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DOUGLASS CASSEL
Professor of Law
2155 Eck Hall of Law
Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 USA
Faculty email: [email protected]
Faculty web page: http://law.nd.edu
Personal email: [email protected]
Personal web page: http://douglasscassel.com
January 2015
Douglass Cassel is a scholar, attorney and commentator specializing in international human rights law,
especially with regard to issues of business and human rights, regional human rights systems, and international
criminal and humanitarian law. He is President of the Board of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas, to
which he has been elected three times by the Organization of American States, and former President of the Due
Process of Law Foundation. He has served as consultant on human rights to the United Nations, Organization of
American States, United States Department of State and Department of Justice, the Ford Foundation, and
numerous non-governmental human rights organizations. He lectures worldwide and his articles are published
internationally in English and Spanish.
PRINCIPAL EMPLOYMENT:
Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School (2005 to date) and Notre Dame Presidential Fellow (2006 to date);
Lilly Endowment Professor of Law (2005-06). Courses: Universal Protection of Human Rights; Regional
Protection of Human Rights; Transnational Corporations and Human Rights; International Criminal, Human
Rights and Humanitarian Law; Accountability for Gross Violations of Human Rights; Public International Law;
English Legal History.
Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School, and Director of LL.M in
International Human Rights Law program (2005 to 2011). Responsibilities included teaching, research and
publications, public education, technical assistance, advocacy and litigation. .
Clinical Professor, Director, and founder, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern
University School of Law (1998-2005). Founder and Director, International Human Rights Law Concentration
for LL.M. students (2001-05). Prior academic appointments: Senior Lecturer (1998-2001) and Clinical Associate
Professor (2001-03).
Executive Director and co-founder, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College
of Law (1990-98), and of its Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Program for Human Rights in the Americas.
Legal Adviser, United Nations Commission on the Truth for El Salvador (1992-93). Advised the
Commission, supervised its investigations and was principal editor of its report.
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General Counsel, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a not-for-profit law center in
Chicago (1982-91), and Staff Counsel (1976-82). Litigation and public policy research and advocacy on civil
rights, civil liberties, consumer, environmental and other public interest matters.
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Navy (1973-75).
OTHER ACADEMIC PROGRAMS:
Oxford University, GW/Oxford, Annual Program in International Human Rights Law, New College, Oxford,
England, Lecturer and Tutor, Fundamentals of International Human Rights Law, 2008, 2010-2012.
University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain, Lecturer in Master’s Degree in Protection of Human Rights, Faculty of
Law, 2007-2014
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Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium: Summer Course on Human Rights, Instructor, 2001 to 2009, and
Member, Organizing Committee, 2002 to 2009, co-sponsored by Netherlands School of Human Rights Research,
Catholic University of Leuven, Northwestern University School of Law, and, during 2006-09, by Notre Dame
Law School; Member of doctoral committees for Frederic Vanneste (doctorate 2009) and Arturo Onfray
(doctorate 2010).
American University, Washington College of Law, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Co-
Instructor, International Justice for Human Rights Violations, in Specialized Summer Program, 2008 and 2009 (in
English) and 2013 and 2015 (in Spanish).
Notre Dame Law School: Instructor, Notre Dame Law School London Summer Programme, 2007 (taught Public
International Law and English Legal History) and 2009 (taught English Legal History).
PRINCIPAL OTHER CURRENT AND RECENT ACTIVITIES:
Justice Studies Center of the Americas, Santiago, Chile (President, 2014-15 and 2002-04, Vice President 2000-
01, Board of Directors, 2000-06 and 2013-15). Nominated by the United States and elected to the Board by the
Organization of American States in 2000; re-nominated and reelected in 2003 and 2012. The Center promotes
reforms and exchange of information on administration of justice in the hemisphere. Its seven-member Board has
included, for example, former Ministers of Foreign Affairs, former Ministers of Justice and former Attorneys
General.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Board of Directors (2003 to date); co-chair, International
Committee (2003 to date); Program Committee (2014 to date); Board of Trustees (2001-03).
American Bar Association, Member of Latin America Council of the Rule of Law Initiative (2014 - ), Advisory
Board member, Business and Human Rights Project of the ABA Human Rights Center (2014 - ); co-chair, Human
Rights Committee, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities (2003 to 2010); Advisory Committee (2004-
11) and Consultant to ABA Human Rights Center (2003-04); ABA Observer of the pretrial criminal proceedings
against Maria Machado et al. in Venezuela (2005); Advisory Committee, Latin American Law Initiative Council
(2001-05); Member, Rule of Law Letter Committee (2007-09); Coordinating Committee on National Security and
Civil Liberties, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities (2007 to 2010).
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Due Process of Law Foundation, Washington, D.C., President (2000-12), Board member (1998-2000; 2012-14).
The Foundation promotes due process of law in the administration of justice in the hemisphere. Its Board has
included, among others, former United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and the former
Presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Honduras.
Independent International Panel on the Human Rights Impact of the Marlin Gold Mine in Guatemala,
Chair, (2008 to date).
Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, San José, Costa Rica, Member, General Assembly (governing body)
(2011 to date).
United States Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations, Consultant Legal Expert, 2007-2012.
Notre Dame Law School: Member, University of Notre Dame Worker Participation Committee, 2014 - ;
Coordinator, Business and Human Rights Roundtables, Notre Dame London Gateway, 2014 - ; Chair, Ad Hoc
Committee on Professional Formation, 2011-2013; Promotions Committee, Vice Chair, 2010-11 and 2008-09;
member, 2009-2012, spring 2007, fall 2007; Curriculum Committee, 2014-15; Member, J.S.D. committee and
principal advisor, successful J.S.D. candidates Tae-Ung Baik (2006-09), Nidal Sliman (2006-08) and Rose
Nakayi (2008-12).
American Society of International Law, Executive Council (2004 - 07).
Independent International Panel on Alleged Collusion in Sectarian Killings in Northern Ireland, Chair,
2004-07.
Consultant, Transitional Justice, in Northern Ireland (Pat Finucane Center, 2004-07); Colombia (Fundación
Ideas para la Paz, 2004); Indonesia (Ford Foundation, 2000); Colombia, Peru and Panama (International Center
for Transitional Justice, 2001); and Ghana (Center for Democratic Development, 2001). Advice on proposals to
establish truth commissions and prosecutions of persons responsible for past human rights violations.
Consultant to U.S. State Department on Inter-American Human Rights system, 1997 to 1999; public member
of U.S. delegations to Meetings of Attorneys General and Justice Ministers of the Americas (2000 and 2002) and
to Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, 1997 and 2003, and to OAS Permanent Council
meeting of government experts on Inter-American Human Rights system, 1997; appointed Foreign Affairs Officer
(Expert), State Department, 2001.
Commentator on International Human Rights, CHICAGO TRIBUNE (2001-2005), Chicago Public Radio (1994 to
date) and CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN (1995-2010) (see publications).
EDUCATION:
Harvard Law School, J.D. 1972 cum laude.
Managing Editor, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
Yale College, B.A. 1969 cum laude. Major: Economics and Urban Studies.
Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1966 cum laude.
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School Year Abroad, Barcelona, Spain, 1964-65.
PUBLICATIONS (since 1995):
(Except as otherwise noted, all scholarly publications listed below were solicited by the editors of the journals or
books in which they were published.)
Works in Progress:
Corporate Human Rights Responsibility and Private Ordering: Comparing Alternative Approaches
Completed and Pending Publication:
Un Juez Interamericano para una América Latina que le Necesita, in LIBER AMICORUM: DR. HERNÁN SALGADO
PESANTES (Ecuador, forthcoming 2015).
Sistemas Regionales de Protección de Derechos Humanos y la Resistencia por parte de los Estados: El Caso del
Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (2011-2013), [updated and expanded version in Spanish of
Regional Human Rights Systems and State Pushback: The Case of the Inter-American Human Rights System
(2011-2013), 33 HUMAN RIGHTS LAW JOURNAL 1-10 (30 August 2013)], in LIBER AMICORUM A JORGE CARPIZO,
Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Autónoma de México (forthcoming 2015).
Steering Clear of the Twin Shoals of a Rights-Based Morality and a Duty-Based Legality, in BETWEEN RIGHTS
AND RESPONSIBILITIES: A FUNDAMENTAL DEBATE (S. Parmentier and H. Werdmolder, eds.), Intersentia
(forthcoming 2015).
Edited Book:
A REALIZAÇÃO E A PROTEÇÃO INTERNACIONAL DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS FUNDAMENTAIS: DESAFIOS DO
SÉCULO XXI (INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION AND PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS:
CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY) (N. Baez and D. Cassel, eds.) (Editora Unoesc 2011).
Monographs:
Report of the Independent International Panel on Alleged Collusion in Sectarian Killings in Northern Ireland,
October 2006 (principal author) (commissioned by Pat Finucane Centre, Derry).
Human Dimension Commitments of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1975-2003 (edited
compilation) (2003) (requested by Ambassador Max Kampelman).
NATO In Kosovo: A Reply to Jurgen Habermas (2000).
International Law: Principal Articles:
Suing Americans for Human Rights Torts Overseas: The Supreme Court Leaves the Door Open, 89 NOTRE DAME
LAW REVIEW 1773-1812 (2014).
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Regional Human Rights Systems and State Pushback: The Case of the Inter-American Human Rights System
(2011-2013), 33 HUMAN RIGHTS LAW JOURNAL 1-10 (30 August 2013).
El Sistema Internacional de Protección de los Derechos Humanos y el Desafío de Washington, in A REALIZAÇÃO
E A PROTEÇÃO INTERNACIONAL DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS FUNDAMENTAIS: DESAFIOS DO SÉCULO XXI
(INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION AND PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS: CHALLENGES OF THE
21ST CENTURY) (N. Baez and D. Cassel, eds.) (Editora Unoesc 2011), pp. 83-108.
El Alcance e Impacto Cada Vez Mayores de las Reparaciones Ordenadas por la Corte Interamericana de
Derechos Humanos, in LA JUSTICIA CONSTITUCIONAL Y SU INTERNACIONALIZACIÓN. ¿HACIA UN IUS
CONSTITUTIONALE COMMUNE EN AMÉRICA LATINA?, Tomo II, pp. 215-47, Max Planck Institute for
Comparative Public Law and International Law and Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la Universidad
Autónoma de México, eds., (2010).
Empresas Multinacionales y Complicidad en Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos: Confusión Judicial
Estadounidense, 63 DERECHO PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ 255-81 (2009) (updated version in
Spanish of Corporate Aiding and Abetting of Human Rights Violations: Confusion in the Courts, 6 NW. U. J.
INT’L HUM. RTS. 304 (2008)).
International Human Rights Law and Security Detention, 40 CASE WESTERN RESERVE JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW 383-401 (2009), reprinted in Martin Scheinin, ed. TERRORISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS (Elgar,
Cheltenham Glos, England, 2013).
Pretrial and Preventive Detention of Suspected Terrorists: Options and Constraints under International Law, 98
JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY 811-52 (2008) (published by Northwestern University School of
Law), reprinted in TERRORIST RENDITION AND DETENTION: STATE PRACTICES (A. Begum, ed.) 1-45 (Amicus
Books, Icfai University Press, Hyderabad, India, 2008).
Corporate Aiding and Abetting of Human Rights Violations: Confusion in the Courts, 6 NORTHWESTERN
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS 304-26 (2008).
