Is Universal Jurisdiction an Effective Tool?

A week after President Georges W. Bush signed the law on “illegal detainees”, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) organize a public conference:

Holding Officials Accountable for Violations of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Is Universal Jurisdiction an Effective Tool?

Public Conference

Colombia University

October 25, 2006

8:30am - 7:00pm

The Faculty House, President’s Room

New York City

With the participation of lawyers, specially involved in cases of presumed alleged terrorists detained in the CIA’s centers and Guatanamo

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