Fanger og menneskerettigheder efter terrorangrebet i New York

Time: Thursday 7 October at 14 – 16 hours

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

The 9/11 attacks by Al Qaeda (i New York og Washington DC) in 2001 led to a very harsh democratic policy toward enemy prisoners, led by the United States but supported by various allies.

Time: Thursday 7 October at 14 – 16 hours

Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

The 9/11 attacks by Al Qaeda (i New York og Washington DC) in 2001 led to a very harsh democratic policy toward enemy prisoners, led by the United States but supported by various allies.

The US has not yet developed a clear and systematic way to process enemy prisoners including terror suspects, and the change from President Bush to Obama has not resolved the confusion.

On the issue of abusive interrogation, Obama’s policy is somewhat different from the Bush era. But other successful terrorist attacks would likely revive demands for torture and other cruel treatment.

Professor Forsythe will be discussing these themes as well as the Israeli framework: an absolute legal ban on torture and other cruelty, but theoretical allowance for the necessity defence.

Speaker
David P. Forsythe, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska

PROGRAMME

14.00-15.10
Introduction by Peter Vedel Kessing, Senior Research Fellow, DIHR

14.10-14.50
Democratic Counter Terrorism after 9/11: Prisoners, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Law by David P. Forsythe, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska

14.50-15.05
Coffee Break

15.05-15.25
Discussant: Peter Vedel Kessing, Senior Research Fellow, DIHR

15.25-16.00
Open Discussion

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form on http://www.diis.dk/sw99681.asp

And do so no later than Wednesday, 6 October 2010 at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.

Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), The Conference Section, Strandgade 56, 1401 Kbn K, tlf. 32 69 87 51, e-mail: [email protected] og web: www.diis.dk