Transnational Corporate Accountability and the Rule of Law (co-authored with Sean O’Brien), in Oliver
Williams, ed., PEACE THROUGH COMMERCE: RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP AND THE IDEALS OF THE
UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT (2008), pp. 77-95.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in VICTIMS UNSILENCED: THE INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS
SYSTEM AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN LATIN AMERICA, Due Process of Law Foundation (2007), pp. 151-66;
Spanish version: La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, en VÍCTIMAS SIN MORDAZA: EL IMPACTO DEL
SISTEMA INTERAMERICANO EN LA JUSTICIA TRANSICIONAL EN LATINOAMÉRICA: LOS CASOS DE ARGENTINA,
GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR Y PERÚ (Due Process of Law Foundation and United States institute of Peace,
2007), pp. 197-217.
Defending Human Rights in the “War” Against Terror, 4 REGENT JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 223
(2006).
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Equal Labor Rights for Undocumented Migrant Workers, in HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFUGEES, INTERNALLY
DISPLACED PERSONS AND MIGRANT WORKERS: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JOAN FITZPATRICK AND ARTHUR HELTON,
Anne Bayefsky ed. (Martinus Nijhoff 2006), pp. 477-516.
The Expanding Scope and Impact of Reparations Awarded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in OUT
OF THE ASHES: REPARATIONS FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, K. De Feyter, S. Parmentier, M.
Bossuyt and P. Lemmens eds. (Intersentia 2005), pp. 191-223.
The Globalization of Human Rights: Consciousness, Law and Reality, 2 NW.U.J. INT’L HUM. RTS. 6 (2004).
International Human Rights and the United States Response to 11 September, in C. Fijnaut, J. Wouters and F.
Naert (eds.), LEGAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. A TRANSATLANTIC
DIALOGUE, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden / Boston (2004), pp. 251-297.
International Remedies in National Criminal Cases: ICJ Judgment in Germany v. United States, 15 LEIDEN
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 69-86 (2002).
La Lucha Contra La Impunidad ante el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, in VERDAD Y JUSTICIA:
HOMENAJE A EMILIO MIGNONE, Juan Méndez et al., eds. (Inter-American Institute of Human Rights 2001) 357-
410 (The Struggle Against Impunity Before the Inter-American Human Rights System).
Does International Human Rights Law Make a Difference?, 2 CHICAGO JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 121-
35 (2001).
Empowering United States Courts to Adjudge Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court,
35 NEW ENGLAND LAW REVIEW 421-45 (2001).
Inter-American Human Rights Law, Soft and Hard, in COMMITMENT AND COMPLIANCE: THE ROLE OF NON-
BINDING NORMS IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM 393-418 (Dinah Shelton, ed.)(2000).
Judicial Remedies for Treaty Violations in Criminal Cases: Consular Rights of Foreign Nationals in United
States Death Penalty Cases, 12 LEIDEN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 851 (1999).
The ICC’s New Legal Landscape: The Need to Expand United States Domestic Jurisdiction to Prosecute
Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, 23 FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 378 (1999).
Peru Withdraws from the Court: Will the Inter-American Human Rights System Meet the Challenge? 20 HUMAN
RIGHTS LAW JOURNAL 167 (1999).
El Perú Se Retira de la Corte: Afrontará el Reto el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos?, 29 REVISTA
INSTITUTO INTERAMERICANO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS 69 (1999) (Spanish language version of Peru Withdraws
from the Court).
The Inter-American Human Rights System: A Functional Analysis, in Inter-American Court of Human Rights,
LIBER AMICORUM HÉCTOR FIX-ZAMUDIO 521 (1998).
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The Future of the Inter-American Human Rights System, (co-authored with Thomas Buergenthal), in EL FUTURO
DEL SISTEMA INTERAMERICANO DE PROTECCIÓN DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS 539 (Inter-American Institute of
Human Rights 1998).
The Law and Reality of Discrimination Against Women, in WOMEN AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW,
K. Askin and D. Koenig, eds. (Transnational Pub. 1999), Vol. I, p. 287 (co-authored with Jill Guzman).
Lessons from the Americas: Guidelines for International Response to Amnesties for Atrocities, 59 LAW AND
CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS [Duke University Law School] 197 (1996).
Lecciones de las Américas: Lineamientos para una Respuesta Internacional ante la Amnistía de Atrocidades, 24
REVISTA INSTITUTO INTERAMERICANO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS 277 (1997) (Spanish language version of
Lessons from the Americas).
Corporate Initiatives: A Second Human Rights Revolution?, 19 FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 1963
(1996).
A United States View of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in THE MODERN WORLD OF HUMAN RIGHTS
209 (Inter-American Institute of Human Rights 1996).
Memorial Amicus Curiae of Jurists in case of Reinaldo Figueredo Planchart before the Inter-American
Commission of Human Rights, reprinted in 23 REVISTA INSTITUTO INTERAMERICANO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS
75 (in Spanish), 103 (in English) (1996).
International Law: Shorter Articles and Reviews:
La “tormenta perfecta”: cuenta y balance, 19 APORTES DPLF 20-24 (2014) [on the Inter-American Human
Rights System].
The United Nations Global Compact and Human Rights: A Modest But Useful Niche, in Oliver Williams, ed.,
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, THE U.N. GLOBAL COMPACT AND THE
COMMON GOOD 184-91 (2014).
Book Review: All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals, by David Scheffer, 107
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 252-59 (2013).
Fortaleciendo el Rol de las Víctimas en el Cumplimiento de las Sentencias de la Corte Interamericana de
Derechos Humanos, [Strengthening the Role of Victims in Compliance with the Judgments of the Inter-American
Court of Human Rights], in E. Sosa, J. Carmona y P. Saavedra, eds., IMPACTO DE LAS SENTENCIAS DE LA CORTE
INTERAMERICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS 125-37 (Tirant lo Blanch, Mexico, 2013).
El Fallo Almonacid de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, y las Obligaciones que de allí Emanan
para el Estado de Chile, in JUSTICIA, DERECHOS HUMANOS Y EL DECRETO LEY DE AMNISTÍA (ED. PAULINA
VELOSO) PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEMINARIO INTERNACIONAL, “JUSTICIA, DERECHOS HUMANOS Y EL DECRETO
DE AMNISTÍA,”pp. 81-88, published by the United Nations Development Programme, Santiago, Chile (2010).
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Honduras: Coup d’état in Constitutional Clothing?, ASIL INSIGHT, American Society of International Law, July
29, 2009. Spanish language version available on web site of Center for Civil and Human Rights: Honduras:
¿Golpe de Estado en Vestido Constitucional?
Juicios de Supuestos Terroristas por “Comisión Militar” en Guantánamo, R.Méndez-Silva, ed., DERECHO
INTERNACIONAL DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS: CULTURAS Y SISTEMAS JURÍDICAS COMPARADOS, Tomo II, 89-
99 (Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) (2008).
Liberty, Judicial Review and the Rule of Law at Guantanamo: A Battle Half Won, 43 NEW ENGLAND LAW
REVIEW 37-59 (2008).
La Justicia Frente a los Actos Terroristas, in J. Arjona and C. Hardaga, eds., TERRORISMO Y DERECHOS
HUMANOS 95-106 (Universidad Iberoamericana, México) (2008).
Los Juicios Militares en Estados Unidos a la Luz del Derecho Comparado, in PANORAMA INTERNACIONAL
SOBRE JUSTICIA PENAL: PROCESO PENAL Y JUSTICIA PENAL INTERNACIONAL, Instituto de Investigaciones
Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2007, pp. 17-23.
Los Operativos Militares en el Exterior y las Violaciones Serias de Derechos Fundamentales,
in Proceedings of International Society of Social Defense and Humane Criminal Policy, XVth Internacional
Congress on Social Defence, Criminal Law Between War and Peace: Justice and Cooperation in Criminal
Matters in International Military Interventions, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Toledo, Spain, September
2007.
Las Mejores Prácticas para el Procesamiento Judicial de las Violaciones de Derechos Humanos, in LOS
CAMINOS DE LA JUSTICIA PENAL Y LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS 167-74, Instituto de Democracia y Derechos
Humanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2007.
La responsabilidad penal de los superiores por los crímenes de guerra cometidos por sus
subordinados: omisión y negligencia, LA ADECUACION DEL DERECHO PENAL NACIONAL A LOS
TRATADOS DE DERECHO INTERNACIONAL HUMANITARIO, Memoria, Ciudad de México, Reunión
Regional, 7 al 8 de diciembre de 2004, pp. 146-52 (Int’l Committee of the Red Cross, 2007).
La Comisión de El Salvador: De la Locura a la Esperanza, in HECHOS DEL CALLEJÓN, magazine of
the United Nations Development Programme in Colombia, Edición Especial, No. 21 (December 2006),
pp. 16-20.
Council Comments: Military Conflict in Lebanon and Northern Israel, 22 American Society of International Law
NEWSLETTER 5 (2006) (contributor).
Book Review, The Practice and Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 100 AMERICAN
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 503 (2006).
Washington’s “War Against Terrorism” and Human Rights: The View from Abroad, 33 HUMAN RIGHTS 11-14
and 22 (ABA publication) (Winter 2006).
Jurisdicción Universal Penal, in DERECHO PENAL: MEMORIA DEL CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE CULTURAS Y
SISTEMAS JURIDICOS COMPARADOS, II. Proceso Penal, pp. 77-85, Sergio García Ramirez, ed., Instituto de
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Investigaciones Jurídicas, Serie Doctrina Jurídica, No. 259, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
(2005).
El Marco Jurídico Internacional, in chapter on La Ley de Alternatividad Penal: Aportes Internacionales, in
Cuadernos del Conflicto: Justicia, Verdad y Reparación en Medio del Conflicto 27-28, en la Revista Semana,
Colombia, April 2005.
The United States Supreme Court Rulings on Detention of “Enemy Combatants” – Partial Vindication of the Rule
of Law, 6 INTERNATIONAL LAW FORUM 122-25 (2004).
Extraterritorial Application of Inter-American Human Rights Instruments, in EXTRATERRITORIAL APPLICATION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES 175-81, F. COOMANS and M. Kamminga, ed. (Intersentia 2004).
Is There a New World Court?, 1 NW. U. J. INT’L HUM. RTS. iii-ix (2003).
Universal Criminal Jurisdiction, 31 HUMAN RIGHTS 22-25 (ABA periodical) (2004).
El sistema procesal penal de los Estados Unidos de América, CRIMINALIA, Año LXIX, No. 2, 163-92 (Academia
Mexicana de Ciencias Penales, 2003).
Bringing International Human Rights Law Home, in Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The Quest
for Equal Justice: Advancing a Dynamic Civil Rights Agenda for Our Times (2003).
Enhancing Human Rights and Legal Protection, in Pax International, INVISIBLE REFUGEES: INTERNALLY-
DISPLACED PERSONS AND THE NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF PROTECTION AND SOVEREIGNTY 13-19 (2003)
National Implementation of Inter-American Conventions Relating to International Humanitarian Law, in
International Committee of the Red Cross, NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN
LAW AND RELATED INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTIONS 31-36 (2002).
The International Criminal Court (panel), in American Bar Association, ABA Conference on The UN Declaration
of Human Rights and the Genocide Convention 106-07 (2001).
Fact-finding in the Inter-American System, in Anne Bayefsky, ed., THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY SYSTEM IN
THE 21ST
CENTURY 105-14 (Kluwer Pub. 2000).
An International Perspective, in roundtable on Mass Incarceration in the United States, in Symposium, 7
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL ROUNDTABLE 107-112 (2000).
Civil Rights and Human Rights: A Call for Closer Collaboration, 34 CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW 440-45 (Nov.-
Dec. 2000).
Human Rights and Drug Money in Mexico: Two Crises Intertwined; General Report, in W. Cartwright, ed.,
MEXICO: FACING THE CHALLENGES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CRIME 3 (1999).
