cuadernos del Conflicto: Justicia, Verdad y Reparacion en Medio del Conflicto 27-28, en la Revista Semana,
Colombia, April 2005.
The United States Supreme Court Rulings on Detention of “Enemy Combatants” – Partial Vindication of the
Rule of Law, 6 INTERNATIONAL LAW FORUM 122-25 (2004).
Extraterritorial Application of Inter-American Human Rights Instruments, in EXTRATERRITORIAL
APPLICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES 175-81, F. COOMANS and M. Kamminga, ed. (Intersentia 2004).
Is There a New World Court?, 1 NW. U. J. INT’L HUM. RTS. 1-7 (2004).
Universal Criminal Jurisdiction, 31 HUMAN RIGHTS 22-25 (ABA periodical) (2004).
El sistema procesal penal de los Estados Unidos de América, CRIMINALIA, Año LXIX, No. 2, 163-92
(Academia Mexicana de Ciencias Penales, 2003).
Bringing International Human Rights Law Home, in Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The
Quest for Equal Justice: Advancing a Dynamic Civil Rights Agenda for Our Times (2003).
Enhancing Human Rights and Legal Protection, in Pax International, INVISIBLE REFUGEES: INTERNALLYDISPLACED
PERSONS AND THE NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF PROTECTION AND SOVEREIGNTY 13-19 (2003)
National Implementation of Inter-American Conventions Relating to International Humanitarian Law, in
International Committee of the Red Cross, NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN
LAW AND RELATED INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTIONS 31-36 (2002).
The International Criminal Court (panel), in American Bar Association, ABA Conference on The UN
Declaration of Human Rights and the Genocide Convention 106-07 (2001).
Fact-finding in the Inter-American System, in Anne Bayefsky, ed., THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY SYSTEM
IN THE 21ST CENTURY 105-14 (Kluwer Pub. 2000).
An International Perspective, in roundtable on Mass Incarceration in the United States, in Symposium, 7
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL ROUNDTABLE 107-112 (2000).
Civil Rights and Human Rights: A Call for Closer Collaboration, 34 CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW 440-45 (Nov.-
Dec. 2000).
Human Rights and Drug Money in Mexico: Two Crises Intertwined; General Report, in W. Cartwright, ed.,
MEXICO: FACING THE CHALLENGES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CRIME 3 (1999).
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La Enseñanza del Derecho Internacional en los Estados Unidos, in Organization of American States,
JORNADAS DE DERECHO INTERNACIONAL, 1999 11 (2000).
Court Commentary C ICJ Update C ICJ Backs Effective Immunity for UN Experts, 2 TRANSLEX 6 (August
1999).
Making the World Safe for Human Rights Rapporteurs: ECOSOC=s Request for an ICJ Advisory Opinion, 1
TRANSLEX 9 (Feb. 1999).
Book Review, The Inter-American System of Human Rights, 93 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL
LAW 555 (1999).
Book Review, Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law in New Democracies, 92 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW 607 (1998).
Lessons from the United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador, 14 NOUVELLES ETUDES PÉNALES 225
(1998).
Review Article, Teaching International Human Rights Law, 91 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL
LAW 215 (1997).
Looking Straight Ahead: Amid 2 Hague Tribunals, Permanent Global Court of Crime Pondered by ‘98,
FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL, Dec. 1996, at 28-33.
La Responsabilidad de las Violaciones a los Derechos Humanos en Comisiones de la Verdad, MEMORIA DEL
TALLER INTERNACIONAL: METODOLOGÍA PARA UNA COMISIÓN DE LA VERDAD EN GUATEMALA 75 (Oficina
de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala, 1996).
Practicing International Human Rights Law, in INTERNSHIPS AND CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
(American Society of International Law 1996).
El Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos y la Prisión Preventiva, 21 REVISTA INSTITUTO
INTERAMERICANO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS 35 (1995), reprinted in 17 Foro Judicial 2 (FESPAD, San
Salvador, El Salvador, Sept. 1996).
Reflections on the Murder of Yitzhak Rabin, HUMAN RIGHTS (publication of the American Bar Association),
winter 1996, Vol. 23, No. 1, inside cover.
War Crimes and Other Human Rights Abuses in the Former Yugoslavia, 16 WHITTIER LAW REVIEW 387
(1995) (panel).
International Relations and Other (since 1995):
Introduction and Postscript: Partial Progress on UN Reform, 4 N.W.U.J. INT’L HUM. RTS. 1 (2005).
Canada and the World: A Reply to Michael Ignatieff, in INDEPENDENCE IN AN AGE OF EMPIRE: ASSESSING
UNILATERALISM AND MULTILATERALISM 83-89, Graham F. Walker ed., Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
Monograph, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (2004).
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Editorial, SISTEMAS JUDICIALES, Vol. II, No. 3, pp. 2-3 (2002).
Observaciones, in Due Process of Law Foundation, JUSTICIA PARA LAS VICTIMAS EN EL SIGLO XXI 68-70
(2002)
La reconciliación requiere de verdad, justicia y reparaciones, (“Reconciliation requires truth, justice and
reparations”) in Asociación pro Derechos Humanos (Peru), ed., EL RETO DE LA VERDAD Y LA JUSTICIA 81-86
(2001) (“The Challenge of Truth and Justice”).
Truth, Justice and Reconciliation, and The UN Truth Commission for El Salvador, in Ghana Center for
Democratic Development, International Conference on National Reconciliation: International Perspectives,
(2001).
The United States Supreme Court=s Racial Desegregation Decision: Moving a Nation Forward, VII
LUDICIUM ET VITA Vol. I, p. 374 (Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, 2000).
Human Rights and Business Responsibilities in the Global Marketplace, 11 BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY
No. 2, pp. 261-74 (April 2001).
A Framework of Norms: International Human-Rights Law and Sovereignty, XXII HARVARD INTERNATIONAL
REVIEW No. 4, pp. 60-62 (Winter 2001).
The Pinochet Case: Expanding International Accountability, 1 NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 35 (Vol. I, spring 1999).
The Rome Treaty for an International Criminal Court: A Flawed But Essential First Step, VI BROWN
JOURNAL OF WORLD AFFAIRS 41(Winter/Spring 1999).
The Salvadoran Experience, in Woodstock Theological Center, WOODSTOCK COLLOQUIUM: FORGIVENESS IN
CONFLICT RESOLUTION: REALITY AND UTILITY, THE EXPERIENCES OF THE TRUTH COMMISSIONS (1998), at
37.
Will the Inter-American Human Rights System Come of Age?, 4 JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS 45
(1997).
International Truth Commissions and Justice, 5 THE ASPEN INSTITUTE QUARTERLY 69 (1993), reprinted in
Neil J. Kritz, ed., TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: HOW EMERGING DEMOCRACIES RECKON WITH FORMER REGIMES
(U.S. Institute of Peace 1995), vol. I, p. 326.
Public (English language) (since 1995):
Commentaries on International Human Rights, weekly on Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ 91.5 FM, “World
View,” 1994 to date, reprinted in CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN, 1995 to date. An archive may be found
on the web page of the Center for International Human Rights,
http:// www.law.northwestern.edu/humanrights.
The U.S. and the UN; See no evil, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, May 29, 2005.
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Darfur and a new court, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, March 13, 2005.
Courting Disaster: Gonzales as Attorney General?, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, Jan. 25, 2005, at 8-9.
INHUMAN; In a post-9/11 world, does America still stand tall on rights? Bush could still turn into a
champion of oppressed, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Nov. 28, 2004.
Peace of mind’s price; Visa Absurdity: Government thinks we have nothing to fear but … ideas [on the denial
