Judgment at Nuremberg Symposium
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
29-30 Sept.-1 Oct. 2006
A symposium on international criminal law; commemoration of the trial of the major German war criminals at the end of the second world war and its impact on international law, the judicial system, world peace, and order; and a special commentary and documentary presentation.
PRESENTED BY:
Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies, Department of Philosophy, School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis in collaboration with the Robert H. Jackson Center and the American Society of International Law.
OVERVIEW:
In the fall of 1946, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg issued its final judgment on the criminal responsibility of Hitler's chief advisors for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes against peace. Sixty years after the Nuremberg judgment, a group of distinguished scholars and practitioners of international law and jurisprudence will join former Nuremberg prosecutors in a three-day conference rethinking the meaning and contemporary relevance of the Nuremberg judgment at Washington University in St. Louis.
SYMPOSIUM:
Friday, 29 September 2006 - 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 310 (Large Moot Courtroom)
Opening Address
M. Cherif Bassiouni - DePaul University College of Law
"Crimes Against Humanity, Including Genocide"
Chair: Leila Sadat - Washington University-Law
David Luban - Georgetown University-Law/Philosophy
Diane Orentlicher - American University, Washington College of Law
Steven Ratner - University of Michigan-Law
Patricia Wald - President's Intelligence Commission
Lunch Address: (Reservation required)
Thomas Franck - New York University School of Law
"Offenses Against the Laws and Customs of War"
Chair: Stephen Legomsky - Washington University-Law
David Rodin - Oxford University-Philosophy
Nancy Sherman - Georgetown University-Law/Philosophy
Patricia Viseur-Sellers - Former Prosecutor ICTY/ICTR (to be confirmed)
"The Crime of Aggressive War"
Chair: Larry May - Washington University-Philosophy
Roger Clark - Rutgers University School of Law
Mark Drumbl - Washington & Lee School of Law
Michael Walzer - Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton
Dinner Address: (Reservation required)
Theodor Meron - ICTY and New York University School of Law
COMMEMORATION:
Saturday, 30 September - 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Anheuser-Bush Hall, Room 310 (Large Moot Courtroom)
The Prosecution of War Criminals at Nuremberg
Chair: Greg Peterson - Robert H. Jackson Center
John Barrett - St. John's University - "The Crucial Role of Justice Robert H. Jackson"
Whitney Harris - Nuremberg Prosecutor - "The Evidence at Nuremberg"
Henry King - Nuremberg Prosecutor - "The Nuremberg Precedent"
Prosecuting International Crimes after Nuremberg
Chair: Larry May - Washington University – Philosophy
David Crane - Syracuse University College of Law
Alison Des Forges - Human Rights Watch (Rwanda) (to be confirmed)
Michael Scharf - Case Western Reserve University (Iraq)
Lunch Address: (Reservation required)
Richard Goldstone Constitutional Court of South Africa
The International Criminal Court - 21st Century
Chair: Leila Sadat - Washington University – Law
David Scheffer - International Criminal Court
Hans Peter Kaul - International Criminal Court
William Pace - Coalition for the Int'l. Criminal Court
A World of Peace Under the Rule of Law
Christoph Safferling - Erlangen University - "The View from Europe - The Tragedy & End of War"
Ben Ferencz - Nuremberg Prosecutor - "The View From America"
Banquet & Speaker Session (Reservation) "Nuremberg: Past, Present, and Future"
Banquet Speaker Session and Special Award at 6:30 p.m.
Please see agenda for speakers and events.
DOCUMENTARIES:
Sunday, 1 October 2006 - 1 p.m.
Anheuser-Bush Hall, Room 309 (Small Moot Courtroom)
Beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday, 1 October 2006, Whitney Harris and John Haley will have a presentation and commentary in Anheuser-Busch Hall, showing motion pictures and photographic displays of Nazi Germany, some of which were introduced in evidence at the Nuremberg Trial: "The Nuremberg Trials: The Third Reich's Inhumanity to Man On Trial" (USSR Documentary 1949) and "Nuremberg" (U.S. Army Documentary 1949).
The first movie, The Nuremberg Trials: the Third Reich's Inhumanity to Man on Trial, is a dark film that graphically illustrates in stark images and uncompromising narrative the terrible cost of the wars of conquest and genocide waged by Nazi Germany. Sections on concentration camp horrors may be distressing to some viewers. Russian, original dubbed English version, released immediately after the conclusion of the 1946 trials in black and white, 57 minutes. This film is a rare video recording.
The second movie, Nuremberg, originally released as a motion picture in 1949, was produced by the Documentary Film Unit, Information Services, OMGUS, published in Washington, D.C., by the Department of the Army, and distributed by the National Audiovisual Center. This film is in black and white and is 76 minutes long. It is a documentary record of the trials of the Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, Germany. Nuremberg includes scenes from films made by the Nazis which were presented as the documentary evidence of the atrocities committed at concentration camps.
3:00-4:00 Participants Look Back
Commentary
Whitney R. Harris, U.S. Prosecutor at Nuremberg
Harold Burson, Reporter - American Forces Network at Nuremberg (to be confirmed)
FEES:
Conference Fee: $100 (Special meal event fees below.)
Reservations/payment in advance.
Lunch/Address (Friday): $15 Whittemore House
Dinner/Address (Friday): $50 Whittemore House
Lunch/Address (Saturday): $15 - Anheuser-Busch Hall
Dinner Speaker Session (Saturday): $75 Knight Center
CLE CREDITS:
(MCLE) 19.5 program and speaker events. See website for breakdown.
REGISTRATION:
To register, contact:
CONTACT: Linda McClain
Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies
Email: MAILTO:lmcclain@wustl.edu
Tel: 314.935.7988
or register on the web at:
http://law.wustl.edu/HIGLS/Conferences/nuremberg/
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
September 9, 2006
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Sheraton Clayton Plaza
Tel: 314.863.0400
Crowne Plaza Clayton
Tel: 314.726.5400
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