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DTSTART:20130529T130000Z
DTEND:20130529T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="SECLE":MAILTO:secle@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130529T130000ZWCL35496
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130222T192800Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Room 603
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=35496";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Organized by the Sexualities Section of the Latin American Studies Association, and hosted by the American University of Washington College of Law, this workshop brings together scholars, legal activists, and practitioners from across the hemisphere to discuss Latin America’s sexual revolution and to try to answer some of these questions. Particular attention is given to the judicialization of sexual rights expansion and the changing nature of traditional definitions of what constitutes a family. As such, panelists from across disciplines and perspectives will look at the role the courts have played in the advancement of rights and challenges to heteronormative conceptions of the family.
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Gender and Sexuality in Latin America\: Trends and Challenges
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DTSTART:20130529T163000Z
DTEND:20130529T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130529T163000ZWCL36049
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T142200Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL Rm. 603
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36049";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:For years, the protection of economic, social and cultural rights at the international and domestic levels has involved extensive debate regarding the enforceability and implementation. of these rights. Most recently, however, novel issues regarding the protection of these rights have emerged and enhanced the debate. These include the extraterritorial application of the obligations arising from treaties on economic, social and cultural rights; claims related to the application of these obligations to transnational corporations; and the links between economic, social and cultural rights and development cooperation in the Millennium Development Goals, among others. Moreover, the recent coming into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will incorporate an additional challenge to the implementation of these rights through the adjudication of individual cases. The experts in this panel will reflect upon these emerging issues and debate the challenges that lie ahead. Speakers\: 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
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Emerging Issues on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights\: what are the new debates on the topic?
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DTSTART:20130529T220000Z
DTEND:20130529T233000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130529T220000ZWCL36056
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T143400Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ASIL, Tillar House, 2223 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36056";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The American Society of International Law and ASIL Academic Partner American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law are pleased to present a three-part continuing legal education (CLE) series to provide a forum for the better understanding and discussion of human rights and humanitarian law theory.This first course will focus on how human rights related to sexual and reproductive health are enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), governmental obligations to implement those rights, and monitoring of those obligations by the CEDAW Committee. Speakers\: Rebecca Cook, Professor Emerita & Co-Director, International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program, University of Toronto Faculty of Law Sarah Craven, Chief, Washington Office of UN Population Fund Cristina Finch, Managing Director, Women’s Human Rights Program, Amnesty International USA
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Monitoring the Implementation of CEDAW toward Sexual and Reproductive Health Right
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DTSTART:20130531T163000Z
DTEND:20130531T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130531T163000ZWCL36063
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T144300Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL Rm. 603
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36063";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The emergence of international human rights law as a powerful set of principles permeating the interpretation of international law has triggered the need for international courts to consider these principles when resolving inter-state disputes or disputes involving other parties that are not individuals, such as international organizations. In recent years, the International Court of Justice has issued judgments where the interpretation of human rights principles was at the core of the legal issues presented in the cases. While some of these judgments have been criticized for their outcome, others have been praised by human rights experts and advocates. This panel will discuss the recent judgments of the ICJ where human rights issues were at stake and will assess the impact that these decisions may have for the protection of international human rights in the near future. Speakers\: Antonio Cancado Trindade, Judge, International Court of Justice Reed Brody, Counsel and Spokesperson, Human Rights Watch Nienke Grossman, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Baltimore Moderator\: Gudmundur Alfredsson, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Strasbourg
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The International Court of Justice and the Protection of Human Rights\: Recent Judgments and Its Impact
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130603T143000Z
DTEND:20130603T160000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Shelly Horn":MAILTO:alumni@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130603T143000ZWCL34474
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20121206T154000Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Richmond Convention Center Room B17
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=34474";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Virginia Bar Association Admissions Ceremony Alumni Brunch
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DTSTART:20130603T163000Z
DTEND:20130603T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130603T163000ZWCL36070
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T145000Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL Rm. 603