of a visa to Tariq Ramadan], CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 10, 2004.
The Barrier: A wall between Israel and the world’s opinion, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, July 25, 2004.
Two Steps Forward:The Supreme Court delivers partial victory for rule of law, IN THESE TIMES, July 9, 2004.
“Enemy Combatants” Get Their Day in Court, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, June 29, 2004.
Torture in Iraq: The Rule of Pain: Ignorant, inflammatory, undeniable, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, May 9, 2004.
World Court to Texas: Follow Your Own Laws, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, April 11, 2004.
Editorial: Saddam in the Dock: Who Will Judge Him?, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, Jan.6, 2004.
Justice; A Chilling Double Standard Turns U.S. Into Its Own Enemy, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Aug. 17, 2003.
Bush-whacked: Has the U.S. Disabled the UN?, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, April 19, 2003, 10-11.
POWs: Not all is fair, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, April 19, 2003, 11.
The Irresponsible Nation; U.S. Has Blown Up Rule of Law and Order, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, March 23, 2003.
It’s a crime; Repercussions: an eye for an eye, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Feb. 2, 2003.
Public Should Know: Case for War is Weak, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 13, 2002.
Gunnin’ for Hussein: Doing It Wrong Would Be a Crime, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Sept. 22, 2002.
Do Unto Others: America Fights International Covenants Against Torture, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Sept. 1, 2002.
A Final Toll: Were Rights Also Casualties of Sept. 11?, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, June 23, 2002.
With or without U.S., world court will debut, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, May 12, 2002.
Military Justice: Tribunals won’t cut it, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, April 7, 2002.
What defines a POW? It’s not an easy call, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, February 3, 2002.
Rights: Worldwide Justice Must Be Priority, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Jan. 6, 2002.
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Desperately Seeking Osama: With UN help, U.S. has tools for pursuit, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 21, 2001.
A new chessboard of world power, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Sept. 23, 2001.
Bad Neighbors, THE AMERICAN PROSPECT, Vol. 12, Issue 15, August 27, 2001 (on the US and the ICC).
Milosevic in the Dock: A Challenge for the International Tribunal, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, August 15-22,
2001, pp. 6-7.
The World Reaches Out for Justice, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, August 12, 2001, section 2, page one.
On the Record, interview in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, July 23, 2000.
Why We Need the International Criminal Court, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, May 12, 1999, 532.
The Pinochet Precedent, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, May 12, 1999, 535.
International Coup d=Etat in Kosovo?, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Mar. 28, 1999.
The Universal Declaration at 50: Changing the World?, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, Dec. 23-30, 1998, at
1249.
50 Years of Decency, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Dec. 10, 1998.
Murder with Impunity; Guatemala: Not Ready for ANever Again,’@ THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, June 17-24,
1998, at 596.
The World Court, Washington and the rule of law, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, April 13, 1998.
Remembering the Holocaust Selectively, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Mar. 24, 1998.
Season of Fear: Immigration Law Could Force Families Apart, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 21, 1997.
Judgment at Nuremberg: A Half-Century Appraisal, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, December 6, 1995 at 1180-
85.
Enforcing Human Rights, interview on “Common Ground,” radio series on world affairs distributed nationally
by Stanley Foundation, August 1995.
Guilty Conscience, Bloody Hands in Honduras, BALTIMORE SUN, July 26, 1995.
Public (In Spanish) (since 1998):
La Verdad Jamás Ha Tumbado Una Democracia, 135 IDEELE (Revista del Instituto de Defensa Legal) 36-
38 (feb. 2001) (interview).
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La Democracia Versus la Pobreza y el Racismo, EL OTRO (Chicago), April 15, 2000.
Dos Casos Distintos, Que Merecen Resultados Paralelos, EL OTRO (Chicago), Feb. 15, 2000.
Caracas: Constituciones y Caudillos, EL OTRO (Chicago), January 15, 2000.
Derechos Humanos en el Nuevo Milenio: O Para Todos, O Para Nadie, EL OTRO (Chicago) (December 15,
1999).
Momento Difícil para la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, EL OTRO (Chicago), July 15, 1999.
El Derecho Humano a la Dignidad, EL OTRO, May 15, 1999.
El Caso Pinochet: Un Paso Hacia la Justicia, EL OTRO, April 15, 1999.
Guatemala: Los Ojos de los Enterrados, EL OTRO, Mar. 15, 1999.
La Globalización con Cara Humana? EL OTRO, Feb. 15, 1999.
El Segundo Medio Siglo del Movimiento Pro Derechos Humanos, EL OTRO, Jan. 15, 1999.
El Caso Pinochet: Superando la Impunidad, EXITO (CHICAGO TRIBUNE Spanish language weekly), Dec. 17,
1998.
La Justicia y el General, EXITO, Oct. 29, 1998.
ILLUSTRATIVE OTHER ACTIVITIES:
American Bar Association, Consultant to ABA President on the International Criminal Court (1998);
Chairman, Working Group on the American Convention on Human Rights (1994); Chairman, Latin America
Subcommittee, Human Rights Committee, Section on International Law and Practice (1991-94); ABA
Observer at the trial in the Jesuits’ murder case, San Salvador, El Salvador (1991).
Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies (2005 - ).
Human Rights Watch, Chicago Committee (2004 - ).
Center for Civil and Human and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School, Advisory Council (2000-05).
Human Rights Program, University of Chicago, Faculty Committee (1997 - ).
Summer Course on Human Rights, sponsored by the Netherlands School of Human Rights Research, the
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and Northwestern University School of Law, Organizing Committee
and Lecturer (2002 - ).
Council on Foreign Relations, Member (2003 - ).
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Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Program Advisory Committee (2002), Global Chicago Center
(Executive Committee, 2004); Global Chicago Committee (2002), Global Chicago Advisory Committee
(2000-02), Advisory Board, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations/WTTW Global Chicago Series (2003).
International Criminal Justice Institute, International Advisory Council (2002).
Cook County Pubic Defender, Immigration Manual Editorial Advisory Board (2002).
Organization of American States, Adviser to Secretariat on Inter-American Human Rights system (1996).
U.S.-Guatemala Labor Education Project, Board of Directors (1996-2000).
Inter-American Human Rights Digest Project, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington
College of Law, American University, Advisory Board (1998).
Mexican Cultural and Educational Institute, Chicago, Advisory Board (1999).
United States Non-Governmental Mission to Observe the 1994 Presidential Elections in El Salvador. Co-chair.
Testimony as expert witness in political asylum hearings before U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Chicago, in numerous cases from Latin America (1991 - ).
Expert witness (proffered) in Mehinovic et al. v. Vuckovic, (N.D. Ga., Civ. No. 1 98-CV.2470) (1999).
MacArthur Justice Center, Chicago, Advisory Board (1993 - ).
