The Role of Law in the Fight Against International Terrorism

Join GW Law's International and Comparative Law Program, American Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (AFHU), Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Law (HU Law), and Minerva Center for Human Rights (HU Minerva) as they examine issues arising from the changing nature of terrorist acts. Alberto Mora, former General Counsel of the US Navy and the recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, will present the opening address. The luncheon address will be presented by Michael Chertoff, former US Secretary of Homeland Security.

Agenda

8:30 am: Welcome & Opening Plenary

Welcome

• Ira Lee Sorkin, Mintz & Gold, LLP
• Senior Associate Dean Roger Fairfax, The George Washington University Law School
• Yuval Shany, Former Dean, Hebrew University Faculty of Law 

Opening Plenary: The Fight Against Terrorism — Legal and Policy Constraints

• Alberto Mora, Harvard University, former General Counsel of the U.S. Navy

9:15 am: Session One: Extreme Measures or a Measured Response

Panelists:

• Dr. Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• Prof. Dino Kritsiotis, University of Nottingham, U.K.
• Prof. Mary Ellen O’Connell, Notre Dame University Law School

Moderator:

• Prof. Sean Murphy, The George Washington University Law

11 am: Session Two: Compensation and Victims’ Rights

• Ken Feinberg, Feinberg Law Offices
• James Kreindler, Kreindler & Kreindler
• Steven Perles, Perles Law Firm

Noon: Lunch | (invited guests) | 2nd Floor Foyer

12:45 pm: Luncheon Plenary: Challenges Posed by New Technologies

• The Hon. Michael Chertoff, The Chertoff Group, former Secretary of Homeland Security

1:30 pm: Session Three: Coping with Collateral Damage

Panelists:

• Col. (ret.) David Graham, former Director of the Center for Law and Military Operations, U.S. Army
• The Hon. Dan Meridor, former Minister of Justice, Israel
• Dr. Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, Director of Strategic Research Institute, Ecole Militaire, France

Moderator:

• Prof. Laura Dickinson, The George Washington University Law

3:15 pm: Session Four: Terrorism on Trial

Panelists:

• Justice (ret.) Dorit Beinisch, Former Chief Justice of the Israel Supreme Court
• Prof. Ashley Deeks, University of Virginia School of Law
• Prof. Peter Raven-Hansen, The George Washington University Law

Moderator:

• Prof. Yuval Shany, Dean, Hebrew University Faculty of Law

4:45 pm: Closing Plenary

• The Hon. Michael Mukasey, Debevoise & Plimpton, former Attorney General