XVIII Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
- Monday, May 20--Wednesday, May 23, 8:30 am--6:30 pm, Preliminary Oral Rounds
- Thursday, May 24, 9:00 am--11:30 pm, Semifinal Oral Round
- Friday, May 25, 9:30 am--12:30 pm, Final Oral Round
Wednesday, May 29
Emerging Issues on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: what are the new debates on the topic?
Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Catarina de Albuquerque, Special Rapporteur on Human Right of Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation
Juana Sotomayor, Human Rights Officer, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Victor Abramovich, Executive Secretary of the Public Policy Institute of Human Rights of the Mercosur
Moderator:
Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen, Professor of Public Law from the Pantheon Sorbonne University of Paris
12:30-2pm, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachussetts Ave, NW, Rm. 603
CLE Institute Course Series on Human Rights co-sponsored with 
Wednesday, May 29
Monitoring the Implementation of CEDAW toward Sexual and Reproductive Health Right
Rebecca Cook, Co-Director, International Program on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law, University of Toronto, Canada
Sarah Craven, Chief of Washington UN Population Fund
Cristina Finch, Managing Director of Amnesty International's Women’s Human Rights Program
Moderator:
TBA
6:00-7:30pm, ASIL, Tillar House, 2223 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC
RSVP: http://www.asil.org/activities_calendar.cfm?action=detail&rec=288
Friday, May 31
The International Court of Justice and the Protection of Human Rights: Recent Judgments and Its Impact
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Monday, June 3
Current issues in transitional justice: in the Americas
Juan Méndez, Special Rapporteur on Torture, United Nations
Rodrigo Uprimny, Director of the Research Center for Law, Justice and Society
José Antonio Guevara, Third Visitor, Human Rights Commission of the Federal District
Julissa Mantilla, International Consultant, Gender and Transitional Justice, UN Women
Moderator:
Carlos Portales, Director, Program on International Organizations, Law and Diplomacy
12:30-2pm, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachussetts Ave, NW, Rm. 603
CLE Institute Course Series on Human Rights co-sponsored with
Monday, June 3
The UN Treaty Body Strengthening Process: Enhancing the Functioning and Effectiveness of the Human Rights Mechanisms
Michael O’Flaherty, Vice Chairman, Human Rights Committee, United Nations
Claudio Grossman, Dean, Washington College of Law, American University
Moderator:
Carla Ferstman, Director of Director of REDRESS, United States Institute for Peace
5:30-7:00pm, ASIL,Tillar House, 2223 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC
RSVP: http://www.asil.org/activities_calendar.cfm?action=detail&rec=288
Tuesday, June 4
Rules of detention in non-international armed conflicts: an update on the current debates
Daniel Cahen, Legal Advisor to the ICRC's Regional Delegation for the US and Canada
William Lietzau (invited), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Rule of Law and Detainee Policy)
Andrea Prasow, Senior Counterterrorism Counsel and Advocate, US Program US Counterterrorism, Human Rights Watch
Bruce Oswald, Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace
Moderator:
Bob Goldman, Professor of Law, American University
12:30-2pm, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachussetts Ave, NW, Rm. 603
Thursday, June 6
Democracy, Human Rights and Judicial Power in Ecuador
Osvaldo Hurtado, Former President of Ecuador
Jorge Zavala Egas, Director of Post Graduate Studies in Law at UEES University
Pedro Nikken, Former President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
12:30-2pm, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachussetts Ave, NW, Rm. 528
Friday, June 7
The World Bank and the amendment to its social and environmental safeguard policies: What is new?
Aldo Caliari, Director, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern
Leonardo Crippa, Senior Attorney, Indian Law Resource Center
Charles Di Leva, Chief Counsel of the Legal Department, World Bank
Jocelyn Medallo, Senior attorney for International Finance, CIEL
Moderator:
Margaret Wachenfeld, Director of Legal Affairs, Institute for Human Rights and Business
12:30-2pm, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachussetts Ave, NW, Rm. 603
Tuesday, June 11
The Inter-American System and the Debate on Reform
Emilio Álvarez Icaza, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, OAS
Viviana Krsticevic, Executive Director, Center for Justice and International Law
Katya Salazar, Executive Director of Due Process of Law Foundation
Walter Albán, Ambassador to Peru, OAS
Moderator:
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Co-Director, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
12:30-2pm, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachussetts Ave, NW, Rm. 603
CLE Institute Course Series on Human Rights co-sponsored with
Wednesday, June 12
The Prosecution of Gender-Based Crimes by International Criminal Courts: an Assessment of Successes and Failures
Fausto Pocar, Appeal Judge, International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, past President ICTY
Elizabeth Odio Benito, Judge, International Criminal Court
Moderator:
Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director and Executive Vice President, American Society of International Law (ASIL)
5:30-7:30pm, ASIL,Tillar House, 2223 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC
RSVP:
http://www.asil.org/activities_calendar.cfm?action=detail&rec=288
Thursday, June 13
The Case of Artavia vs. Costa Rica and its impact for the protection of reproductive rights in the Americas
Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Deputy Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, OAS
Alejandro Madrazo, Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE)
Mónica Roa, Programs Director, Women’s Link Worldwide
Moderator:
Claudia Martin, Co-Director, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
12:30-2pm, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachussetts Ave, NW, Rm. 603
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