Center for Legal Studies, Northwestern University, Faculty Associate (2002-05).
RECENT SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS (since 1997):
International:
The Inter-American System of Human Rights (and other lectures), Summer Program in Human Rights,
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, August 2006.
Testimony on whether the Indonesian Truth Commission Law Meets International Law Standards,
Constitutional Court of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 2006.
Los Juicios Militares en Guantanamo a la Luz del Derecho Internacional, Congreso Internacional de Derecho
Penal, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, June 2006.
Los Juicios Militares en Guantánamo, Congreso de Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos,
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, May 2006.
Crimes Against Humanity, in Seminar for Prosecutors in the Divisions of Human Rights and Justice and
Peace in the Office of the Chief Prosecutor of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, November 2005.
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An International Law Perspective on the Law of Justice and Peace, in Seminario Serie Houston: Democracia,
Imperio de la Ley y Paz en Colombia (annual conference on public issues in Colombia, co-sponsored by the
United States Embassy and Fundacion Ideas Para la Paz), Medellin, Colombia, September 2005.
The Inter-American System for Protection of Human Rights (and other topics), in Summer Course on Human
Rights, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, August 2005.
The International Criminal Court and The Congo (panel), 14th World Congress of Criminology, sponsored by
the International Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2005.
En busqueda de la mas amplia medida de justicia: Las sentencias de reparacion de la Corte Interamericana
de Derechos Humanos, in Foro Internacional: Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Humanitario,
Universidad de Ibague, Ibague, Colombia, April 2005.
The Inter-American Human Rights System: Mouse That Roars, in conference on What Institutions for the
Americas?, Center for Inter-American Studies, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada, March 2005.
Reparation in Latin America, in International Conference on The Right to Reparation for Victims of Serious
Human Rights Violations, co-sponsored by Universiteit Antwerpen and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Brussels, Belgium, February 2005.
El Debido Proceso en la Jurisprudencia de la Comision Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, en las XXX
Jornadas “J.M. Dominguez Escovar,” Estado de Derecho, Administracion de Justicia y Derechos Humanos,
Instituto de Estudios Juridicos del Estado Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, January 2005.
Criminal responsibility of superiors for war crimes perpetrated by subordinates: failure to act and
negligence, in Regional Meeting on Adjusting National Criminal Law to International Humanitarian Law
Treaties, sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in cooperation with the Organization of
American States and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexico City, December 2004.
The International Prohibition of Torture: Challenges and Responses; A National Perspective, (panel with
Theo Van Boven, Juan Mendez and Yvonne Terlingen), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
and the NGO Committee on Human Rights, United Nations, New York, October 2004.
El Sistema Interamericano de Proteccion a los Derechos Humanos como garantia del acceso a la justicia a
favor de las victimas de violaciones a los Derechos Humanos en El Salvador, I Congreso Internacional de
Derechos Humanos ‘Herbert Anaya Sanabria,’ Universidad de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador,
October 2004.
Las Sentencias de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos Sobre la Detención Prolongada de los
‘Combatientes Enemigos’ en la ‘Guerra’ contra el Terrorismo, Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales
y el Diálogo Exterior, Madrid, Spain, July 2004.
Are International Criminal Tribunals Useful? An Assessment of the Record of the Yugoslavia and Rwanda
Tribunals, in Third Transatlantic Conference, International Criminal Justice: A Transatlantic Dialogue, cosponsored
by Northwestern University and Catholic University of Leuven law schools, Brussels, May 2004.
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Arbitrary Detentions and Military Commission Trials of Prisoners at Guantanamo, International Service for
Human Rights, at United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, April 2004.
The Inter-American Human Rights System: Making a Difference?, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National
University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, April 2004.
Las Normas Internacionales Pertinentes a las Amnistías y Otros Mecanismos Formales de la Impunidad
para Violaciones graves de los Derechos Humanos, Seminario Ideas Para la Paz, Bogotá, Colombia, March
2004.
Jurisdicción Universal, International Congress of Comparative Legal Cultures and Systems, Instituto de
Investigaciones Jurídicas, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, February 2004.
Judicial Reform, Human Rights and the Inter-American System: Lessons Learned, in conference on
Perspectives on Latin American Judicial Reform, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, January 2004.
The Rule of Law (Working Group Chair), Conference on Elements of a New Consensus to Confront Poverty
in the Americas, sponsored by Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development, Inter-American
Development Bank and Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., November 2003.
Human Rights in the Americas (Panel), Inter-American Press Association, 59th General Assembly, Chicago,
October 2003.
Due Process of Law in United States Criminal Procedure, World Congress of Procedural Law, Mexico City,
September 2003.
Alternativas a la Impunidad en Crímenes de Lesa Humanidad, Encuentro Internacional Alternativas a la
Impunidad y a la Globalización del Mercado, Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz, Bogotá, Colombia,
September 2003.
Reformas Institucionales, Verdad y Futuro, in International Seminar on Post-Truth Commission Processes:
From Denial to Acceptance, sponsored by the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, Lima, Peru, June
2003.
Reformas a la Protección de las garantías constitucionales y los derechos humanos, in Inter-American
Seminar, Justice and Democratic Governability, sponsored by Chilean Ministry of Justice and Justice Studies
Center of the Americas, Santiago, Chile, June 2003.
Conferencia Magistral (Principal Address), La Procuración de Justicia en el Siglo XXI: Una Perspectiva
Internacional, (“Prosecution and Justice in the Twenty First Century:An International Perspective”), in
International Seminar, Retos y Perspectivas de la Procuración de Justicia (“Challenges and Prospects for
Prosecution and Justice”), Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Mexico City, May 2003.
American Convention on Human Rights:Commentary, in Expert Seminar on the Extraterritorial Scope of
Human Rights Treaties, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, January 2003.
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El Centro de Estudios de Justicia de las Americas, in Presentacion Publica del Instituto Mexicano para la
Justicia, Mexico City, September 2002.
Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law: Combat of Terrorism in the United States, in Conference on
Legal Instruments in the Fight Against International Terrorism, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, cosponsored
by the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Leuven and Northwestern University School of
Law, May 2002.