La Enseñanza del Derecho Internacional en los Estados Unidos, in Organization of American States, JORNADAS
DE DERECHO INTERNACIONAL, 1999 11 (2000).
Court Commentary -- ICJ Update -- ICJ Backs Effective Immunity for UN Experts, 2 TRANSLEX 6 (August 1999).
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Making the World Safe for Human Rights Rapporteurs: ECOSOC’s Request for an ICJ Advisory Opinion, 1
TRANSLEX 9 (Feb. 1999).
Book Review, The Inter-American System of Human Rights, 93 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
555 (1999).
Book Review, Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law in New Democracies, 92 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW 607 (1998).
Lessons from the United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador, 14 NOUVELLES ETUDES PÉNALES 225
(1998).
Review Article, Teaching International Human Rights Law, 91 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
215 (1997).
Looking Straight Ahead: Amid 2 Hague Tribunals, Permanent Global Court of Crime Pondered by '98, FOREIGN
SERVICE JOURNAL, Dec. 1996, at 28-33.
La Responsabilidad de las Violaciones a los Derechos Humanos en Comisiones de la Verdad, MEMORIA DEL
TALLER INTERNACIONAL: METODOLOGÍA PARA UNA COMISIÓN DE LA VERDAD EN GUATEMALA 75 (Oficina de
Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala, 1996).
Practicing International Human Rights Law, in INTERNSHIPS AND CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW (American
Society of International Law 1996).
El Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos y la Prisión Preventiva, 21 REVISTA INSTITUTO
INTERAMERICANO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS 35 (1995), reprinted in 17 Foro Judicial 2 (FESPAD, San Salvador,
El Salvador, Sept. 1996).
Reflections on the Murder of Yitzhak Rabin, HUMAN RIGHTS (publication of the American Bar Association),
winter 1996, Vol. 23, No. 1, inside cover.
War Crimes and Other Human Rights Abuses in the Former Yugoslavia, 16 WHITTIER LAW REVIEW 387 (1995)
(panel).
International Relations and Other:
Prologue, in EMPRENDEDURÍA SOCIAL: ALTERNATIVA SOSTENIBLE PARA UNA NUEVA ECONOMÍA, Carmen Parra
y Ferran Porta, eds. (Bosch Editor, Spain, 2014), pp. 16-22
Garry Wills on Providence, Peace and Presidential Powers, in Kenneth L. Vaux and Melanie Baffes, eds.,
NATION AND WORLD, CHURCH AND GOD: THE LEGACY OF GARRY WILLS (Northwestern University Press, 2014),
pp. 203-217.
Introduction and Postscript: Partial Progress on UN Reform, 4 N.W.U.J. INT’L HUM. RTS. 1 (2005).
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Canada and the World: A Reply to Michael Ignatieff, in INDEPENDENCE IN AN AGE OF EMPIRE: ASSESSING
UNILATERALISM AND MULTILATERALISM 83-89, Graham F. Walker ed., Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
Monograph, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (2004).
Editorial, SISTEMAS JUDICIALES, Vol. II, No. 3, pp. 2-3 (2002).
Observaciones, in Due Process of Law Foundation, JUSTICIA PARA LAS VICTIMAS EN EL SIGLO XXI 68-70 (2002)
La reconciliación requiere de verdad, justicia y reparaciones, (“Reconciliation requires truth, justice and
reparations”) in Asociación pro Derechos Humanos (Peru), ed., EL RETO DE LA VERDAD Y LA JUSTICIA 81-86
(2001) (“The Challenge of Truth and Justice”).
Truth, Justice and Reconciliation, and The UN Truth Commission for El Salvador, in Ghana Center for
Democratic Development, International Conference on National Reconciliation: International Perspectives,
(2001).
The United States Supreme Court’s Racial Desegregation Decision: Moving a Nation Forward, VII LUDICIUM
ET VITA Vol. I, p. 374 (Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, 2000).
Human Rights and Business Responsibilities in the Global Marketplace, 11 BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY No.
2, pp. 261-74 (April 2001).
A Framework of Norms: International Human-Rights Law and Sovereignty, XXII HARVARD INTERNATIONAL
REVIEW No. 4, pp. 60-62 (Winter 2001).
The Pinochet Case: Expanding International Accountability, 1 NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS 35 (Vol. I, spring 1999).
The Rome Treaty for an International Criminal Court: A Flawed But Essential First Step, VI BROWN JOURNAL
OF WORLD AFFAIRS 41(Winter/Spring 1999).
The Salvadoran Experience, in Woodstock Theological Center, WOODSTOCK COLLOQUIUM: FORGIVENESS IN
CONFLICT RESOLUTION: REALITY AND UTILITY, THE EXPERIENCES OF THE TRUTH COMMISSIONS (1998), at 37.
Will the Inter-American Human Rights System Come of Age?, 4 JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS 45
(1997).
International Truth Commissions and Justice, 5 THE ASPEN INSTITUTE QUARTERLY 69 (1993), reprinted in Neil
J. Kritz, ed., TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: HOW EMERGING DEMOCRACIES RECKON WITH FORMER REGIMES (U.S.
Institute of Peace 1995), vol. I, p. 326.
Commentaries, Op-Eds, Blog Posts (English language):
Are International Courts Effective If Compliance is Voluntary?, in Inter-American Dialogue, LATIN AMERICA
ADVISOR, November 14, 2014, pp. 3-4.
Was the Deal to Free Bowe Bergdahl Justified?, CNN.com, June 2, 2014
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Lo Que Falló en Venezuela, VENEZUELA ANALÍTICA [Venezuela], March 9, 2014 (accessible at
http://www.analitica.com/va/politica/opinion/4721957.asp) (Spanish language version of What Went Wrong?)
What Went Wrong? [in Venezuela], THE MARK NEWS [Canada], March 6, 2014 (accessible at
http://www.themarknews.com/2014/03/06/what-went-wrong/; published also in THE DAILY STAR (Lebanon)
(http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2014/Mar-11/249838-venezuela-sinks-further-despite-its-
great-wealth.ashx#axzz2vfy1jX53); ANDEAN AIR MAIL AND PERUVIAN TIMES
(http://www.peruviantimes.com/07/international-analysis-venezuela-gone-wrong/21693/); BUDAPEST BUSINESS
JOURNAL (http://www.bbj.hu/opinion/venezuela-gone-wrong_76809); VENEZUELA ANALÍTICA
(http://www.analitica.com/va/politica/opinion/4721957.asp) (in Spanish); THE CITY PAPER (Bogota, Colombia)
(http://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/what-went-wrong-in-venezuela/); and was quoted at length in Radio THE
VOICE OF RUSSIA (http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_03_07/Venezuela-and-Panama-now-foes-0501/)
What Was Behind the Closing of Tutela Legal in El Salvador? in Inter-American Dialogue, LATIN AMERICA
ADVISOR, November 13, 2013, p. 3.
In LETTERS BLOGATORY, accessible at http://lettersblogatory.com:
Lago Agrio: Doug Cassel on the ICC Complaint, Oct. 31, 2014
Chevron Wins. What Now? March 17, 2014
Was the Lago Agrio Judgment Ghostwritten? Jan. 15, 2014
Lago Agrio: Doug Cassel on the New Ecuadoran Judgment, Nov. 19, 2013
Doug Cassel on the New Partial Arbitral Award, Sept. 27, 2013
Lago Agrio: Doug Cassel on the Argentine Attorney General's Opinion, June 5, 2013
In Symposium: Forum Non Conveniens and Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign
Judgments, May 2012:
Forum Non Conveniens, Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, and the Chevron Litigation,
May 30, 2012.
Response to Aaron Marr Page, May 31, 2012.
Response to Ted Folkman, June 4, 2012.
OPINIO JURIS GUEST BLOGS (accessible at http://opiniojuris.org/):
Kiobel: Getting Exhaustion Right, Oct. 3, 2012.
Will Chavez Remove Venezuela from the Inter-American Commission? May 11, 2012.
Doug Cassel’s Reply to Kevin Jon Heller: Who Bought What? April 12, 2012.
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Chevron in Ecuador: Doug Cassel Responds to Kevin Jon Heller, March 27, 2012.
Suing Chevron in Ecuador: Do the Ends Justify the Means? March 17, 2012.
Will a Military Trial of the 9/11 Suspects be Credible? CNN.com, May 7, 2012, accessible at
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/07/opinion/cassel-military-trial/index.html?hpt=op_t1
Commentaries on International Human Rights, weekly on Chicago Public Media, WBEZ 91.5 FM, Worldview
program, 1994 to date, reprinted in CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN, 1995 to 2010. Recent archives may be
found on the web page of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, http:// www.law.nd.edu/humanrights. Most
recent commentaries:
Libya and the ICC: Peace, Prevention and Justice, March 7, 2011.
The Arab World: Revolutionary Conditions, Feb. 16, 2011.
Return Democracy to Honduras, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 22, 2009.
Fujimori Trial: Peru Setting Standards for Justice, MIAMI HERALD, July 25, 2008.
Jose Padilla Brings Torture to Trial: Can a DOJ Lawyer be held accountable for advocating the inhumane?, IN
THESE TIMES, Feb. 14, 2008.
The U.S. and the UN; See no evil, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, May 29, 2005.
Darfur and a new court, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, March 13, 2005.
Courting Disaster: Gonzales as Attorney General?, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, Jan. 25, 2005, at 8-9.
INHUMAN; In a post-9/11 world, does America still stand tall on rights? Bush could still turn into a champion of
oppressed, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Nov. 28, 2004.
Peace of mind’s price; Visa Absurdity: Government thinks we have nothing to fear but … ideas [on the denial of a
visa to Tariq Ramadan], CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 10, 2004.
The Barrier: A wall between Israel and the world’s opinion, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, July 25, 2004.
Two Steps Forward: The Supreme Court delivers partial victory for rule of law, IN THESE TIMES, July 9, 2004.
“Enemy Combatants” Get Their Day in Court, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, June 29, 2004.
Torture in Iraq: The Rule of Pain: Ignorant, inflammatory, undeniable, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, May 9, 2004.
World Court to Texas: Follow Your Own Laws, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, April 11, 2004.
Editorial: Saddam in the Dock: Who Will Judge Him?, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, Jan.6, 2004.
Justice; A Chilling Double Standard Turns U.S. Into Its Own Enemy, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Aug. 17, 2003.
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Bush-whacked: Has the U.S. Disabled the UN?, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, April 19, 2003, 10-11.
POWs: Not all is fair, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, April 19, 2003, 11.
The Irresponsible Nation; U.S. Has Blown Up Rule of Law and Order, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, March 23, 2003.
It’s a crime; Repercussions: an eye for an eye, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Feb. 2, 2003.
Public Should Know: Case for War is Weak, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 13, 2002.
Gunnin’ for Hussein: Doing It Wrong Would Be a Crime, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Sept. 22, 2002.
Do Unto Others: America Fights International Covenants Against Torture, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Sept. 1, 2002.
A Final Toll: Were Rights Also Casualties of Sept. 11?, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, June 23, 2002.
With or without U.S., world court will debut, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, May 12, 2002.
Military Justice: Tribunals won’t cut it, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, April 7, 2002.
What defines a POW? It’s not an easy call, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, February 3, 2002.
Rights: Worldwide Justice Must Be Priority, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Jan. 6, 2002.
Desperately Seeking Osama: With UN help, U.S. has tools for pursuit, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 21, 2001.
A new chessboard of world power, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Sept. 23, 2001.
