On April 8, 2013, as part of the University of Denver’s Global Education Week, the International Legal Studies Program at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law will feature a lunchtime lecture by Dr. Michael Strauss, Professor of International Relations at the Paris-based Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies (CEDS). Professor Strauss, “one of the foremost authorities” on territorial leases and servitudes between nations, will lecture on “Guantanamo Bay in Diplomacy and International Law.” (Global Journal, Geneva, 2011). As part of his lecture, Professor Strauss will provide a history of the phenomenon of territorial leases between states, specifically in the context of the modern day Guantanamo Bay lease. He will discuss the creation, language, and interpretations of the lease before and since the Cuban revolution—and he will discuss how this lease has affected both international law and diplomatic relations for the United States. Dr. Strauss will also discuss lessons learned from the jurisdictional gap—the “legal black hole”—that has been a topic of much concern and conversation since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, identifying the Guantanamo Bay lease terms as the source of this black hole.

For more information, please contact Karlyn K. Shorb at kshorb@law.du.edu.

Please join us for this exciting and thought-provoking Global

Education Week activity!

Monday April 8, 201312:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

Ricketson Law BuildingRoom 165

This evenT is fRee of chARge And open To The puBLic.

Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis.

The University of Denver Sturm College of Law is committed to providing facilities that are accessible to persons with and without disabilities. We encourage persons with disabilities to contact Karlyn Shorb at 303-871-6655 for further information. The University of Denver is an equal opportunity/affirmative action university.

International Legal Studies Program

Professor Michael Strauss of the Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies (CEDS)

in Paris, France

Guantanamo Bay in Diplomacy and

International Law