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36070";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The process of transition to peace and democracy in various countries of the Americas in the 80’s and 90’s have generated intense debate regarding the need to consolidate democracy and conclude internal armed conflict, while preserving the human rights of the victims of violations during authoritarian regimes or intense civil wars. During the last decades, several processes in international law have consolidated some of the basic principles in the struggle against impunity. From the emblematic decisions of the Inter-American Commission and Court on Human Rights regarding the amnesty laws in various countries of the Americas, to the creation of the ad hoc tribunals of Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and the adoption of the Rome Statute created in the International Criminal Court, international law has suffered dramatic transformations that have now acquired special relevance in the national transition process. This panel will explore some of the experiences of the so-called “transitional justice” in various countries of the Americas by discussing accomplishments and lessons learned, which present tensions and difficulties they have encountered and must resolve in deliberate and creative ways. Speakers\: 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
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Current issues in transitional justice\: in the Americas
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130603T213000Z
DTEND:20130603T230000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130603T213000ZWCL36084
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T145700Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ASIL, Tillar House, 2223 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36084";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The American Society of International Law and the American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law are pleased to present a three-part continuing legal education (CLE) series to provide a forum for the better understanding and discussion of human rights and humanitarian law theory. There are currently ten human rights treaty bodies at the United Nations Human Rights System that monitor the implementation by States of their international human rights obligations. In June 2012, the High Commissioner for Human Rights published a report on the strengthening of the treaty body system in which she described the problems faced by those organs and put forward proposals for change. Afterwards, an intergovernmental process was launched to strengthen and enhance the effective functioning of the treaty body system and the President of the General Assembly appointed the Ambassadors of Iceland and Indonesia as Co-facilitators. The speakers in this panel have both actively participated in the treaty bodies strengthening process and they will share their experiences and their insights on the future of this debate. Speakers\: Michael O’Flaherty, Professor of Human Rights Law and Co-Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway and Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, former Vice-Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee Claudio Grossman, Dean of American University Washington College of Law, Chair of the UN Committee against Torture Moderator\: Carla Ferstman, Director, REDRESS
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The UN Treaty Body Strengthening Process\: Enhancing the Functioning and Effectiveness of the Human Rights Mechanisms
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130604T163000Z
DTEND:20130604T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130604T163000ZWCL36091
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T150100Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL Rm. 603
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36091";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In the last six years, Ecuador has had a government that follows Venezuela in the political line denominated “21st century socialism,” which Nicaragua and Bolivia later also adopted. The Venezuelan government, together with Presidents Correa, Ortega and Morales intend to turn their countries into the antithesis of the liberal model by establishing states based on Constitutions in which their dogmatic parts appear generous in the proclamation of people’s rights. However, at the same time, they have designed the organic structure of these constitutions to limit those rights and to regulate the particular interests in strict adherence to public policy that considers those rights as secondary or residual. Ecuador and its current political affairs will be the central topic of this panel and will be approached from three different thematic perspectives\: democracy, human rights, and judicial power. These three concepts contain new content in Ecuador. The panelists, experts on the situation of Ecuador, will analyze the following questions\: is the exercise of the absolute power of the executive legitimated by ample popular support democratic? Should human rights be sacrificed on behalf of the public interest as defined by the government? Moreover, does the judicial power, in a state based on the rule of law, require independence of the Executive branch as a condition to fulfill its role as guarantor of subjective rights? Speakers\: 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
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Rules of detention in non-international armed conflicts\: an update on the current debates
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DTSTART:20130604T203000Z
DTEND:20130604T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Marc LeBlanc":MAILTO:internationalorganizations@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130604T203000ZWCL36021
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130516T193500Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL 603
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36021";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:This panel discussion (followed by a reception) will be the Washington, DC book launch of The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, edited by Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, and Ramesh Thakur (Oxford University Press, 2013). The book will be available for purchase at a discount rate. Panelists\: Jorge Heine, CIGI Professor of Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs, and Distinguished Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation Richard Feinberg, Professor, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego David Bosco, Assistant Professor, American University School of International Service Bruce Gregory, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University and George Washington University Carlos Portales (moderator), Director, Program on International Organizations, Law and Diplomacy, American University Washington College of Law
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"The End of Diplomacy? The Challenges of Multilateralism" Panel Discussion and Book Launch of The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130605T223000Z
DTEND:20130605T223000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Gina Evers":MAILTO:gevers@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130605T223000ZWCL36133
