PROGRAM

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9:00

Introduction

Wolfgang Grenz (Deputy Secretary General, Amnesty International Germany)

9:15 – 11:15

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

[coffee break]

11:30 – 13:30

Blacklisting, Asset-freezing and the ‘war on terrorist financing’

Moderator: Gavin Sullivan (Solicitor and Program Manager, ECCHR)

Professor Amir Attaran (University of Ottawa):
The problems of the UN blacklisting regime, its crisis of legitimacy and possibilities for reform

Professor Marieke de Goede (University of Amsterdam):
Targeted sanctions and asset-freezing as pre-emptive security practice

Professor Bill Bowring (Birkbeck College, University of London):
EU Blacklists and the role of strategic litigation

Dr. Véronique Dudouet (Berghof Conflict Research, Berlin):
The impacts of the blacklisting regimes on conflict resolution and peace processes

[lunch break]

14:30 – 16:30

The expanding zone of combat: Drones and Targeted Killing

Moderator: Ben Hayes (ECCHR / Statewatch, London)

Sarah Knuckey (Director, Project on Extrajudicial Executions, New York University):
Targeted killing under international law – the legal complexities and challenges

Ben Wizner (American Civil Liberties Union, New York):
The targeted killing policies of the US, due process and the Al-Aulaqi legal challenge

Wolfgang Nešković (former Federal Court judge and current Member of Parliament):
The use of drones against German citizens and the opportunities for redress

Chris Rogers (Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict, Pakistan / Open Society Institute, New York):
The civilian impact of drone strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan, strategic litigation and the prospects for accountability

[coffee break]

17:00 – 18:30

Future scenarios and strategies for the next 10 years

Moderator: Hannes Honecker (Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein)

Dr. Louise Amoore (Durham University)
Pre-emption, the use of secret information and the challenges of post-9/11 techniques and technologies for law, evidence and justice

Professor Anastassia Tsoukala (University of Paris XI)
The changing nature of the European security and counterterrorism landscape in the post-9/11 era

Matthew Pollard (Amnesty International, International Secretariat, London)
The challenges facing human rights advocacy and the continuing possibilities for strategic litigation.

Heiner Busch (Bürgerrechte & Polizei / CILIP / Grundrechtekomittee, Berlin):
Security, profiling and data control in Europe