Bad Neighbors, THE AMERICAN PROSPECT, Vol. 12, Issue 15, August 27, 2001 (on the US and the ICC).
Milosevic in the Dock: A Challenge for the International Tribunal, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, August 15-22,
2001, pp. 6-7.
The World Reaches Out for Justice, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, August 12, 2001, section 2, page one.
On the Record, interview in CHICAGO TRIBUNE, July 23, 2000.
Why We Need the International Criminal Court, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, May 12, 1999, 532.
The Pinochet Precedent, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, May 12, 1999, 535.
International Coup d’Etat in Kosovo?, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Mar. 28, 1999.
The Universal Declaration at 50: Changing the World?, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, Dec. 23-30, 1998, at 1249.
50 Years of Decency, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Dec. 10, 1998.
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Murder with Impunity; Guatemala: Not Ready for Never Again,’ THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, June 17-24, 1998, at
596.
The World Court, Washington and the rule of law, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, April 13, 1998.
Remembering the Holocaust Selectively, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Mar. 24, 1998.
Season of Fear: Immigration Law Could Force Families Apart, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 21, 1997.
Judgment at Nuremberg: A Half-Century Appraisal, THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, December 6, 1995 at 1180-85.
Enforcing Human Rights, interview on "Common Ground," radio series on world affairs distributed nationally by
Stanley Foundation, August 1995.
Guilty Conscience, Bloody Hands in Honduras, BALTIMORE SUN, July 26, 1995.
Public (In Spanish or Portuguese):
Brasil tem obrigacao de denunciar Tailandia por violacoes, O ESTADO DE SAO PAOLO, Feb. 19, 2011, p. A21
(co-authored with Robert Amsterdam).
Devolver la Democracia a Honduras, TIEMPO (Honduras), Oct. 28, 2009.
La Corte Suprema: resguardando la Constitución en Guantánamo, REVISTA IDEELE (2008).
La Verdad Jamás Ha Tumbado Una Democracia, 135 IDEELE (Revista del Instituto de Defensa Legal) 36-38
(feb. 2001) (interview).
La Democracia Versus la Pobreza y el Racismo, EL OTRO (Chicago), April 15, 2000.
Dos Casos Distintos, Que Merecen Resultados Paralelos, EL OTRO (Chicago), Feb. 15, 2000.
Caracas: Constituciones y Caudillos, EL OTRO (Chicago), January 15, 2000.
Derechos Humanos en el Nuevo Milenio: O Para Todos, O Para Nadie, EL OTRO (Chicago) (December 15,
1999).
Momento Difícil para la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, EL OTRO (Chicago), July 15, 1999.
El Derecho Humano a la Dignidad, EL OTRO, May 15, 1999.
El Caso Pinochet: Un Paso Hacia la Justicia, EL OTRO, April 15, 1999.
Guatemala: Los Ojos de los Enterrados, EL OTRO, Mar. 15, 1999.
La Globalización con Cara Humana? EL OTRO, Feb. 15, 1999.
El Segundo Medio Siglo del Movimiento Pro Derechos Humanos, EL OTRO, Jan. 15, 1999.
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El Caso Pinochet: Superando la Impunidad, EXITO (CHICAGO TRIBUNE Spanish language weekly), Dec. 17,
1998.
La Justicia y el General, EXITO, Oct. 29, 1998.
RECENT LITIGATION:
United States Supreme Court:
Counsel for 23 Former United States Diplomats as Amici Curiae in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 133 S.
Ct. 1659 (2013) (holding that U.S. courts generally lack jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Statute for human rights
violations committed abroad), Amicus brief filed June 13, 2012 (arguing that suits in U.S. courts for human rights
violations abroad should be permitted on a case-by-case basis).
Counsel for 26 Former United States Diplomats as Amici Curiae in Samantar v. Yousuf et al., 2008 U.S. Briefs
1555 (arguing that former foreign government officials should not be granted immunity in U.S. courts for torture
and extrajudicial execution), 130 S. Ct. 2278 (2010) (holding that Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act shields only
foreign government entities, not individual officials sued in their personal capacities, and remanding for
determination of immunity under common law principles).
Counsel for 25 Former United States Diplomats as Amici Curiae in Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United
States, 128 S. Ct. 2229 (2008), 2006 U.S. Briefs 1195.
Counsel for International Humanitarian Law Experts as Amici Curiae Louise Doswald-Beck et al. in Hamdan v.
Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006), 2005 U.S. Briefs 184 (military commission lacked power to try alleged unlawful
enemy combatant at U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, because it failed to comply with Uniform Code of
Military Justice and Common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions), and in lower courts: 344 F.Supp.2d 152
(D.D.C. 2004), reversed,415 F.3d 33 (D.C. Cir. 2005), reversed and remanded by the Supreme Court.
Consultant to counsel for prisoners in Rasul v. United States, 542 U.S. 466 (2004), (U.S. courts have jurisdiction to
hear habeas corpus petitions by foreign nationals imprisoned as “unlawful enemy combatants” without charges,
counsel or judicial review at U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba), and before Court of Appeals, 321 F.3d
1134 (D.C. Cir. 2003).
Consultant to counsel for Yaser Hamdi in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004) (U. S. citizen could not be
imprisoned as alleged “unlawful enemy combatant” without notice of the factual basis of this classification and a
fair opportunity to rebut the government’s factual assertions before a neutral decisionmaker).
Counsel for Amici Curiae Legal and Religious Organizations in Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426 (2004), 2003
U.S. Briefs 1027 (Because the particular district court in which the case was filed lacked jurisdiction, the Supreme
Court did not reach the issue of whether a U.S. citizen arrested and detained in U.S., and alleged to be “unlawful
enemy combatant,” was entitled to be tried or released).
Counsel for 28 Career Foreign Service Diplomats in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004), 2003 U.S.
Briefs 339 (Alien Torts Statute allows suits for violations of clear norms of international law, but not for brief
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detentions) (brief amicus curiae of former diplomats argued that human rights litigation in federal courts under
Alien Tort Statute is consistent with United States foreign policy).
Lower Courts:
Amicus Curiae In Support of Rehearing or Rehearing En Banc, Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy,
Inc., No. 07-0016 (2d Cir.), filed Oct. 28, 2009.
Counsel for Consul General of Poland in People v. Madej, 193 Ill.2d 395 (2000) (on legal effect in Illinois courts
of violation of rights to consular notification under international treaty), cert. denied, 533 U.S. 911 (2001); petition
for habeas corpus granted and death penalty set aside, U.S. ex rel. Madej v. Schomig, 223 F. Supp.2d 968 (N.D. Ill.
2002).
International and Foreign Courts and Commissions:
Counsel for Applicant Rosa María Payá in Payá v. Spain, filed in European Court of Human Rights, August 23,
2014, declared inadmissible, Oct. 16, 2014 (challenging refusal of Spain’s Audiencia Nacional (National Court) to
investigate death in Cuba on July 22, 2012 of Oswaldo Payá, prominent Cuban dissident and dual Spanish citizen).
Counsel for petitioner in Brewer-Carías v. Venezuela, Judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,
May 26, 2014 (involving denials of due process and politically motivated, false charges against leading
Venezuelan dissident; case dismissed by 4-2 vote for failure to exhaust domestic remedies).
Counsel for petitioner National United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, Thailand, before International
Criminal Court (begun in 2010 and ongoing).
Counsel, Case of the Santo Domingo Massacre vs. Colombia, Judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, Nov. 30, 2012 (http://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/casos/articulos/seriec_259_esp.pdf).
Expert witness, presented by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, before the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights in Contreras v. El Salvador, Judgment of August 31, 2011
(http://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/casos/articulos/seriec_232_ing.pdf).
Counsel for Chevron Corporation as amicus curiae before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on
Request for Precautionary Measures, Request MC 48/12, 2012.
Counsel for Gómez Paquiyauri family in Gómez Paquiyauri v. Peru, before Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, ongoing since 2006 (involving compliance with reparations judgment of the Court, in case of torture and
murder of two brothers).
Counsel for certain prisoners in Case of Hugo Juarez Cruzatt et al. v. Peru, before Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, ongoing since 2005, Judgment on Merits, November 25, 2006 (involving military massacre of unarmed
prisoners).
Counsel for petitioners in Castañeda v. Guatemala, before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights,
precautionary measures granted, 2006; petition filed, April 2007; admissibility declined, October 2007 (involving
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failure to investigate attempted murder of journalist and death threat against the director of an independent radio
station).
Testimony as expert before Constitutional Court of Indonesia on compliance of Indonesia’s Truth and
Reconciliation Commission Law with international human rights law, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 2006.
Expert witness, presented by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, before the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights in Serrano Cruz Sisters v. El Salvador, Judgment of March 1, 2005
(http://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/casos/articulos/seriec_120_ing.pdf)
Counsel for Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law, in Proceedings before
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Advisory Opinion OC-18, Rights of Undocumented Immigrant
Workers (2003).
Counsel for petitioner in Figueredo v. Venezuela, Case no. 11.298, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,
Report No. 50/00 (2000) (finding violations of due process and rights of defense in political prosecution of former
Foreign Minister of Venezuela).
Counsel for amici curiae MacArthur Justice Center and International Human Rights Law Institute before Inter-
American Court of Human Rights on Advisory Opinion OC-16, The Right to Information about Consular
Assistance within the Framework of Guarantees of Due Process of Law (1999).
Counsel for petitioner in Gómez López v. Guatemala, Case No. 11.303, Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights, Report No.29/96 (1996) (finding violations of right to physical integrity in attempted assassination of
Guatemalan labor leader).
ILLUSTRATIVE OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Council on Foreign Relations, Member (by invitation and election) (2003 to date).
Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Program Advisory Committee (2002 to date), Global Chicago Center
(Executive Committee, 2004 to date); Global Chicago Committee (2002), Global Chicago Advisory Committee
(2000-02), Advisory Board, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations/WTTW Global Chicago Series (2003).
Member, General Assembly and Scientific Committee, Asociación Española para el Derecho Internacional de los
Derechos Humanos (2013 to date).
Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Public International Law and Human Rights, UN mandated
University for Peace, San José, Costa Rica (2012 to date)
Member, Advisory Board, Transitional Justice, journal published by the Social Science Research Network (2009
to date)
Member, Cercle K2, Paris (2014 to date)
Member, Advisory Board, Stevenson Center on Democracy, Chicago, Illinois (2008 to date).
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Fellow, Kroc Institute for Peace Studies (2007 to date).
United States Institute of Peace, Grant Program Panelist, December 2006.
Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Notre Dame University (2005 to date).
Human Rights Watch, Chicago Committee (2004 to 2010).
Human Rights Program, University of Chicago, Faculty Committee (1997 to 2005).
Impunity Watch, Advisory Board member, 2008 to date.
Center for Civil and Human and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School, Advisory Council (2000-05).
Northwestern University faculty interdisciplinary seminar on transitional justice, funded as a Sawyer Seminar by
the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Seminar Coordinator, 2003-04.
Research project funded by the Searle Fund to study the hypothesis that more open, market economies lead to
improved respect for individual rights in Latin America and East Asia, Principal Investigator, 2000-04.
Fifth Annual Faculty Conference, Northwestern University School of Law, Human Rights and the Law of War:
New Roles for the World Court?, Conference Chair and Organizer, April 2002.
International Criminal Justice Institute, International Advisory Council (2002).
Cook County Pubic Defender, Immigration Manual Editorial Advisory Board (2002).
American Bar Association, Consultant to ABA President on the International Criminal Court (1998); Chairman,
Working Group on the American Convention on Human Rights (1994); Chairman, Latin America Subcommittee,
Human Rights Committee, Section on International Law and Practice (1991-94); ABA Observer at the trial in the
Jesuits' murder case, San Salvador, El Salvador (1991).
