Center Faculty/Staff News
John Cerone, Executive Director of the War Crimes Research Office at American University's Washington College of Law (WCL), authored "The Status of Detainees in International Armed Conflict, and their Protection in the Course of Criminal Proceedings," which was published in the January 2002 issue of ASIL Insight. In February, Canadian Broadcasting interviewed Mr. Cerone regarding the status of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the Bush Administration's agreement to abide by the Geneva Conventions. Mr. Cerone participated in the Cornell International Law Journal Symposium 2002, where he gave a presentation on "Killing Enemies, Killing Innocents: Changes in Humanitarian Law and the Rules of War in Response to September 11, 2001." Also in February, Mr. Cerone presented "From Nuremberg to Kandahar: Shifting Paradigms in International Criminal Adjudication" at a conference on "International Criminal Justice and White Collar Crime," sponsored by the Center for International Legal Studies in Cooperation with the American Bar Association
Robert K. Goldman, Robert K. Goldman, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (Center), currently serves as a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), and as a member of the Board of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights in San Jose, Costa Rica. In February, Australian Broadcasting and the Kansas City Star interviewed Professor Goldman regarding the Geneva Conventions and the detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In March, Voice of America interviewed Professor Goldman regarding the appeal of a woman in Nigeria, found guilty of adultery, who was sentenced to death by stoning.
Claudio Grossman, Dean, Co-Director of the Center, and former President of the IACHR, was interviewed in February by BBC-Spanish about President Bush's domestic agenda. In February, O'Globo, a Spanish-language newspaper, interviewed Dean Grossman about prospects for The New Chile. Dean Grossman authored "Building the World Community: Challenge for Legal Education," Which was published in February in the Dickinson Journal of International Law. Dean Grossman also authored "Freedom of Expression in the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights," which was published in the Nova Law Review. Also in February, Dean Grossman addressed the Conference of Conservative Jewish Rabbis of America on the topic of the 1994 terrorist bombing at the Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dean Grossman analyzed the Pinochet case as part of a Potomac Institute for Policy Studies conference entitled, "International Seminars on Counter Terrorism Strategies for the 21st Century: European, Latin American, and U.S. Perspectives." Dean Grossman presented the keynote lecture at a conference entitled, "Reforma Judicial y Libertad de Expersión" (Judicial Reform and Freedom of Expression) at the Colegio de Abogados de Honduras, which was held in February. Additionally, Dean Grossman co-authored with Professors Robert K. Goldman, Claudia Martin, and Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon a book entitled, "The International Dimension of Human Rights." In Inter-American Development Bank and American University published the book. In March 2002, Voice of America interviewed Dean Grossman regarding the release of the U.S. State Department's annual Human Rights report.
Diane Orentlicher, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center, was interviewed in February by CNN and quoted in an article in The Chicago Tribune about President Bush's February 7 decision regarding the application of the Third Geneva Convention to members of the Taliban. In February, The Philadelphia Inquirer quoted Professor Orentlicher about the trial of Slobodan Milosevic the Hague, and The Christian Science Monitor quoted Professor Orentlicher regarding war crimes tribunals. In an interview with Serbian Voice of America, Professor Orentlicher discussed the Milosevic trial. Also in February, Professor Orentlicher was interviewed on NPR's "All Things Considered" abut Slobodan Milosevic's strategy of representing himself pro se at his trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). On February 4, Professor Orentlicher was the featured speaker at a Council on Foreign Relations roundtable on whether to try terrorists in civilian or military court. On February 6, Professor Orentlicher gave a speech entitled, "Problems and Prospects for Judging Slobodan Milosevic, Augusto Pinochet, and Osama bin Laden," at a conference hosted by Steptoe & Johnson and the Columbia Law School Association of Washington D.C. In late February, Professor Orentlicher moderated two panels on "Domestic Courts in an Interconnected World" at the Federal Judicial Center's National Workshop for District Judges in New Orleans. In March, Professor Orentlicher was quoted in a New York Times article about the law regarding prisoners of war. Also in March, Professor Orentlicher was a guest on WAMU's Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi. The program discussed the Milosevic trial at the ICTY. Professor Orentlicher co-authored an article with Professor Robert K. Goldman entitled, "When Justice Goes to War," which was published by the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy in a symposium issue on "Law and the War on Terrorism."
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Visiting Associate Professor, Director of the Human Rights Legal Education-Partnership Projects in Ecuador and Colombia, Co-Director of the Inter-American Human Rights Digest Project, and Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, has contributed to the development of a human rights academic network in Equador and a diagnostic report on the current status of legal education in Ecuador. As part of the ongoing Human Right Legal Education-Partnership Projects in Ecuador and Colombia, Professor Rodríguez-Pinzón lectured on the Inter-American system and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador (PUCE).
Herman Schwartz, Professor of aw and Co-Director of the Center, was interviewed by NBC Nightly News regarding John Walker Lindh's motion to suppress his confession. In February, CBS Marketwatch interviewed Professor Schwartz regarding the decision by certain Enron executives to plead the Fifth Amendment. Also in February, Chicago Public Radio interviewed Professor Schwartz about countries transitioning to democracy. On March 23-24, Professor Schwartz lectured to judicial candidates in Belgrade, Serbia, on comparative judicial review, human rights, and humanitarian law. From April 15-May 2, Professor Schwartz will teach constitutional law and human rights in South Africa as a Fulbright Senior Specialist
Richard Wilson, Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Center, Director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic (IHRLC), and Director of the WCL Clinical Program, was interviewed by The Blade regarding asylum sought by individuals persecuted for he sexual orientation. Professor Wilson also was quoted in The Washington Post in an article on the filing of a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of detainees in Guantanomo Bay, Cuba. On March 9, Professor Wilson facilitated the Expert Meeting on International Law and Capital Punishment, which was held at WCL. From February through March, Professor Wilson served as a consultant in Tbilisi, Georgia, under the auspices of the Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS) of the university of Maryland. In Tbilisi, Georgia, Professor Wilson consulted on issues such as the rule of law, legal aid services, and impact litigation. On April 2, Professor Wilson gave a lecture at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., entitled, "Legal Issues in the 9/11 Aftermath - Guantanamo and International Law." Professor Wilson was named to the Editorial Board of the International Criminal Law Review and the Litigation Advisory Board of IRIS-Georgia.
The proper citation for this article in the Human Rights Brief Volume 9, Issue 3, beginning at page 38 is: 9 No. 3 Hum. Rts. Brief 38 (2002).