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T164600Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Herguner, Bilgen, & Ozeke -- Istanbul
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36133";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:American University Washington College of Law invites alumni and friends of the International Legal Studies Program to celebrate the annual Summer Law Program in Turkey. Please join us for a reception generously sponsored by Umit Herguner, LL.M. 1984. Wednesday, June 5, 2013 6\:30 p.m. Herguner, Bilgen, & Ozeke Süleyman Seba Caddesi, S?raevler 55 Akaretler 34357 Besiktas - Istanbul RSVP online at https\://bit.ly/istanbulrsvp
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Alumni Reception in Istanbul, Turkey
PRIORITY:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130606T163000Z
DTEND:20130606T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130606T163000ZWCL36077
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T145400Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL Rm. 528
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36077";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In the last six years, Ecuador has had a government that follows Venezuela in the political line denominated “21st century socialism,” which Nicaragua and Bolivia later also adopted. The Venezuelan government, together with Presidents Correa, Ortega and Morales intend to turn their countries into the antithesis of the liberal model by establishing states based on Constitutions in which their dogmatic parts appear generous in the proclamation of people’s rights. However, at the same time, they have designed the organic structure of these constitutions to limit those rights and to regulate the particular interests in strict adherence to public policy that considers those rights as secondary or residual. Ecuador and its current political affairs will be the central topic of this panel and will be approached from three different thematic perspectives\: democracy, human rights, and judicial power. These three concepts contain new content in Ecuador. The panelists, experts on the situation of Ecuador, will analyze the following questions\: is the exercise of the absolute power of the executive legitimated by ample popular support democratic? Should human rights be sacrificed on behalf of the public interest as defined by the government? Moreover, does the judicial power, in a state based on the rule of law, require independence of the Executive branch as a condition to fulfill its role as guarantor of subjective rights? Speakers\: 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
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Democracy, Human Rights and Judicial Power in Ecuador
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130607T163000Z
DTEND:20130607T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130607T163000ZWCL36098
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T151200Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL Rm. 603
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36098";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In 2012, the World Bank launched a two-year consultation process to review and update its social and environmental safeguard policies. These policies were put in place more than two decades ago to prevent undue harm to people and the environment from Bank-funded development projects. They provide guidelines for Bank and borrower personnel in the identification, preparation, and implementation of programs and projects. In addition to the existing eight social and environmental safeguard policies, the Bank is considering alternatives to address other emerging areas not covered by the current safeguard policies. These include climate change, disability, free prior and informed consent of indigenous people, gender, human rights, labor and occupational health and safety, land tenure and natural resources. In the first period of the process, the consultation involved internal dialogue, discussions with shareholders and stakeholders, as well as a global series of focus groups with external experts on each of the seven emerging areas. The panel will analyze the outcomes of the consultation process as of today and assess the prospects for success of the future policies and their implementation in practice, once this process is completed in 2014. Speakers\: 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
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The World Bank and the amendment to its social and environmental safeguard policies\: What is new?
PRIORITY:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130611T163000Z
DTEND:20130611T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130611T163000ZWCL36105
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T152500Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL Rm. 603
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36105";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:During the last few years, the Inter-American system has faced a relentless debate about the so-called “perfecting” or “strengthening” process of its human rights mechanisms. Since 2009, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights have adopted new measures to improve their performance and respond to the concerns of many of the users of the Inter-American system. Recently, the States have generated a new wave of reform proposals that have been debated in the Organization of American States (OAS). Since 2011, the Permanent Council and the General Assembly of the OAS have carried out a debate about the work of the Commission and a working group was created to further this aim. As a result of this process, States proposed a series of recommendations and the Commission implemented significant changes to its Regulations. Those measures were considered in an Extraordinary General Assembly of the OAS in March 2013. In this framework, the panel will evaluate the recent processes, its results, and the challenges that the System and its different actors and users will face in the future in preserving the integrity and effectiveness of the human rights supervisory bodies of the region. Speakers\: 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 Invited\: Walter Albán, Ambassador to Peru, OAS Moderator\: Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Co-Director, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Inter-American System and the Debate on Reform
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130612T213000Z
DTEND:20130612T233000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130612T213000ZWCL36112