Organization of American States, Adviser to Secretariat on Inter-American Human Rights system (1996).
U.S.-Guatemala Labor Education Project, Board of Directors (1996-2000).
Inter-American Human Rights Digest Project, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington
College of Law, American University, Advisory Board (1998).
Mexican Cultural and Educational Institute, Chicago, Advisory Board (1999).
United States Non-Governmental Mission to Observe the 1994 Presidential Elections in El Salvador. Co-chair.
Testimony as expert witness in political asylum hearings before U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Chicago, in numerous cases from Latin America (1991 to 2005).
Expert witness (proffered) in Mehinovic et al. v. Vuckovic, (N.D. Ga., Civ. No. 1 98-CV.2470) (1999).
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MacArthur Justice Center, Chicago, Advisory Board (1993 to date).
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, Chicago, Advisory Committee, 1991 to date.
Center for Legal Studies, Northwestern University, Faculty Associate (2002-05).
SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS (since 1997):
International:
Inversión Transnacional y Derechos Humanos: Dos Mundos Distintos?, Law Offices of Cremades y Calvo
Sotelo, Madrid, December 2014.
Regional Human Rights Systems: Under Siege? (panel), co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School and Human
Rights Lawyers Association of the UK, Hogan Lovells law offices, London, December 2014.
Introductory Remarks: An International Arbitral Tribunal for Business and Human Rights, in conference on the
same topic, co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School, the law firm of Clifford Chance, and the Business &
Human Rights Resource Centre, London, September 2014.
Los desafíos en la aplicación del derecho internacional en el ámbito local, in Curso de Capacitación en la
Aplicación de la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos en los Sistemas de Justicia de la Américas,
sponsored by the Órgano Judicial de Panamá and the Justice Studies Center of the Americas, Panama City,
Panama, September 2014.
Presupuestos Teóricos de la doctrine del control de convencionalidad, in Curso de Capacitación en la Aplicación
de la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos en los Sistemas de Justicia de la Américas, sponsored by
the Supreme Court of El Salvador, the National Council on the Judiciary of El Salvador, and the Justice Studies
Center of the Americas, San Salvador, August 2014.
Empresas y Derechos Humanos, Universitat Abat Oliba CEU, Programa de Economía Solidaria, Barcelona,
Spain, May 2014.
Does the World Need a Treaty on Business and Human Rights? Weighing the Pros and Cons: Introduction of
Topic, in program of the same name, co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School, the Center for Civil and Human
Rights, and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, at Notre Dame London Gateway, London, England,
May 2014.
Formal Justice and Social Justice: Interdependent Siblings, in conference on POLITICAL USE OF THE JUDICIAL
SYSTEM: THE STATE OF JUSTICE IN LATIN AMERICA, co-sponsored by the Americas Forum, Inter-American
Institute for Democracy, and Diario Las Américas, Rayburn House Office Building, U.S. Congress, Washington,
D.C., October 2013.
Whose Internet Is It Anyway?, panel on internet freedom, co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School with British
law firms, Amsterdam and Partners, and 25 Bedford Row Barrister Chambers, at the University of Notre Dame,
London, England, October 2013.
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Chartering the Press: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? A Transatlantic Dialogue of Journalism and Law, co-
sponsored by Notre Dame Law School and the Human Rights Lawyers Association, London, England, May 2013.
Fortaleciendo el Reglamento de las Medidas Cautelares [“Strengthening the Regulation of Precautionary
Measures”], en Seminario Preparatorio para el Fortalecimiento del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos
Humanos, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Washington, D.C., May 2012.
La Importancia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia: La experiencia hemisférica en la selección de magistrados y las
normas internacionales aplicables, en Foro: Hacia una selección de magistrados transparente y meritocrática en
El Salvador, auspiciado por la Fundación para el Debido Proceso y la Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarollo
Económico y Social (FUSADES), San Salvador, El Salvador, January 2012.
La Importancia de la Independencia Judicial, Conferencia ante los Letrados de la Sala de lo Constitucional de la
Corte Suprema de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, January 2012.
Supervisión de Cumplimiento de las Sentencias de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos: Reformando
el Artículo 69 del Reglamento para Fortalecer el Rol de las Víctimas, en Conferencia sobre Impacto de la
Ejecución de las Sentencias de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos: Retos en los Órdenes Jurídicos
Nacionales, sponsored by the Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, the Instituto de Investigaciones
Jurídicas of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Ministry
of Governance, Mexico City, Mexico, December 2011.
Human Rights Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations: The State of Play, Universidad Alcalá de Henares,
Spain, November 2011.
O Sistema Internacional de Proteçao dos Direitos Humanos e o Desafio de Washington, Inaugural Address, I
Conferencia Internacional dos Direitos Humanos, Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina, Chapecó, Brasil,
October 2011.
Las Relaciones entre Los Sistemas Nacionales e Internacionales de Protección de los Derechos Humanos y el Rol
de los Magistrados Nacionales, Inaugural Panel, Seminario sobre Direitos Humanos, Escola da Magistratura do
Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, October 2011.
Panorama Internacional de Direitos Humanos e Segurança, Inaugural Address, in Segurança, Medo e Direitos
Humanos: reflexão e alternativas, Semana de Direitos Humanos, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Cátedra
Dom Helder Câmara, Recife, Brasil, October 2011.
Commentator on Address by former President Osvaldo Hurtado of Ecuador, Democracy and the Rule of Law in
Ecuador, Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, D.C., September 2011.
An American Perspective, in Al Skeini and Al Jedda: Bringing Rights Home?, co-sponsored by the Center for
Civil and Human Rights and by the Human Rights Lawyers Association of the United Kingdom, at the Notre
Dame London Center, July 2011.
Libya: An Unprecedented International Response to Atrocities, in CLE in Rome, sponsored by Chicago Bar
Association, Rome, Italy, March 2011.
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Five Streams of Rights and Duties in International Law on Peace, in International Congress on the Right to
Peace, sponsored by the Spanish Association for International Human Rights Law and the World Council of
Churches, et al., Santiago de Compostela, Spain, December 2010.
The Import of the Preamble to the Draft Santiago Declaration on the Human Right to Peace, in International
Congress on the Right to Peace, sponsored by the Spanish Association for International Human Rights Law and
the World Council of Churches, et al., Santiago de Compostela, Spain, December 2010.
Las Responsabilidades de las Empresas Multinacionales para Respetar a los Derechos Humanos, Universidad
Alcalá de Henares, Spain, November 2010.
Equality and Non-Discrimination Law in the United States, in Happiness Pursued: A Celebration of Ten Years of
the Human Rights Act, Notre Dame London Law Programme, co-sponsored by Human Rights Lawyers
Association of the United Kingdom and the Center for Civil and Human Rights of Notre Dame Law School,
London, October 2010.
Contrasting European and American Approaches to National Security Censorship, in 2nd
Irish-American Human
Rights Exchange, co-sponsored by the Irish Centre for Human Rights of the National University of Galway and
the Center for Civil and Human Rights of Notre Dame Law School, Galway, Ireland, October 2010.
The Inter-American Human Rights System, and Regional Human Rights Systems in Africa and Asia, plenary
lectures in GW/Oxford, Annual Program in International Human Rights Law, New College, Oxford, England,
July 2010.
Applying the Ruggie 3 Part Framework – Protect, Respect, Remedy – to Corporate Activity in Conflict Zones, in
panel on Emerging Norms: The Theoretical Dimension, in conference on Corporations in Armed Conflict: The
Role of International Law, sponsored by the Irish Center for Human Rights and the Geneva Institute for
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, April
2010.
The Inter-American Democratic Charter: Establishing a High Commissioner for Democracy, invited presentation
to the Committee on Legal and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States,
Washington, D.C., March 2010.
Europe and the United States: Facing the Global Challenge to Human Rights, in Conference on Mapping the
Future of the EU – US Strategic Partnership: Policy and Research Perspectives, sponsored by the European
Commission Research Directorate-General, at the European Union, Brussels, January 2010.
Human Rights Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations, in International Human Rights and Business: An
International Workshop, co-sponsored by the Protection Project of the School of Advanced International Studies
of Johns Hopkins University, the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, and Mofid
University of Qom, Iran, in Siracusa, Italy, January 2010.
The European Union, the United States and Human Rights: Major Trends and Challenges, in Transatlantic
Strategy Forum: The European Union, the United States and Global Governance: Major Trends and Challenges,
sponsored by Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies in cooperation with the German Marshall Fund
Transatlantic Center, Brussels, December 2009.
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Jurisdicción Universal, Human Rights Master’s Program, Universidad Alcalá de Henares, Spain, November
2009.
Tomorrow’s Human Rights: Addressing the Challenges Ahead (panel), XIX OAS Policy Roundtable, Landmark
Celebration: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights – 50th Anniversary, Inter-American Court of Human
Rights – 30th Anniversary, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C., November 2009.
The First 100 Days of the Obama Administration in Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, Irish Centre for
Human Rights, National University of Ireland at Galway, May 2009.
The First 60 Days of the Obama Administration in Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, Faculty of Law,
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, April 2009.
Closing Address, Ten Years After Rome: An Assessment of the International Criminal Court; Achievements and
Challenges, and Address, Prospects for the First Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the ICC, in
International Seminar, Hacia la Primera Conferencia de Revisión del Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal
Internacional, sponsored by the Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad
Católica del Perú, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the Foreign Ministry of Perú, Lima, Perú,
February 2009.
The Inter-American Human Rights System; Reparations in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; and A
Skeptical View of a World Court of Human Rights, lectures in Summer Course on Human Rights, Catholic
University of Leuven, Belgium, August 2008.
Human Rights Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations, Law Firm of Grundberg Mokatta Rakison LLP,
Solicitors and International Lawyers, London, England, July 2008.
Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources of the DRCongo: Impact on the International Peace and Security, In
Table Ronde Spéciale, RD Congo: Construction de la Paix Durable: Role de la Communaute Internationale en
Republique Democratique du Congo, Sponsored by International Peace Research Association in collaboration
with Congolese Universities and the Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, July 2008.
La Responsabilidad Superior en el Derecho Internacional Penal, Instituto de Defensa Legal, Lima, Perú, June
2008.
Los Deberes de Chile de Dejar Sin Efecto la Ley de Amnistía en Su Aplicación a Crimenes de Lesa Humanidad,
in Seminario Internacional, “Justicia, Derechos Humanos y el Decreto de Amnistía,” sponsored by the United
Nations Development Programme, the Ford Foundation, the International Center for Transitional Justice, and the
Regional Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Santiago, Chile, December 2007.
Conferencia Extraordinaria, La Eficacia de los Derechos Humanos Internacionales de Protección de los
Derechos Humanos, and Derechos Humanos y Lucha contra el Terrorismo en el Derecho Internacional y en los
Estados Unidos de América, in IV Master en Protección de los Derechos Humanos, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá
de Henares, Spain, November 2007.
El Derecho a la Verdad en Transiciones a la Paz, in II Foro Internacional de Derechos Humanos: Verdad y Paz
en Colombia, Universidad de Ibagué, Colombia, October 2007.
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Military Operations Abroad and Serious Violations of Fundamental Rights, in International Society of Social
Defense and Humane Criminal Policy, XVth Internacional Congress on Social Defence, Criminal Law Between
War and Peace: Justice and Cooperation in Criminal Matters in International Military Interventions,
Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Toledo, Spain, September 2007.
The Inter-American Human Rights System, and Reparations in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,
lectures in Summer Course on Human Rights, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, August 2007.