Canadian Ratification of the American Convention on Human Rights, testimony before Standing Senate
Committee on Human Rights, Ottawa, Canada, April 2002.
Report of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas, Presentation to plenary session of the Fourth Meeting of
the Attorneys General and Ministers of Justice of the Americas, Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 2002.
Los Estados Unidos y el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Presentation to Meeting of Experts
on Support for Inter-American Instruments on Human Rights, Committee on Legal and Political Affairs,
Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.., March 2002.
Standards of Accountability for Gross Violations of Human Rights in the 21st Century, International Center
for Transitional Justice, Workshop on Peace Processes and Transitional Justice, Bogota, Colombia,
November 2001.
La Impunidad y los Derechos Humanos, Universidad Centroamericana, San Salvador, El Salvador, November
2001.
The Inter-American Human Rights System, Freedom of Expression in Europe and the USA, and Human
Rights in Societies in Transition, Human Rights Summer Course, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium,
August 2001.
Truth, Justice and Reconciliation, and The United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador, in International
Conference on National Reconciliation, Center for Democratic Development, Accra, Ghana, June 2001.
The Comparative Remedial Competence and Effectiveness of the Inter-American and European Human
Rights Systems, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, May 2001.
The Inter-American System and National Implementation of International Humanitarian and Human Rights
Law, in Governmental Experts= Meeting on National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law and
Related Inter-American Conventions, sponsored by the Organization of American States, the International
Committee of the Red Cross and the governments of Canada and Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, March
2001.
Truth Commissions and Justice, in Forum on Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice, Coordinadora de
los Derechos Humanos y Asociación para los Derechos Humanos, Lima, Perú, February 2001.
The International Criminal Court and Justice, Lectures sponsored by the Defensor del Pueblo, Lima and
Piura, Perú, December 2000.
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The Judgment of the Tribunal of Opinion on the Bombing of Santo Domingo, Colombia, Saravena, Colombia,
December 2000.
Reforming the Criminal Justice Systems of the Americas, in Forum on Reform of the Criminal Procedure
Code, Due Process of Law Foundation, Quito, Ecuador, October 2000.
Options for International Justice, lecture to Joint Programme in International Human Rights Law of
University of Oxford and George Washington University, New College, Oxford, England, August 2000.
The Globalization of Human Rights: Consciousness, Law and Practice, in Symposium: At Century=s Dawn:
The Future and Past of Human Rights and the Rule of Law, co-sponsored by Northwestern University School
of Law and the Institute of United States Studies, University of London, London, July 2000.
Buscando Entre las Cenizas: Las Experiencias de Guatemala y El Salvador, on the occasion of the 20th
anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, University of Central America, San Salvador,
El Salvador, March 2000.
Truth Commission and Reconciliation: Urgency and Its Problems, Public Forum Sponsored by Indonesian
National Commission on Human Rights and ELSAM, Jakarta, Indonesia, February 2000.
La Enseñanza de Derecho Internacional, and La Nueva Correlación entre Justicia Internacional y Nacional,
in Jornadas de Derechos Internacional, co-sponsored by the Organization of American States and the Foreign
Ministry of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, October 1999.
Verdad y Reconciliación en el Caso de los Niños Desaparecidos, in forum on Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos
Como Consecuencia del Conflicto Armado: Una Responsabilidad Pendiente,@ co-sponsored by UNICEF El
Salvador and the Asociación Pro-Búsqueda de Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos, San Salvador, El Salvador, May
1999.
The UN Truth Commission for El Salvador, in panel on AExploring the Future of Truth Commissions,@ at
The Hague Appeal for Peace, The Hague, The Netherlands, May 1999.
Trigger Mechanisms and the Role of the Security Council, (panel presentation) at Latin American/Caribbean
Workshop on Mechanisms for the Development of International Criminal Justice, Trinidad, May 1998.
Issues of Substantive and Procedural International Criminal Law, (panel) at Hemispheric Conference on the
Proposed International Criminal Court, sponsored by the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights and the
Human Rights Ombudsman of Guatemala, Guatemala, March 1998.
The Realpolitik of the American Convention on Human Rights, at conference of Canadian ratification of the
Convention, sponsored by the International Center for Democracy and Development of Canada, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, February 1998.
Prospects for United States Ratification of the American Convention of Human Rights, University of Quebec
at Montreal, Montreal, Canada, February 1998.
Globalization and International Law, address at Universidade do Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
December 1997.
18
International Human Rights and Women=s Rights, panel presentation at Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da
Mulher (State Council on Women=s Rights), Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December
1997.
Police Violence: Causes and Responses, address at Instituto de Estudos da Religiao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
December 1997.
Truth Commissions and International Justice, panel presentation at International Conference on Reining in
Impunity, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy, September 1997.
The Substantive Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, lectures to
lawyers interning in the office of the prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal, The Hague, The
Netherlands, July 1997, May 1996 and June 1995.
Fact-finding by the Inter-American Human Rights System as Compared to the United Nations Treaty Bodies,
presentation at international conference on United Nations Human Rights Treaty Enforcement, York
University, Toronto, Canada, June 1997.
Domestic (since 1997):
Prosecuting the World’s Worst War Criminals: From Sierra Leone to The Hague, Panel presentation
sponsored by Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar Association Annual Meeting,
Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2006.
Evaluation of Progress and Lessons Learned, Panel presentation in Seminar on Judicial Reform in Latin
America, co-sponsored by Justice Studies Center of the Americas and Center for Strategic and International
Studies, Washington, D.C., June 2006.
Upholding the Rule of Law in the “War” against Terrorism, Address to Law School Alumni, Notre Dame
Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, June 2006.
The Salvadoran Elections and the Prospects for Democracy in El Salvador, Roundtable Discussion, Romero
Days, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, April
2006.
Applying Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in the Extraterritorial War Against Terrorism: Too Little,
Too Much, or Just Right? (panel), International Law Weekend, American Branch, International Law
Association, New York, New York, October 2005.
The Case Against Torture (panel debate with Professors Eric Posner and Andrew Koppelman), Next Theater
Salon, Evanston, Illinois, October 2005.
The Relationship between Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and its Impact on the Promotion of
International Criminal Justice (panel), in conference on International Criminal Tribunals in the 21st Century,