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T152900Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ASIL, Tillar House, 2223 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36112";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The American Society of International Law and the American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law are pleased to present a three-part continuing legal education (CLE) series to provide a forum for the better understanding and discussion of human rights and humanitarian law theory. In the last two decades international criminal courts such as the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Tribunal for Rwanda have issued judgments characterizing gender-based crimes as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, depending on the context in which the crimes had been perpetrated. On the other hand, as of today, the International Criminal Court delivered the first judgment in the Case of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo in 2012, but did not consider the alleged perpetration of gender-based crimes by the defendant because the Office of the Prosecutor failed to incorporate those crimes among the charges brought against Lubanga Dyilo. Later on, the ICC accepted the inclusion of victims of sexual violence within the scope of the reparations to be awarded in this case. Furthermore, the ICC is currently considering gender-based crimes in the Katanga Case, the decision of which is forthcoming. The speakers in this panel are all experienced judges of international tribunals who participated in the decision of cases where gender-based crimes were involved. They will assess the successes and failures of these international courts to provide redress to the victims of sexual violence. Speakers\: Elizabeth Odio Benito, Former Judge, International Criminal Court and Former Vice-President, ICTY Fausto Pocar, Former Judge, ICTY Moderator\: Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director and Executive Vice President, The American Society of International Law
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Prosecution of Gender-Based Crimes by International Criminal Courts\: an Assessment of Successes and Failures
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613T163000Z
DTEND:20130613T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee Lurker":MAILTO:hracademy@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130613T163000ZWCL36119
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T153200Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL Rm. 603
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36119";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Artavia Case involved the prohibition of in vitro fertilization in Costa Rica on the basis of an alleged violation of the right to life of embryos. Until 2000, domestic legislation had regulated the practice of in vitro fertilization when the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court ruled that the decree was unconstitutional. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that the absolute prohibition of in vitro fertilization involved a severe interference with the exercise of the right to private life and family life, as well as the right to personal integrity of those affected by the measure, and that such a measure was disproportionate to the purpose of protecting the right of embryos. To reach this conclusion the Court analyzed, inter alia, the scope of Article 4 under the American Convention on Human Rights and decided that embryos that have not been implanted do not enjoy the full protection of the right to life under that provision. Moreover, in dicta the Court reasoned that the protection afforded by Article 4 is not absolute and that it must be interpreted in harmony with the fundamental rights of other persons, specially the rights of the mother when the case relates to prenatal life. The panel will analyze the scope of the judgment, the reasoning of the Court and the outcome of this decision. In addition, it will explore the impact that this judgment will have on future debates about reproductive rights in the region. Speakers\: Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Deputy Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, OAS Alejandro Madrazo, Professor, CIDE Mónica Roa, Programs Director, Women’s Link Worldwide Moderator\: Claudia Martin, Co-Director, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Case of Artavia vs. Costa Rica and its impact for the protection of reproductive rights in the Americas
PRIORITY:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130613T213000Z
DTEND:20130613T230000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Gina Evers":MAILTO:gevers@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130613T213000ZWCL36126
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130524T164100Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:One Lounge (Dupont Circle)
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36126";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The International Legal Studies Program of American University Washington College of Law invites alumni to attend a reception in Washington, DC.Please join us for hors d'ouevres and an opportunity to meet and mingle with the many International Legal Studies Program graduates who live and work in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Thursday, June 13, 2013 5\:30 - 7\:00 p.m. One Lounge -- upstairs -- 1606 20th St NW Washington, DC(The nearest Metro is Dupont Circle) Please RSVP online at https\://bit.ly/June13RSVP
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ILSP Alumni Reception
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130617T130000Z
DTEND:20130618T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Steve Wermiel":MAILTO:summerlawandgov@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130617T130000ZWCL36028
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130522T195600Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36028";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Summer Institute on Law and Government is designed for both experienced practitioners and law students serious about public service. American University Washington College of Law has established itself as a vital center for learning how to practice law in Washington, D.C. The Institute presents the opportunity for individuals to take advantage of the expertise of professors and lawyers working on the front lines of public policy development and litigation. For more information please visit the institute website\: www.wcl.american.edu/lawandgov/summer/
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Summer Institute on Law & Government
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130617T130000Z
DTEND:20130618T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Matt Pierce":MAILTO:mpierce@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130617T130000ZWCL36035
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130522T195800Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:WCL
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36035";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Sixth Annual Health Law & Policy Summer Institute will run from June 17-28, 2013.The Institute provides professionals and students expert training in health law and policy. Institute participants can choose among a variety of intensive courses that examine current developments and trends in health law and policy. Courses are taught by leading health lawyers who bring real-world experience to the classroom.