El Crimen de Agresión, Panel Chair, in Seminario Hemisférico, Hacia la Primera Revisión del Estatuto de Roma
de la Corte Penal Internacional, convened by Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Internacional Trade of Canada, el Programa de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad
Iberoamericana and the Coalition for an Internacional Criminal Court, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2007.
The Church and the Peace Process: promoting internal peace in a global context (panel), in Catholic Peace
Network Conference on Creating a Climate of Reconciliation: Opening Space for Truth, Justice and Reparation,
Bogota, Colombia, June 2007.
Freedom of Expression in the War Against Terrorism, in conference on Freedom of Expression, Human Rights
Institute, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, April 2007.
Las mejores prácticas para la judicialización de violaciones de derechos fundamentales, in Seminario
Internacional, El Procesamiento Judicial de Violaciones de Derechos Humanos, Instituto de Democracia y
Derechos Humanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú, January 2007.
Tribunales Militares en Guantánamo y la Guerra Contra el Terrorismo, Instituto de Democracia y Derechos
Humanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú, September 2006.
Reflexiones sobre el Libro, MIRADAS QUE CONSTRUYEN: PERSPECTIVAS MULTIDISCIPLINARIAS SOBRE LOS
DERECHOS HUMANOS, Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú,
Lima, Peru, September 2006.
Prospects for the Future, testimony before International Commission of Jurists, Eminent Jurists Panel on
Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, Washington College of Law, American University,
Washington, D.C., September 2006.
The Inter-American System of Human Rights (and other lectures), Summer Program in Human Rights, Catholic
University of Leuven, Belgium, August 2006.
Testimony on whether the Indonesian Truth Commission Law Meets International Law Standards, Constitutional
Court of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 2006.
Los Juicios Militares en Guantánamo a la Luz del Derecho Internacional, Congreso Internacional de Derecho
Penal, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, June 2006.
Los Juicios Militares en Guantánamo, Congreso de Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos,
Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, May 2006.
Crimes Against Humanity, in Seminar for Prosecutors in the Divisions of Human Rights and Justice and Peace in
the Office of the Chief Prosecutor of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, November 2005.
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An International Law Perspective on the Law of Justice and Peace, in Seminario Serie Houston: Democracia,
Imperio de la Ley y Paz en Colombia (annual conference on public issues in Colombia, co-sponsored by the
United States Embassy and Fundación Ideas Para la Paz), Medellín, Colombia, September 2005.
The Inter-American System for Protection of Human Rights (and other topics), in Summer Course on Human
Rights, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, August 2005.
The International Criminal Court and The Congo (panel), 14th World Congress of Criminology, sponsored by the
International Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2005.
En búsqueda de la más amplia medida de justicia: Las sentencias de reparación de la Corte Interamericana de
Derechos Humanos, in Foro Internacional: Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Humanitario,
Universidad de Ibagué, Ibagué, Colombia, April 2005.
The Inter-American Human Rights System: Mouse That Roars, in conference on What Institutions for the
Americas?, Center for Inter-American Studies, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, March 2005.
Reparation in Latin America, in International Conference on The Right to Reparation for Victims of Serious
Human Rights Violations, co-sponsored by Universiteit Antwerpen and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Brussels,
Belgium, February 2005.
El Debido Proceso en la Jurisprudencia de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, en las XXX
Jornadas “J.M. Dominguez Escovar,” Estado de Derecho, Administración de Justicia y Derechos Humanos,
Instituto de Estudios Jurídicos del Estado Lara, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, January 2005.
Criminal responsibility of superiors for war crimes perpetrated by subordinates: failure to act and negligence, in
Regional Meeting on Adjusting National Criminal Law to International Humanitarian Law Treaties, sponsored
by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in cooperation with the Organization of American States and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexico City, December 2004.
The International Prohibition of Torture: Challenges and Responses; A National Perspective, (panel with Theo
Van Boven, Juan Mendez and Yvonne Terlingen), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the
NGO Committee on Human Rights, United Nations, New York, October 2004.
El Sistema Interamericano de Protección a los Derechos Humanos como garantía del acceso a la justicia a favor
de las víctimas de violaciones a los Derechos Humanos en El Salvador, I Congreso Internacional de Derechos
Humanos ‘Herbert Anaya Sanabria,’ Universidad de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 2004.
Las Sentencias de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos Sobre la Detención Prolongada de los ‘Combatientes
Enemigos’ en la ‘Guerra’ contra el Terrorismo, Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo
Exterior, Madrid, Spain, July 2004.
Are International Criminal Tribunals Useful? An Assessment of the Record of the Yugoslavia and Rwanda
Tribunals, in Third Transatlantic Conference, International Criminal Justice: A Transatlantic Dialogue, co-
sponsored by Northwestern University and Catholic University of Leuven law schools, Brussels, May 2004.
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Arbitrary Detentions and Military Commission Trials of Prisoners at Guantanamo, International Service for
Human Rights, at United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, April 2004.
The Inter-American Human Rights System: Making a Difference?, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National
University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, April 2004.
Las Normas Internacionales Pertinentes a las Amnistías y Otros Mecanismos Formales de la Impunidad para
Violaciones graves de los Derechos Humanos, Seminario Ideas Para la Paz, Bogotá, Colombia, March 2004.
Jurisdicción Universal, International Congress of Comparative Legal Cultures and Systems, Instituto de
Investigaciones Jurídicas, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, February 2004.
Judicial Reform, Human Rights and the Inter-American System: Lessons Learned, in conference on Perspectives
on Latin American Judicial Reform, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, January 2004.
The Rule of Law (Working Group Chair), Conference on Elements of a New Consensus to Confront Poverty in
the Americas, sponsored by Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development, Inter-American
Development Bank and Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., November 2003.
Human Rights in the Americas (Panel), Inter-American Press Association, 59th General Assembly, Chicago,
October 2003.
Due Process of Law in United States Criminal Procedure, World Congress of Procedural Law, Mexico City,
September 2003.
Alternativas a la Impunidad en Crímenes de Lesa Humanidad, Encuentro Internacional Alternativas a la
Impunidad y a la Globalización del Mercado, Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz, Bogotá, Colombia,
September 2003.
Reformas Institucionales, Verdad y Futuro, in International Seminar on Post-Truth Commission Processes: From
Denial to Acceptance, sponsored by the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, Lima, Peru, June 2003.
Reformas a la Protección de las garantías constitucionales y los derechos humanos, in Inter-American Seminar,
Justice and Democratic Governability, sponsored by Chilean Ministry of Justice and Justice Studies Center of the
Americas, Santiago, Chile, June 2003.
Conferencia Magistral (Principal Address), La Procuración de Justicia en el Siglo XXI: Una Perspectiva
Internacional, (“Prosecution and Justice in the Twenty First Century:An International Perspective”), in
International Seminar, Retos y Perspectivas de la Procuración de Justicia (“Challenges and Prospects for
Prosecution and Justice”), Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Mexico City, May 2003.
American Convention on Human Rights: Commentary, in Expert Seminar on the Extraterritorial Scope of Human
Rights Treaties, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, January 2003.
El Centro de Estudios de Justicia de las Americas, in Presentación Pública del Instituto Mexicano para la Justicia,
Mexico City, September 2002.
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Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law: Combat of Terrorism in the United States, in Conference on
Legal Instruments in the Fight Against International Terrorism, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, co-
sponsored by the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Leuven and Northwestern University School of
Law, May 2002.
Canadian Ratification of the American Convention on Human Rights, testimony before Standing Senate
Committee on Human Rights, Ottawa, Canada, April 2002.
Report of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas, Presentation to plenary session of the Fourth Meeting of the
Attorneys General and Ministers of Justice of the Americas, Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 2002.
Los Estados Unidos y el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Presentation to Meeting of Experts on
Support for Inter-American Instruments on Human Rights, Committee on Legal and Political Affairs, Permanent
Council of the Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.., March 2002.
Standards of Accountability for Gross Violations of Human Rights in the 21st Century, International Center for
Transitional Justice, Workshop on Peace Processes and Transitional Justice, Bogota, Colombia, November 2001.
La Impunidad y los Derechos Humanos, Universidad Centroamericana, San Salvador, El Salvador, November
2001.
The Inter-American Human Rights System, Freedom of Expression in Europe and the USA, and Human Rights in
Societies in Transition, Human Rights Summer Course, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, August 2001.
Truth, Justice and Reconciliation, and The United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador, in International
Conference on National Reconciliation, Center for Democratic Development, Accra, Ghana, June 2001.
The Comparative Remedial Competence and Effectiveness of the Inter-American and European Human Rights
Systems, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, May 2001.
The Inter-American System and National Implementation of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law,
in Governmental Experts’ Meeting on National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law and Related
Inter-American Conventions, sponsored by the Organization of American States, the International Committee of
the Red Cross and the governments of Canada and Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, March 2001.
Truth Commissions and Justice, in Forum on Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice, Coordinadora de los
Derechos Humanos y Asociación para los Derechos Humanos, Lima, Perú, February 2001.
The International Criminal Court and Justice, Lectures sponsored by the Defensor del Pueblo, Lima and Piura,
Perú, December 2000.
The Judgment of the Tribunal of Opinion on the Bombing of Santo Domingo, Colombia, Saravena, Colombia,
December 2000.
Reforming the Criminal Justice Systems of the Americas, in Forum on Reform of the Criminal Procedure Code,
Due Process of Law Foundation, Quito, Ecuador, October 2000.
Options for International Justice, lecture to Joint Programme in International Human Rights Law of University of
Oxford and George Washington University, New College, Oxford, England, August 2000.
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The Globalization of Human Rights: Consciousness, Law and Practice, in Symposium: At Century’s Dawn: The
Future and Past of Human Rights and the Rule of Law, co-sponsored by Northwestern University School of Law
and the Institute of United States Studies, University of London, London, July 2000.
Buscando Entre las Cenizas: Las Experiencias de Guatemala y El Salvador, on the occasion of the 20th
anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, University of Central America, San Salvador, El
Salvador, March 2000.
Truth Commission and Reconciliation: Urgency and Its Problems, Public Forum Sponsored by Indonesian
National Commission on Human Rights and ELSAM, Jakarta, Indonesia, February 2000.
La Enseñanza de Derecho Internacional, and La Nueva Correlación entre Justicia Internacional y Nacional, in
Jornadas de Derechos Internacional, co-sponsored by the Organization of American States and the Foreign
Ministry of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, October 1999.
Verdad y Reconciliación en el Caso de los Niños Desaparecidos, in forum on Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos Como
Consecuencia del Conflicto Armado: Una Responsabilidad Pendiente,@ co-sponsored by UNICEF El Salvador
and the Asociación Pro-Búsqueda de Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos, San Salvador, El Salvador, May 1999.
The UN Truth Commission for El Salvador, in panel on Exploring the Future of Truth Commissions, at The
Hague Appeal for Peace, The Hague, The Netherlands, May 1999.
Trigger Mechanisms and the Role of the Security Council, (panel presentation) at Latin American/Caribbean
Workshop on Mechanisms for the Development of International Criminal Justice, Trinidad, May 1998.
Issues of Substantive and Procedural International Criminal Law, (panel) at Hemispheric Conference on the
Proposed International Criminal Court, sponsored by the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights and the
Human Rights Ombudsman of Guatemala, Guatemala, March 1998.
The Realpolitik of the American Convention on Human Rights, at conference of Canadian ratification of the
Convention, sponsored by the International Center for Democracy and Development of Canada, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, February 1998.
Prospects for United States Ratification of the American Convention of Human Rights, University of Quebec at
Montreal, Montreal, Canada, February 1998.