celebrating the 10th anniversary of the War Crimes Research Office, Washiongton College of Law, American
University, Washington, D.C., September 2005.
19
Your Degree: A Privilege and a Responsibility, Convocation Address, Dominican University, River Forest,
Illinois, September 2005.
Use of Force: Collective Responsibility to Protect and Preventive Self-Defense, in panel on High-Level Panel
Report on Threats, Challenges and Change to the UN, sponsored by American Bar Association, Section on
International Law, ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 2005.
Perilous Times for the Rule of Law, Keynote Address, Muslim Bar Association Annual Dinner, Chicago, July
2005.
Lawyers as Guardians of the Rule of Law, Public Interest Law Internship, Chicago, June 2005.
The Patriot Act: Last Refuge of Scoundrels, Chicago Area Unitarian Universalist Council, Hinsdale, Illinois,
May 2005.
International Terrorism: Where It Comes From, How to Counter It, Aspen in Chicago Seminar, Starved Rock
State Park, Utica, Illinois, May 2005.
Human Rights, American and International: Terrorism, Torture, Abortion and Hate Speech, American
Constitution Society, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, April 2005.
Should United States Foreign Policy Include the Military Option of Pre-emptive Strikes?, Debate with
Ambassador Kenneth Adelman, sponsored by Chicago Debate Commission, co-sponsored by Chicago
Council on Foreign Relations, DePaul University, Chicago, April 2005.
Reforming the United Nations for a Safer World (panel), Americans for Informed Democracy, University of
Chicago, Chicago, April 2005.
The Interplay of International and National Court Rulings: the World Court, the Israeli Wall and Mexican
Prisoners in the US, International Law Society, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, April
2005.
Stop the Slaughter Now – Darfur (panel), Shoah student organization, Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois, April 2005.
Recent Developments in Rule of Law and International Human Rights Law in U.S. Courts, Presentation to
Board of Directors of Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Chicago, March 2005.
Prolonged Detentions, Military Trials and Torture at Guantanamo, presentation to National Lawyers Guild,
Chicago, March 2005.
Due Process of Law, Even for Alleged Terrorists?, in Forum on Balancing International Law With National
Security, sponsored by League of Women Voters of Chicago, Chicago, February 2005.
The International Criminal Court and Justice for Victims of Atrocities in Darfur, Keynote Address, Model
United Nations of the University of Chicago, Chicago, February 2005.
20
Equal Labor Rights for Undocumented Migrant Workers, in Conference on Human Rights and Refugees,
Internally Displaced Persons and Migrant Workers, Metropolitan College of New York and Touro Law
School, New York City, January 2005.
U.S. Detention Policies and Practices, International Law Commentator, in conference on Midwest Voices for
Human Rights, University of Minnesota Law School, November 2004.
America’s Role in the World, League of Women Voters, Arlington Heights, Illinois, October 2004.
Analysis and Evaluation of Law School Human Rights Programs (round table), Harvard Law School Human
Rights Program 20th Anniversary Celebration, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 2004.
The Justice Department Torture Memos and the Role of Lawyers, Panel Discussion with Judge Abner Mikva
and Professor Richard Epstein, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Chicago, October 2004.
International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israeli Barrier, Panel Discussion with Ambassador Philip
Wilcox, American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice, and United Nations
Association, Washington, D.C., September 2004.
The Enemy Combatant Cases and the Rule of Law, American Bar Foundation, Fellows Annual Business
Breakfast, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2004.
Iraq: Is It Too Late? (with John Mearsheimer), Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Global Connections
Dinner Series, Wilmette, Illinois, June 2004.
Iraqi Detainee Abuse and the Law (panel), Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., May 2004.
Lessons of the Baghdad Prisoner Abuse Scandal, in Chicago Roundtable: America’s Role in the World,
Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago, May 2004.
Europe: A Useful Check on American Power In the 21st Century?, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations,
European Young Leaders Exchange Program, Evanston, Illinois, May 2004
What Can You Believe in an Election Year? (panel), Northwestern Alumni Association, New York City,
April; 2004.
Civil Liberties and National Security (panel), University of Illinois at Chicago, April 2004.
Law and Liberty in the Fight Against Terrorism, Northwestern Alumni Association, A Day With
Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, April 2004.
The United States and International Human Rights, Northwestern University Conference on Human Rights,
Evanston, Illinois, April 2004.
Globalization with a More Human Face, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Almnae
Roundtable, Chicago, March 2004.
21
Can Law Protect Rights? – The Legacy of Clarence Darrow, 66th Anniversary Commemoration of the Death
of Clarence Darrow, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, March 2004.
Protecting Rights in Times of Crisis, League of Women Voters, Evanston, Illinois, March 2004.
Guantanamo: Prison Without Walls, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, College of DuPage, Illinois,
March 2004.
Prospectus: Do Free Markets Help to Create Free Peoples?, Seminar of Experts on Market Economies and
Human Rights in Developing Democracies in Latin America and Southeast Asia, Northwestern University
School of Law, Chicago, March 2004.
Guantanamo: Negative Example for the Rule of Law, in panel sponsored by Section of Individual Rights and
Responsibilities at Midyear Meeting of the American Bar Association, San Antonio, Texas, February 2004.
What Should be the Moral Role of a Superpower in the World?, St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Wilmette,
Illinois, February 2004.
The United States and the Rule of Law: Prisoners Beyond Law at Guantanamo, St. Augustine’s Episcopal
Church, Wilmette, Illinois, February 2004.
The CIA Coup in Guatemala: Perspective From a Half Century On, Northeastern University, Chicago,
November 2003.
The Case for Moderate Multilateralism, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, American Primacy Task
Force, Chicago, November 2003.
Universal Criminal Jurisdiction (panel), International Law Association, American Branch, International Law
Weekend, New York, New York, October 2003.
Trials by Military Commission and Due Process of Law, National Lawyers Guild National Convention,
Minneapolis, October 2003.
The Inter-American Convention on Violence Against Women, War Crimes Research Symposium:
International Crimes Against Women, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio,
October 2003.
What if Christ Were a Roman?, Theology of Park Ridge, Park Ridge, Illinois, October 2003.
Keeping Our Liberties in Tough Times, Northwestern University Alumnae Continuing Education Program,
Evanston, Illinois, October 2003.
Using International Human Rights Law in Domestic Civil Liberties Cases, American Civil Liberties Union,
Illinois, Chicago, September 2003.
The Genesis and Direction of US Foreign Policy: What are the Alternatives?, Pax Christi Illinois, Chicago,
June 2003.
22
Using International Human Rights Law in Domestic Human Rights Litigation (panel), 40th Anniversary
Meeting of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., Washington, D.C., June 2003.
Civil Liberties in Time of War, panel with Dean Geoffrey Stone and James Fennerty, Chicago Council of
Lawyers and National Lawyers Guild, Chicago, May 2003.
International Law and World Public Order after the Iraq War, Arab-American Bar Association, Chicago,
