TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11

International Conference / 29 June 2011 / Berlin

Spaces of Exception: Guantánamo, Rendition and Torture

Spaces of Exception: Guantánamo, Rendition and Torture

Moderator: Wolfgang Kaleck (General Secretary, ECCHR)

Professor Manfred Nowak (Universität Wien, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture):
The illegality of the US torture program and the increasing use and reliance on torture evidence

Cori Crider (Reprieve, London):
The use of strategic litigation in Europe to achieve redress for Guantánamo detainees and victims of extraordinary rendition

Michael Ratner (President, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York):
Counterterrorism and executive power in the US and the prospects for accountability

Alice Wyss (Amnesty International, London):
Secrecy in legal proceedings in the UK

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Professor Manfred Nowak (German)

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Introducing the event

The attacks of 11 September 2001 enabled western states to radically transform their counterterrorism practices. This conference - co-organised by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and Amnesty International - aims to critically engage with this transformation; to map how the ‘war on terror’ is shaping new areas of our everyday lives and identify the challenges ahead for those fighting for human rights and social justice across the security field.
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The conference will be held in English and German with simultaneous translation into both languages. It is free to attend and will be streamed live on the Internet, with participants able to post questions to the speakers via the comment function of this site. Read more

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LOCATION

Passionskirche
Marheinekeplatz 1
10961 Berlin-Kreuzberg
Germany

Nearest U-Bahn: Gneisenaustrasse (U7)

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European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Amnesty International

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If you have any enquiries or comments about the event, or questions for the speakers, please get in touch. You can email us at: tenyears@ecchr.eu

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