Globalization and International Law, address at Universidade do Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December
1997.
International Human Rights and Women’s Rights, panel presentation at Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Mulher
(State Council on Women’s Rights), Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 1997.
Police Violence: Causes and Responses, address at Instituto de Estudos da Religiao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
December 1997.
Truth Commissions and International Justice, panel presentation at International Conference on Reining in
Impunity, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy, September 1997.
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The Substantive Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, lectures to
lawyers interning in the office of the prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal, The Hague, The Netherlands,
July 1997, May 1996 and June 1995.
Fact-finding by the Inter-American Human Rights System as Compared to the United Nations Treaty Bodies,
presentation at international conference on United Nations Human Rights Treaty Enforcement, York University,
Toronto, Canada, June 1997.
Domestic:
Business and Human Rights: A Report from the Front, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, October
2014.
Fulfilling the Obligation to Create a National Plan of Action as Required by the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (panelist), in Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,
50th Anniversary Legal Symposium, Racial Justice in the New America, Washington, D.C., June 2013.
Civil Rights and Human Rights Impacts of Drone Warfare (respondent), in Conference on The Ethical, Strategic
and Legal Implications of Drone Warfare, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre
Dame, Chicago, March 2013.
Venezuela After Hugo Chávez: What’s Next? (panelist), Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of
Notre Dame, March 2013.
International Law on Racial Equality and Corporate Responsibility, in Symposium on Globalization and Race,
sponsored by Notre Dame Journal of International and Comparative Law, Notre Dame Law School, February
2013.
International Law and Human Rights (respondent to three panelists), American Academy of Religion, Chicago,
November 2012.
Justice in Transition to Democracy (panel moderator), in conference on Exploring the Many Facets of Justice,
Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, November 2012.
New Developments and Treaty Uses in International Human Rights Laws (panel), State Bar of California Annual
Meeting, Monterey, California, October 2012.
International Law and the Use of Military Drones: A Debate with Professor Michael Lewis, sponsored by the
Federalist Society, Notre Dame Law School, September 2012.
Judicial Inquiries Since the Good Friday Agreement: Light and Shadows, in conference on Remembering the
Troubles: Commemorating, Constructing and Contesting the Recent Past in Northern Ireland, Keough-Naughton
Institute for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame, December 2011.
What Should We Remember? - Memorials, History & Human Rights (panelist), Civil Rights Heritage Center,
South Bend, Indiana, October 2011.
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Human Rights in the “War” against Terrorism, International Human Rights Society, Notre Dame Law School,
October 2011.
The United Nations Global Compact: Enhancing the Value Added, in conference on the U.N. Millennium
Development Goals, The Global Compact and the Common Good, co-sponsored by the U.N. Global Compact
Office and the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, March 2011.
The Common Good, Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights (panelist), in Discussions on Development, The
Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity, Kellogg Institute for International Studies,
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, October 2010.
Morals and Markets: Being Catholic in a Global Economy (panelist,) in The Notre Dame Forum: The Global
Marketplace and the Public Good, University of Notre Dame, September 2010.
Transitional Justice and the Case of El Salvador (panel), in Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies: What
Works Best?, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., July 2010.
Judicial Independence in Latin America: Rule of Law and Transborder Consequences (panel), sponsored by
District of Columbia Bar Association, Washington, D.C. June 2010.
Terrorism and International Human Rights (panel), in Conference on National Security Challenges and the
Obama Administration, sponsored by Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke University, Durham,
North Carolina, April 2010.
Complementarity and the International Criminal Court, in Battle to Justice: International Law vs. National
Sovereignty, panel discussion sponsored by the International Human Rights Society, Notre Dame Law School,
April 2010.
Abuse of Broadcasting License Renewal (panel), in Symposium on Freedom of Expression in Latin America,
sponsored by Notre Dame Law Review, Notre Dame Law School, March 2010.
Guantanamo Bay and the Alleged Violations of Human Rights: Should the International Criminal Court Have
Jurisdiction to Decide? (panel), in conference on the International Criminal Court, sponsored by International
Law Review, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, February 2010.
Honduras: More than a Coup, a Challenge to U.S. Policy in Latin America, Briefing for Members of Congress,
Senior Congressional Staff, and the Press, with José Miguel Vivanco of Human Rights Watch and former
Honduran Foreign Minister Ernesto Paz Aguilar, co-sponsored by Washington Office on Latin America, Center
for Democracy in the America, and the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, Rayburn House Office
Building, Washington, D.C., October 2009.
The Crisis in Honduras: Constitutional Regime Change or Coup?, Panel discussion with Miguel Estrada,
sponsored by the Center for Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas, Georgetown University Law
Center, Washington, D.C., October 2009.
International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law, in Teaching IHL Workshop, co-sponsored
by International Committee of the Red Cross and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law,
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Washington College of Law, American University (workshop for law professors and university professors on
teaching international humanitarian law), Washington, D.C., October 2009.
Coup or No Coup? The Crisis in Honduras and Beyond, panelist, co-sponsored by the Academy on Human
Rights and Humanitarian Law and the Washington Office on Latin America, Washington College of Law,
American University, Washington D.C., September 2009.
The Honduran Situation and Democracy in the Western Hemisphere, panelist, Kellogg Institute for International
Studies, University of Notre Dame, September 2009.
Political Prisoners’ Angst: Reflections on The Island, by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona, Season
Kick-Off Salon, Remy Bumppo Theater, Chicago, September 2009.
Teach In to End Torture and Human Rights Abuses, panelist, co-sponsored by Unity Temple Unitarian
Universalist Congregation and National Religious Coalition Against Torture, Oak Park, Illinois, September 2009.
HIV and Human Rights: Where They Stand Today, Introduction/Overview, in Conference on HIV and the Rule of
Law: Human Rights at Home and Abroad, sponsored by American Bar Association Aids Coordinating
Committee, Center for Civil and Human Rights, et al., University of Notre Dame, September 2009.
The American Convention on Human Rights (panelist), in Ratification of Human Rights Treaties and the New U.S.
Administration, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, American
University, Washington, D.C., May 2009.
Holding the UN Accountable?: The Human Rights Advisory Panel in Kosovo, in Implementing Stabilization and
Reconstruction: The Development and Coordination of U.S. Rule of Law Operations, International Human Rights
Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, May 2009.
Accountability for Torture, in conference on Torture, Conscience and the Catholic Moral Tradition, sponsored by
the Catholic Leadership Council of the National Religious Coalition against Torture, Columbus School of Law,
Catholic University, Washington, D.C., March 2009.
Closing Guantanamo (panel discussion), Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Chicago, March 2009.
Accountability of Bush Administration Officials for Gross Violations of Human Rights, Public Interest
Roundtable, Chicago, March 2009.
Justice and Reconciliation in War-torn Societies, on Conference on Human Rights in Crisis, sponsored by Human
Rights Through Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 2009.
Adios, Guantanamo?, in Human Rights Symposium, National Security and Individual Liberty: Whose Rights at
What Cost?, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, February 2009.
The Role of Law Schools in Promoting Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law (panel), Association of
American Law Schools, San Diego, California January 2009.
Liberty and the Rule of Law at Guantanamo: A Battle Half Won, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago,
October 2008.
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Emerging International Law, Keynote Address, in Conference on The World
and Business: Responsibilities, Obligations and Profit, sponsored by the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and
Conflict Studies and the Clausen Center for World Business, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin, October
2008.
Freedom of Religion in Colombian Constitutional Jurisprudence, in Panel on Religious Liberty: Global
Perspectives, in Conference on Church-State Relations and Religious Liberty: Comparative Perspectives,
sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame, September 2008.
Intersections of International Humanitarian Law with International Human Rights and International Criminal
Law, in Teaching International Human Rights Law Institute, co-sponsored by International Committee of the Red
Cross and Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C., June 2008.
The Duty to Prosecute and Punish and the Interaction Between Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (panelist),
Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C., May 2008.
The Olympics, Tibet and Human Rights in China (panelist), in Table of Nations, McCormick Tribune Foundation,
Chicago, May 2008.
Modern Day Slavery, Principal Speaker, Chicago Bar Association Law Day Program, May 2008.
The International Criminal Court and the Situations in Uganda, Darfur and Congo (panelist), Midwest Regional
Conference on International Justice, DePaul University College of Law, April 2008.
The Role of Law Schools in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights (panelist), Washington College of Law,
American University, April 2008.
Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (panelist), in 2008 Friedmann Conference, Reform
and Challenges Confronting Regional Human Rights Regimes, Columbia Law School, April 2008.
Relevance of the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights (panel moderator), in Conference on
The United States and the Inter-American Human Rights System, Columbia Law School, April 2008.
Justice and the Rule of Law; the Case for Pakistan (panelist), Showcase Program, moderated by American Bar
Association President William Neukom, ABA Section on International Law and Practice, New York, April 2008.
Showing of 2008 Oscar Award-winning documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side and Panel Discussion (moderator),
Snite Museum Auditorium, University of Notre Dame, March 2008.
Miracle in the Making: The Inter-American Human Rights System, in Conference on Democracy and
Development in Latin America, St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, March 2008.
Presidential Powers, The War Powers Act and the Rule of Law, panel with Judge Abner Mikva, Public Interest
Roundtable, Chicago, December 2007.
Pakistan and the Rule of Law, Chicago Bar Association, November 2007.
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Independencia Judicial y Fortalecimiento de la Democracia: Retos para América Latina, commentator on
address by former President Alejandro Toledo of Peru, Due Process of Law Foundation, Washington, D.C.,
November 2007.
How Are the Abuses to be Remedied? (panel), in Symposium on Corporate Human Rights Responsibility, Sixth
Annual Transatlantic Dialogue, sponsored by Northwestern University School of Law and Catholic University of
Leuven, Belgium, Chicago, October 2007.
CIA Torture, the Role of Lawyers and the Rule of Law, American Constitution Society, University of Chicago
Law School, Chicago, October 2007.
Legality and Rights (panel moderator), in Conference on Race and Immigration in the New Ireland, Keough-
Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame, October 2007.
The Hidden Face of Gold/The Democratic Republic of Congo (panel moderator), Human Rights Watch, Chicago,
Illinois, September 2007.
International Human Rights Law and Security Detentions Without Trial, in Expert Meeting on Security
Detention, co-sponsored by International Committee of the Red Cross, Regional Delegation for the United States
and Canada, and Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law,
Cleveland, Ohio, September 2007.
The International Commitment of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Higginbotham Corporate
Leadership Award Dinner, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, New York, New York, May 2007.
Saving Lives in Darfur: The Geopolitical Hurdles, (panel), in Conference on Darfur: A Humanitarian Disaster,
Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, May 2007.
Truth Commissions and Their Differing Truths, Lecture in Series, “What is Truth,” North Park University,
Chicago, April 2007.
Why Stand by the Geneva Conventions?, in Conference on Conflict of Duty: Security vs. Ethics, 12th Annual
Naval Leadership Weekend, U.S. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, University of Notre Dame, March
2007.
International Criminal Court: Justice for the World’s Worst Criminals, Fortnightly Club of Chicago, Feb. 2007.
Due Process for Prisoners at Guantanamo, Human Rights Watch, Chicago, February 2007.
The Independent International Panel on Security Force Violence in Northern Ireland, Notre Dame Law School
Faculty Colloquium, Jan. 2007.
The United Nations and Multinational Corporate Responsibility: Legally Binding Standards or “Principled
Pragmatism,” in Conference on Peace Through Commerce: Partnerships as the New Paradigm, Mendoza College
of Business, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, November 2006.
Realizing Rights: The Challenge of Implementation, Commentator on the remarks of Mary Robinson, former
President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chicago Global Donors
Network, Chicago, October 2006.