May 2003.
Invading Iraq: Preemptive Attack, Liberation or Crime Against Peace?, American Civil Liberties Union,
Chicagoans Against War in Iraq and National Lawyers Guild, DePaul University, Chicago, May 2003.
Law and Liberty in the War on Terrorism, Northwestern Alumni Association, A Day With Northwestern,
Evanston, Illinois, April 2003.
The Case Against Occidental Petroleum Company for the Santo Domingo Bombing, in conference on Natural
Resource Exploitation and the Survival of Afro-Colombians, DePaul University, Chicago, April 2003.
The War in Iraq and International Law, Catholic Lawyers Guild, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago,
April 2003.
Living Faith in the Law, Christian Law Students and St. Thomas More Society, University of Chicago law
school, Chicago, April 2003.
After the War: America vs. the World, North Shore Unitarian Church, Deerfield, Illinois, April 2003.
International Law on Jus Ad Bellum and the War in Iraq, Loyola University law school, Chicago, April 2003.
International Institutions, Politics and Sovereignty: A Reply to Jack Goldsmith, in Conference on National
Sovereignty and International Institutions, James Madison Program and Center of International Studies,
Princeton University, April 2003.
United States Military Involvement in Colombia in a Post-Iraq World, in conference on Colombia:
Confronting Conflict, Striving Towards Peace, University of Chicago, April 2003.
America’s War on Terrorism: Forsaking Human Rights?, Keynote Address, Jack. L. Walker Conference on
Political Affairs, Human Rights in the 21st Century, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March
2003.
The War in Iraq (debate), Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, March 2003.
Superpower Unleashed: Too Much Power, Too Little Peace?, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Chicago Chapter,
March 2003.
The Future of the United Nations and the War in Iraq, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 2003.
Is an Invasion of Iraq Justified?, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, February 2003.
23
A Dialogue on Ethics and War with Iraq (panelist), Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston,
Illinois, February 2003.
War in Iraq: Healthy for Humanity?, Address to Annual Dinner, Physicians for Social Responsibility,
Chicago Chapter, Chicago, February 2003.
Testimony in Support of Alderman Joe Moore’s Resolution in Opposition to War in Iraq, Chicago City
Council, January 2003.
International Criminal Court: Shield Against Impunity?, International Law Society, University of Chicago
Law School, Chicago, January 2003.
Invading Iraq: A Cure Worse Than the Disease?, Ethical Humanist Society, Chicago, January 2003.
Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and Third World Conference
Foundation, Governor’s State University, Illinois, Dec. 2002 (panel).
International Law and a Preemptive Invasion of Iraq, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, November
2002.
Human Rights in the Changing Global Order, in Fall Seminar Series on “The U.S. and the World: Emerging
Issues,” Northwestern University, Chicago, October 2002.
Democracy in a Post-Saddam Iraq: Myth or Reality?, Center for International and Comparative Studies and
GLOBE, Northwestern University, Evanston, October 2002.
Inter-American Free Trade Zones, Latino Law Students Association, Northwestern University, Chicago,
October 2002.
America’s Pending War With Iraq, Public Forum, North Suburban Peace Initiative, Winnetka, Illinois,
October 2002.
Universal Criminal Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Violations, Amnesty International Legal Support
Network national Meeting, Carter Center, Atlanta, September 2002.
International Human Rights and Civil Rights (panel), Briefing to Board of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., May 2002.
Due Process, The International Criminal Court and U.S. Military Tribunals, Public Affairs Roundtable,
Chicago, May 2002.
Human Rights, Labor Rights and Civil Liberties, 44th annual Debs-Thomas-Harrington Dinner, Chicago, May
2002.
Human Rights and the Rule of Law in post-911 United States Counter-Terrorism Programs, Seventh Circuit
Bar Association and Judicial Conference, Chicago, May 2002.
24
Human Rights in Colombia, in Colombia – Democracy and Peace Seminar, Center for Latino Research,
DePaul University, Chicago, April 2002.
Civil Liberties Issues in the United States Response to Terrorism, Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Calumet
Chapter, Hammond, Indiana, April 2002.
Intellectuals in Times of Crisis (panel), in Conference on Intellectuals: Who Needs Them?, sponsored by the
Center for Public Intellectuals and the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, April 2002.
Transitional Justice and State Sovereignty, Notre Dame Law School, South Bend, Indiana, April 2002.
Compromis: Is There a New World Court?, Fifth Annual Faculty Conference, Human Rights and the Law of
War: New Roles for the World Court?, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, April 2002.
Human Rights: Different Standards for the United States?, Chicago State University, March 2002.
International Human Rights Legal Protection for Internally Displaced Persons, Conference on Internally
Displaced Persons, co-sponsored by Pax International and the Global Law and Policy Initiative of Chicago-
Kent College of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, March 2002.
Can We Love Terrorists?, Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago, February 2002.
Rights of Immigrants Amid the Response to Terrorism, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago,
December 2001.
Legal Response to International Terrorism, Northwestern University Alumni Association, Chicago,
November 2001.
Guarding Human Rights Against Terrorists: A Need for International Cooperation, Keynote address, Beloit
College, Beloit, Wisconsin, November 2001.
Attack on America: How the World Has Changed, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Evanston, Illinois,
November 2001.
International Law and the U.S. Response to Terrorism, University of Chicago and Northwestern Alumni
Associations, Chicago, October 2001.
The International Criminal Court: Bringing War Criminals to Justice, Northwestern University Alumnae,
Northwestern Day, Evanston, Illinois, October 2001.
National Security: Redefining Priorities, North Suburban Peace Initiative, Evanston, Illinois, September
2001.
Christian, Jewish and Islamic Fundamentalism, Seminar presented to Chicago Aspen Society, Illinois, May
2001.
Elections: Indispensable but Insufficient in a Globalizing World, Management & Policy Studies Domain
Dinner, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, April 2001.
25
Globalization, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Latin America, 27th Annual Third World Conference,
Chicago, March 2001.
Human Rights Advocacy in a Global World, Center for Applied Christian Ethics, Wheaton College, Illinois,
March 2001.
The International Criminal Court: Prospects and Pitfalls, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Chicago, February
2001.
Can Human Rights Conditions on U.S. Military Aid to Colombia Work?, International Law Society,
University of Chicago Law School, February 2001.
Strengthening the Judiciary: Judicial Independence and the Role of Law Schools in the Western Hemisphere
(panel), American Association of Law Schools annual meeting, San Francisco, January 2001.
What Role Should Religion Play in American Politics?, Catholic-Jewish Dialogue, Chicago, December 2000.
United Nations Structures for Addressing Racism and Xenophobia, Preparatory Meeting for UN World
Conference on Racism, sponsored by White House Task Force on World Conference on Racism, Emory
University, Atlanta, October 2000.
Sources and Forms of Racism and Xenophobia: An International Perspective, Preparatory Meeting for UN
World Conference on Racism, sponsored by White House Task Force on World Conference on Racism,
