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Day One
Friday, February 3, 2006
Legitimacy and Western & Non-Western Views of Human Rights
We expect to be joined via videoconferencing by our Indonesian university partners for the February 4, 2006 morning session only, due to the time difference. All times are U.S. East Coast regular time (GMT -5). The symposium will take place in the Law School auditorium.
08:00-08:30
Coffee Plus Registration for CLE Participants
08:30-08:40
Welcome
08:40-10:30
Human Rights in US Constitutional Litigation Panel
Prof. Sarah Cleveland, Univ. of Texas (internationalist position)
Prof. Julian Ku, Hofstra Univ. (American exceptionalist position, constitutional emphasis)
Prof. A. Mark Weisburd, Univ. of North Carolina (American exceptionalist position, public international law emphasis)
Prof.
Micheline Ishay, Univ. of Denver (intellectual history of human rights)
Judicial Commentary Roundtable
Representative foreign and US judges will comment on the above presentations
10:30-10:45
Coffee Break
10:45-12:15
Current Non-US Theoretical Views Panel
Dr. Pip Nicholson, Univ. of Melbourne (Socialist law views of economic & social rights, Vietnam)
Prof. Li Mei Qin, National Univ. of Singapore (economic law development and Chinese goals)
Prof. Erman Rajagukguk, Univ. of Indonesia (Aceh MOU & sharia law consistancy with int'l human rights instruments)
Prof. Alan Mittleman, Jewish Theological Seminary NYC (economic & social rights in Judaic thought)
12:15-13:15
Lunch Break
13:15-14:00
Religious Freedom Roundtable
Focus Paper: Syafa'atun Almirzanah, State Islamic Univ. Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (apostasy & religious freedom issues)
Ecumenical and constitutional commentary from religious & legal panelists
14:00-15:15
US Executive Branch Policy & Sources of Law Panel
Lt. Cdr. Todd Huntley, JAG, SOCOM, Tampa, formerly of Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (human rights training of foreign military)
Dean Marsudi Triatmodjo, Gadjah Mada Univ., Yogyakarta, Indonesia (foreign sources, human rights & int'l environmental law)
Prof. David Linnan, Univ. of South Carolina
(direction of US versus foreign sources of law)
15:15-16:05
Legitimacy Roundtable
Focus Paper: Col. William Hudson, USA JAG & SJA 3rd Infantry Division (rule of law efforts in Iraq)
US and foreign panelists commentary on US human rights advocary and concerns about legitimacy & military force
16:05-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
Asia Regional Panel
Prof. Andrew Harding, Univ. of Victoria, BC (Buddhist views of rights & Southern Thai Islamic insurgency)
Prof. Anne Hansen, Univ. Wisconsin Milwukee (Theraveda Buddhism & violence)
Prof. Harkristuti Harkrisnowo, Univ. of Indonesia (ASEAN views of rights)
Prof. Stephen Angle, Wesleyan Univ. (traditional Chinese views of rights)
18:00-19:30
Africa Regional Panel
Prof. Joe Oloka-Onyango, Makerere Univ., Kampala, Uganda (African views of rights)
Prof. Simeon Ilesanmi, Wake Forest Univ. (religious views affecting rights in Africa)
Prof. Jennifer Moore, Univ. of New Mexico (former UN refugee officer view of African human rights on the ground)
Lt. Col. Kevin Govern, USMA at West Point (legal analysis of potential humanitarian relief operations in Dafur)
End of Day One
Day Two
Saturday, February 4, 2006
Legitimacy and Western & Non-Western Views of Human Rights (cont'd)
We expect to be joined via videoconferencing by our Indonesian university partners for the February 4, 2006 morning session only, due to the time difference. All times are U.S. East Coast regular time (GMT -5). The symposium will take place in the Law School auditorium.
08:00-08:15
Coffee
08:15-10:30
Islamic Views of Democracy Panel
Prof. Mark Cammack, Southwestern Law School (range of views in Southeast Asian Islam)
Zulkifliansyah, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera Indonesian National Parliament representative (conservative Islamic view from leading Islamic party representative, via videoconferencing)
Prof. Fajrul Falaakh, Gadjah Mada Univ., Yogyakarta, Indonesia & Nadhlatul Ulama (progressive Islamic view, via videoconferencing)
Waleed El-Ansary, George Washington University & Islamic Research Institute, Washington, DC (Islamic views of economic democracy)
Prof. Bahman Baktiari, Univ. of Maine (views in Iran)
Prof. Henry Steiner, Harvard Univ. (democracy as human right)
10:30-10:45
Coffee Break
10:45-12:15
Women's & Human Rights Under Islam Panel
Prof. Siti Ruhaini Dzuhayatin, State Islamic Univ. Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (women & sharia law, via videoconferencing)
Dr. Sri Natin, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (women & traditional law)
Lily Zakiyah Munir, Centre for Pesantren and Democracy Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia (varieties of sharia law)
12:15-13:15
Lunch Break
13:15-14:30
Islam & Europe Human Rights Panel
Prof. Jocelyne Cesari, CNRS and Harvard Univ.
(French veiling ban as human rights issue)
Prof Hakan Yavuz, Univ. of Utah (Turkey, Islam & EU human rights issues)
14:30-16:00
Americas Regional Panel
Judge Ricardo Colmenares Olivar, Univ. of Zulia, Venezuela & Superior Criminal Court (indigenous rights in South America)
Juan Ricardo Aparicio Cuervo, UNC-Chapel Hill (IDPs in Columbia)
Prof. Christine Kovic, Univ. of Houston Clearlake (liberation theology in Central America)
Chief Joe Linklater, Vuntat Gwitchin First Nation, Yukon, Canada (habitat destruction & indigenous rights in North America)
16:00-16:10
Closing
End of Day Two
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