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Health Law & Policy Summer Institute
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CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130622T040000Z
DTEND:20130622T040000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Shelly Horn":MAILTO:alumni@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130622T040000ZWCL36014
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130514T151300Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Ron Karp's Home
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36014";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Law Campus Dinner with Alumnus Ron Karp '71
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CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130624T040000Z
DTEND:20130624T040000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Nancy Boswell, Program Director":MAILTO:anticorruption@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130624T040000ZWCL36042
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130523T140300Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:AUWCL
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=36042";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Learn from prominent government, private sector, and academic experts about U.S. and international anti-corruption law in this intensive 5-day program June 24-28 at American University Washington College of Law. Topics cover foreign and domestic bribery laws and compliance programs, public sector integrity, transparency, and oversight mechanisms, and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption implementation and peer review. Courses are offered during the day and in the evening throughout the week. LEARN MORE at http\://www.wcl.american.edu/anti-corruption/
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:U.S. and International Anti-Corruption Law Summer Program
PRIORITY:0
CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130701T040000Z
DTEND:20130701T040000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Financial Aid Office":MAILTO:finaid@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130701T040000ZWCL35286
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130219T142900Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Financial Aid Office
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=35286";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Apply for GradPlus Loans after June 1 but before July 1 at StudentLoans.gov
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Apply for Graduate PLUS
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CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130713T040000Z
DTEND:20130713T040000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Tahniat Saulat":MAILTO:tsaulat@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130713T040000ZWCL35643
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130319T183500Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Washington College of Law
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=35643";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Trial Advocacy Program is offering a Litigation Skills Summer Institute designed for both practitioners (CLE) and qualified law students (credit) interested in mastering litigation skills. The flexible two week program consists of three courses and a cutting-edge Digital Presentations Workshop. The courses are offered on nights and weekends and participants may take one, two, or all offerings. FACT AND EXPERT WITNESS DEPOSITIONS\: Two separate intensive courses that include short lectures and demonstrations by faculty on how to prepare for, take, and defend depositions followed by in-class depositions by participants and webcast review. CIVIL TRIAL ADVOCACY\: Participants learn how to prepare and conduct direct and cross- examinations, deliver effective opening statements and closing arguments, make timely objections, and lay the proper foundation to admit evidence during the course of a trial, concluding with a full mock trial before a sitting judge and citizen jurors.
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Litigation Skills Summer Institute
PRIORITY:0
CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130715T223000Z
DTEND:20130716T003000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Shelly Horn":MAILTO:alumni@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130715T223000ZWCL35972
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130423T140400Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:TBA
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=35972";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Seattle Alumni Dinner
PRIORITY:0
CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130808T223000Z
DTEND:20130809T003000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Shelly Horn":MAILTO:alumni@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130808T223000ZWCL34481
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20121206T154100Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:TBA
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=34481";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABA Conference and Alumni Reception
PRIORITY:0
CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130910T223000Z
DTEND:20130911T003000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Shelly Horn":MAILTO:alumni@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130910T223000ZWCL35986
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130423T145000Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:TBA
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=35986";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:DC Alumni and Tenured Faculty Reception
PRIORITY:0
CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20130920T230000Z
DTEND:20130920T230000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Shelly Horn":MAILTO:alumni@wcl.american.edu
UID:20130920T230000ZWCL34488
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20121206T154300Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:TBA
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=34488";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Exclusively for members of the Myers Society who donate a minimum of $1500 per year.
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:John Sherman Myers Society Annual Dinner
PRIORITY:0
CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131030T223000Z
DTEND:20131031T003000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Shelly Horn":MAILTO:alumni@wcl.american.edu
UID:20131030T223000ZWCL35993
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130423T145200Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:TBA
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=35993";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:New York City and Surrounding Areas Alumni Networking Reception
PRIORITY:0
CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20131107T233000Z
DTEND:20131108T013000Z
DTSTAMP:20130525T023804Z
ORGANIZER;CN="Shelly Horn":MAILTO:alumni@wcl.american.edu
UID:20131107T233000ZWCL35979
CLASS:PUBLIC
LAST-MODIFIED:20130423T140500Z
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:TBA
DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl_events/event_detail.cfm?event_id=35979";ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:First Thursday Diversity Alumni Networking Reception 
PRIORITY:0
CATEGORIES:WCL_Calendar_0
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