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, September 2000.
Annual Meeting Keynote: Civil Rights and Human Rights: A Call for Closer Collaboration, Chicago Lawyers
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Chicago, July 2000.
International Justice: The Expanding Menu of Options, Chicago Bar Association, International Law
Committee, June 2000, and Public Interest Roundtable, Chicago, May 2000.
Does Democracy Stand a Chance in Latin America?, Center for International and Comparative Studies
Faculty Colloquium, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, April 2000.
The United Nations and the International Criminal Court, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent
College of Law, March 2000.
The Role of the International Community in Transitional Justice and Truth Commissions, in U.S. Department
of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Conference on Amnesty and Impunity in the Latin American
Peace Process, Arlington, Virginia, March 2000.
Tailoring Truth Commissions to Country Circumstances: El Salvador, in panel on Re-Examining Truth: A
View From the Inside of Latin American Truth Commissions, Latin American XXII International Congress,
Miami, Florida, March 2000.
Human Rights in the New Millennium: A Faith Perspective, The Renaissance Circle Lectures, DePaul
University, Chicago, March 2000.
26
An International Perspective, in Roundtable on Mass Incarceration: Perspectives on U.S. Imprisonment,
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, February 2000.
Chair, Meeting of Experts on the International Criminal Court, Duke University School of Law, November
1999.
Chair, Consultation Meeting on International Criminal Justice, National Interest Project, Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights, Washington, D.C., November 1999.
Commentator, Forum on Settling Accounts: Violence, Justice and Accountability in Postsocialist Europe,
DePaul University, November 1999.
Third World Debt and Human Dignity, Northwestern University Campus Ministries, November 1999.
Making International Human Rights Real: Can International Enforcement Work?, address to student group,
Globe: Northwestern=s Eye on the World, Northwestern University, October 1999.
The Struggle for International Justice (panelist), Amnesty International Midwest Regional Conference,
Chicago, October 1999.
International Human Rights in Practice, University of Illinois Department of Political Science, October 1999.
Why the Jesuits and Women Martyrs Did Not Die in Vain, and Preferential Options, Poverty and Peace in El
Salvador, The Second Mev Puleo Conference, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, October 1999.
Director, Seminar on Globalization, Aspen Society of Chicago, October 1999.
Sovereignty at the Millennium: Not What it Used To Be, in Reunion Faculty Symposium on Globalization:
Transforming Law and International Relations, Northwestern University School of Law, September 1999.
Human Rights and Business Responsibilities in the Global Market Place, Keynote Address to Society for
Business Ethics and the Social Issues in Management Division, American Academy of Management, Chicago,
August 1999.
Jews, Catholics and Human Rights, Remarks to Chicago Jewish Catholic Dialogue, Chicago, June 1999.
Universal Justice and the Pinochet Case, Governor=s State University, Illinois, May 1999.
Human Rights in Latin America: Has the Struggle Been Won? Latin American Research Institute, Lake Forest
College, Illinois, April 1999.
Enforcing the International Prohibition Against Torture, in Conference on Investigating and Combating
Torture, sponsored by Human Rights Program, University of Chicago, March 1999.
The International Criminal Court: Why Europe=s Right and Washington is Wrong, International Law Society,
University of Chicago Law School, March 1999.
27
The Philosophy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Great Books Foundation, Chicago,
December 1998.
The History of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Midwest Coalition on Human Rights, Chicago,
December 1998.
International Human Rights Law and the Death Penalty, National Conference on Wrongful Convictions and
the Death Penalty, Chicago, November 1998.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 50: Has It Made a Difference?, address to the United Nations
Association of Kentucky, Kentucky State Capitol, Frankfort, Kentucky, October 1998.
The International Criminal Court: Safeguards for United States Participation, panel presentation, ABA
Section on Administrative Law, Washington, D.C., October 1998.
The United States Supreme Court and International Human Rights Law, First Monday Address, Northwestern
University School of Law, Chicago, October 1998.
Legal Aspects of Guatemalan Advocacy, Latin American Studies Association, XXI International Congress,
Chicago, September 1998.
Naming Names and Truth Commissions, Latin American Studies Association, XXI International Congress,
Chicago, September 1998.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, panel presentation for Chicago Commission on Human
Relations, City of Chicago, September 1998.
Participant, meeting of experts on proposed truth commission for Bosnia-Herzegovina, sponsored by United
States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C., August 1998.
Rapporteur and presenter, panel on the International Criminal Court, American Bar Association Conference on
50th Anniversary of the Genocide Convention, United Nations, New York, March 1998.
Inter-American Human Rights Soft Law, International Studies Association annual meeting, Minneapolis,
March 1998.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: A Prosecution Perspective, joint program of
the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and the International Human Rights Law Institute, November 1997.
International Justice and Amnesties, Amnesty International USA, Midwest Regional Meeting, Chicago,
November 1997.
The United Nations and International Criminal Justice, United Nations Association, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
October 1997.
U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Latin America, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, March 1997.
RECENT AWARDS:
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Dominican University, Illinois, 2005 Bradford O’Neill Medallion, awarded to an individual “whose life, work
and voice have contributed to the creation of a more just and human world.”
Chicago Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation, Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence, 2004.
North Suburban Peace Initiative, Peace Award, 2003.
Distinguished Member Award, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Northwestern University Chapter,
2000.
Community Peacemaker Award for Law, The Peace Museum, Chicago, 1998.
1997 Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism, Society of Professional Journalists, Chicago chapter
(The Chicago Headline Club), for broadcast commentary.
Peace Award, Coalition for Peace in Guatemala, 1996.
Human Rights Award, Foundation for Human Rights and the Latino Cultural Center of the University of
Illinois Chicago, 1996.
Honorary Member, Asociación Iberoamericana de Derecho Penal, 1995.
Public Interest Law Initiative, Chicago, Citation for Public Service, 1994.
Casa Guatemala Award for Human Rights Work for Guatemala, Chicago, 1994.
Centro Romero Award for Human Rights Work for El Salvador, Chicago, 1993.
LISTINGS:
Who=s Who in the World Who=s Who in America
Who=s Who in American Law Who=s Who in the Midwest
LANGUAGES:
English (native), Spanish (fluent); read French, Italian and Portuguese; some German
PERSONAL:
Roman Catholic, three children
ADDRESS:
Center for Civil and Human Rights
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Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
(574) 631-7895 (phone)
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Doug.Cassel@nd.edu

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There’s a wealth of stuff on those people though.

Salim Muwakkil wrote THE FARRAKHAN FACTOR: AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS ON MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN and INSIDE THE L.A. RIOTS, 1992

Barbara Ransby wrote:
“Fear of a Black Feminist Planet” in Civil Rights Since 1787: A Reader on the Black Struggle

A Righteous Rage: African American Women in Defense of Ourselves and Black Women’s Response to the Hill - Thomas Hearings

The Gang Rape of Anita Hill and the Assault Upon all Women

Cohen is also editor with Frederick Harris of a new book series from Oxford Press entitled “Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities.” Her general field of specialization is American politics, although her research interests include African-American politics, women and politics, lesbian and gay politics, and social movements.

Some of Cassel’s recent litigation:

Consultant to counsel for prisoners in Rasul v. United States

Cassel’s articles:

Defending Human Rights in the “War” Against Terror

OUT OF THE ASHES: REPARATIONS FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

What defines a POW? It’s not an easy call, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, February 3, 2002.

Why We Need the International Criminal Court, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, May 12, 1999, 532.

Speeches

Perilous Times for the Rule of Law, Keynote Address, Muslim Bar Association Annual Dinner, Chicago, July
2005.

Invading Iraq: Preemptive Attack, Liberation or Crime Against Peace?, American Civil Liberties Union,
Chicagoans Against War in Iraq and National Lawyers Guild, DePaul University, Chicago, May 2003.

The International Criminal Court: Why Europe=s Right and Washington is Wrong, International Law Society,
University of Chicago Law School, March 1999.

[Lovebloggers]

AMY GOODMAN: SO, YOU WERE THERE ON MARCH 16 AT THE HOTEL IN CHICAGO WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED HE WON THE PRIMARY?

SALIM MUWAKKIL: YES, I WAS THERE. I made the point in a piece that that particular rally that night reminded me s much of 1983 when Harold Washington won the primary for mayor of Chicago. The same kind of racially diverse crowd, you know, and each element of that diversity was equally enthusiastic about him. He inspires trust. He’s really a rare political figure and I’ve known him for quite a while, been following his career, even before he went into the state senate and, you know, you kind of know when you encounter him that he’s that he’s meant for some serious positions. He’s just a unique figure. He really is.

AMY GOODMAN: Can you talk about the political landscape of Illinois and see the seat that he would be taking over the fading prospect that the famed football coach Ditka would be the republican candidate, what the republicans will do now?

SALIM MUWAKKIL: It’s really hard to say. They’ve been, you know, their hopes have been dashed so frequently in the last few months. Ditka, of course, was fascinating. As one of the columnists said, he was fascinating because, you know, just as a floating object, is fascinating to a drowning person. They’re looking for someone to give them at least the hint of a chance in November because Barak beat seven candidates in the primary and he won with 53% of the vote, which was extraordinary, completely confounding, all of the pundits predictions. Although they thought he was, you know, he would win, but not by such an overwhelming margin. And his appeal was quite catholic across all segments of the population. And the first opponent who they thought would win, a guy named Blair Hall, who is a billionaire, they say, in the Chicago area, he also had problems with his divorce records, Blair Hall, after his divorce records came out, it revealed there was some allegation he had actually physically assaulted his wife. So, his star dropped immediately and just ironically that same problem afflicted the one who eventually won the republican primary, Jack Ryan, who, in many ways, is a very appealing candidate. Jack Ryan was someone who, you know, deserted corporate life to teach in the inner city high school. A very well-regarded inner city high school and he had a lot of black supporters. So, he was an unusual republican candidate who posed a serious I mean, he could have been a very powerful opponent because of his own personal story and when he dropped out of the race, the republicans were left without anything at all. And, so they began grasping for straws and now they’re still grasping after Ditka decided to bow out.

AMY GOODMAN: And Obama’s family, his wife and his children?

SALIM MUWAKKIL: Obama’s wife is Michelle, who herself is quite a powerhouse. she’s in many ways, his campaign manager and he has two children, who are, you know, obviously two young kids of a cute additions to any campaign, as we’re finding out with Edwards’ kids in the presidential campaign. He has a very appealing family. He lives in Hyde Park, A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM ME, as a matter of fact. And, he’s a family man. He’s the committed civil rights activist, he’s the intellectual. He graduated from Harvard. He was the first African American to be the president of the Harvard Law Review, and he has an intellectual aura about him as well as a kind of down-to-earth aura.

AMY GOODMAN: What has his stance been on the invasion of Iraq?

SALIM MUWAKKIL: He’s been very, very forthright in his opposition to the war. He spoke in an anti-war rally in October 2002. Very well attended, very large rally, and he said some powerful words that were strongly against the war. I think he gained a lot of supporters from that particular speech. He was so clear in his opposition and yet not in any way negative or he didn’t—he didn’t use, you know, the traditional kind of code words that people who oppose the war were using. He did it in a way that attracted people who normally would be, you know, gung ho for military action . He said he wasn’t against all wars and he kind of went against much of what was being said on the podium, but he did it in such a considerate and intelligent way that even those who wanted more raw meat were satisfied with his speech. In fact, were captivated by the way he presented himself.

AMY GOODMAN: Finally, what are the major positions he has taken outside invasion of Iraq and his being critical of what’s going on now in the occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza?

SALIM MUWAKKIL: In my mind, his most significant contribution has been his legislative battles against the death penalty, against in the criminal justice system, you know, in Illinois, it’s been a series of shocking exonerations. You know, of innocent people who are on death row. He was involved very intimately in drafting and passing legislation that requires the video taping of police interrogations and confessions in all capital cases. And he also was one of the co-sponsors of this very comprehensive reform or the death penalty system in Illinois, which many people say may kind of, you know, trigger the retreat on the death penalty in many other states.

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