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Military Commission Trials and Civil Liberties, Public Interest Roundtable, Chicago, September 2006.
Prosecuting the World’s Worst War Criminals: From Sierra Leone to The Hague, Panel presentation sponsored
by Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu,
Hawaii, August 2006.
Evaluation of Progress and Lessons Learned, Panel presentation in Seminar on Judicial Reform in Latin America,
co-sponsored by Justice Studies Center of the Americas and Center for Strategic and International Studies,
Washington, D.C., June 2006.
Upholding the Rule of Law in the “War” against Terrorism, Address to Law School Alumni, Notre Dame Law
School, Notre Dame, Indiana, June 2006.
The Salvadoran Elections and the Prospects for Democracy in El Salvador, Roundtable Discussion, Romero
Days, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, April 2006.
The Case Against Torture: Debate With John Yoo, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago, December
2005.
Applying Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in the Extraterritorial War Against Terrorism: Too Little, Too
Much, or Just Right? (panel), International Law Weekend, American Branch, International Law Association, New
York, New York, October 2005.
The Case Against Torture (panel debate with Professors Eric Posner and Andrew Koppelman), Next Theater
Salon, Evanston, Illinois, October 2005.
The Relationship between Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and its Impact on the Promotion of International
Criminal Justice (panel), in conference on International Criminal Tribunals in the 21st Century, celebrating the
10th anniversary of the War Crimes Research Office, Washington College of Law, American University,
Washington, D.C., September 2005.
Your Degree: A Privilege and a Responsibility, Convocation Address, Dominican University, River Forest,
Illinois, September 2005.
Use of Force: Collective Responsibility to Protect and Preventive Self-Defense, in panel on High-Level Panel
Report on Threats, Challenges and Change to the UN, sponsored by American Bar Association, Section on
International Law, ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 2005.
Perilous Times for the Rule of Law, Keynote Address, Muslim Bar Association Annual Dinner, Chicago, July
2005.
Lawyers as Guardians of the Rule of Law, Public Interest Law Internship, Chicago, June 2005.
The Patriot Act: Last Refuge of Scoundrels, Chicago Area Unitarian Universalist Council, Hinsdale, Illinois, May
2005.
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International Terrorism: Where It Comes From, How to Counter It, Aspen in Chicago Seminar, Starved Rock
State Park, Utica, Illinois, May 2005.
Human Rights, American and International: Terrorism, Torture, Abortion and Hate Speech, American
Constitution Society, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, April 2005.
Should United States Foreign Policy Include the Military Option of Pre-emptive Strikes?, Debate with
Ambassador Kenneth Adelman, sponsored by Chicago Debate Commission, co-sponsored by Chicago Council on
Foreign Relations, DePaul University, Chicago, April 2005.
Reforming the United Nations for a Safer World (panel), Americans for Informed Democracy, University of
Chicago, Chicago, April 2005.
The Interplay of International and National Court Rulings: the World Court, the Israeli Wall and Mexican
Prisoners in the US, International Law Society, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, April 2005.
Stop the Slaughter Now – Darfur (panel), Shoah student organization, Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois, April 2005.
Recent Developments in Rule of Law and International Human Rights Law in U.S. Courts, Presentation to Board
of Directors of Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Chicago, March 2005.
Prolonged Detentions, Military Trials and Torture at Guantanamo, presentation to National Lawyers Guild,
Chicago, March 2005.
Due Process of Law, Even for Alleged Terrorists?, in Forum on Balancing International Law With National
Security, sponsored by League of Women Voters of Chicago, Chicago, February 2005.
The International Criminal Court and Justice for Victims of Atrocities in Darfur, Keynote Address, Model United
Nations of the University of Chicago, Chicago, February 2005.
Equal Labor Rights for Undocumented Migrant Workers, in Conference on Human Rights and Refugees,
Internally Displaced Persons and Migrant Workers, Metropolitan College of New York and Touro Law School,
New York City, January 2005.
U.S. Detention Policies and Practices, International Law Commentator, in conference on Midwest Voices for
Human Rights, University of Minnesota Law School, November 2004.
America’s Role in the World, League of Women Voters, Arlington Heights, Illinois, October 2004.
Analysis and Evaluation of Law School Human Rights Programs (round table), Harvard Law School Human
Rights Program 20th Anniversary Celebration, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 2004.
The Justice Department Torture Memos and the Role of Lawyers, Panel Discussion with Judge Abner Mikva and
Professor Richard Epstein, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Chicago, October 2004.
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International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israeli Barrier, Panel Discussion with Ambassador Philip
Wilcox, American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice, and United Nations Association,
Washington, D.C., September 2004.
The Enemy Combatant Cases and the Rule of Law, American Bar Foundation, Fellows Annual Business
Breakfast, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2004.
Iraq: Is It Too Late? (with John Mearsheimer), Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Global Connections
Dinner Series, Wilmette, Illinois, June 2004.
Iraqi Detainee Abuse and the Law (panel), Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., May 2004.
Lessons of the Baghdad Prisoner Abuse Scandal, in Chicago Roundtable: America’s Role in the World, Council
on Foreign Relations, Chicago, May 2004.
Europe: A Useful Check on American Power In the 21st Century?, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations,
European Young Leaders Exchange Program, Evanston, Illinois, May 2004
What Can You Believe in an Election Year? (panel), Northwestern Alumni Association, New York City, April;
2004.
Civil Liberties and National Security (panel), University of Illinois at Chicago, April 2004.
Law and Liberty in the Fight Against Terrorism, Northwestern Alumni Association, A Day With Northwestern,
Evanston, Illinois, April 2004.
The United States and International Human Rights, Northwestern University Conference on Human Rights,
Evanston, Illinois, April 2004.
Globalization with a More Human Face, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Alumnae
Roundtable, Chicago, March 2004.
Can Law Protect Rights? – The Legacy of Clarence Darrow, 66th Anniversary Commemoration of the Death of
Clarence Darrow, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, March 2004.
Protecting Rights in Times of Crisis, League of Women Voters, Evanston, Illinois, March 2004.
Guantanamo: Prison Without Walls, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, College of DuPage, Illinois, March
2004.
Prospectus: Do Free Markets Help to Create Free Peoples?, Seminar of Experts on Market Economies and
Human Rights in Developing Democracies in Latin America and Southeast Asia, Northwestern University School
of Law, Chicago, March 2004.
Guantanamo: Negative Example for the Rule of Law, in panel sponsored by Section of Individual Rights and
Responsibilities at Midyear Meeting of the American Bar Association, San Antonio, Texas, February 2004.
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What Should be the Moral Role of a Superpower in the World?, St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Wilmette,
Illinois, February 2004.
The United States and the Rule of Law: Prisoners Beyond Law at Guantanamo, St. Augustine’s Episcopal
Church, Wilmette, Illinois, February 2004.
The CIA Coup in Guatemala: Perspective From a Half Century On, Northeastern University, Chicago, November
2003.
The Case for Moderate Multilateralism, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, American Primacy Task Force,
Chicago, November 2003.
Universal Criminal Jurisdiction (panel), International Law Association, American Branch, International Law
Weekend, New York, New York, October 2003.
Trials by Military Commission and Due Process of Law, National Lawyers Guild National Convention,
Minneapolis, October 2003.
The Inter-American Convention on Violence Against Women, War Crimes Research Symposium: International
Crimes Against Women, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2003.
What if Christ Were a Roman?, Theology of Park Ridge, Park Ridge, Illinois, October 2003.
Keeping Our Liberties in Tough Times, Northwestern University Alumnae Continuing Education Program,
Evanston, Illinois, October 2003.
Using International Human Rights Law in Domestic Civil Liberties Cases, American Civil Liberties Union,
Illinois, Chicago, September 2003.
The Genesis and Direction of US Foreign Policy: What are the Alternatives?, Pax Christi Illinois, Chicago, June
2003.
Using International Human Rights Law in Domestic Human Rights Litigation (panel), 40th Anniversary Meeting
of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., Washington, D.C., June 2003.
Civil Liberties in Time of War, panel with Dean Geoffrey Stone and James Fennerty, Chicago Council of Lawyers
and National Lawyers Guild, Chicago, May 2003.
International Law and World Public Order after the Iraq War, Arab-American Bar Association, Chicago, May
2003.
Invading Iraq: Preemptive Attack, Liberation or Crime Against Peace?, American Civil Liberties Union,
Chicagoans Against War in Iraq and National Lawyers Guild, DePaul University, Chicago, May 2003.
Law and Liberty in the War on Terrorism, Northwestern Alumni Association, A Day With Northwestern,
Evanston, Illinois, April 2003.
The Case Against Occidental Petroleum Company for the Santo Domingo Bombing, in conference on Natural
Resource Exploitation and the Survival of Afro-Colombians, DePaul University, Chicago, April 2003.
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The War in Iraq and International Law, Catholic Lawyers Guild, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago,
April 2003.
Living Faith in the Law, Christian Law Students and St. Thomas More Society, University of Chicago law school,
Chicago, April 2003.
After the War: America vs. the World, North Shore Unitarian Church, Deerfield, Illinois, April 2003.
International Law on Jus Ad Bellum and the War in Iraq, Loyola University law school, Chicago, April 2003.
International Institutions, Politics and Sovereignty: A Reply to Jack Goldsmith, in Conference on National
Sovereignty and International Institutions, James Madison Program and Center of International Studies, Princeton
University, April 2003.
United States Military Involvement in Colombia in a Post-Iraq World, in conference on Colombia: Confronting
Conflict, Striving Towards Peace, University of Chicago, April 2003.
America’s War on Terrorism: Forsaking Human Rights?, Keynote Address, Jack. L. Walker Conference on
Political Affairs, Human Rights in the 21st Century, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 2003.
The War in Iraq (debate), Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, March 2003.
Superpower Unleashed: Too Much Power, Too Little Peace?, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Chicago Chapter,
March 2003.
The Future of the United Nations and the War in Iraq, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, March 2003.
Is an Invasion of Iraq Justified?, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, February 2003.
A Dialogue on Ethics and War with Iraq (panelist), Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois,
February 2003.
War in Iraq: Healthy for Humanity?, Address to Annual Dinner, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Chicago
Chapter, Chicago, February 2003.
Testimony in Support of Alderman Joe Moore’s Resolution in Opposition to War in Iraq, Chicago City Council,
January 2003.
International Criminal Court: Shield Against Impunity?, International Law Society, University of Chicago Law
School, Chicago, January 2003.
Invading Iraq: A Cure Worse Than the Disease?, Ethical Humanist Society, Chicago, January 2003.
Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and Third World Conference
Foundation, Governor’s State University, Illinois, Dec. 2002 (panel).
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International Law and a Preemptive Invasion of Iraq, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, November
2002.
Human Rights in the Changing Global Order, in Fall Seminar Series on “The U.S. and the World: Emerging
Issues,” Northwestern University, Chicago, October 2002.
Democracy in a Post-Saddam Iraq: Myth or Reality?, Center for International and Comparative Studies and
GLOBE, Northwestern University, Evanston, October 2002.
Inter-American Free Trade Zones, Latino Law Students Association, Northwestern University, Chicago, October
2002.
America’s Pending War With Iraq, Public Forum, North Suburban Peace Initiative, Winnetka, Illinois, October
2002.
Universal Criminal Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Violations, Amnesty International Legal Support Network
national Meeting, Carter Center, Atlanta, September 2002.
International Human Rights and Civil Rights (panel), Briefing to Board of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law, Washington, D.C., May 2002.
Due Process, The International Criminal Court and U.S. Military Tribunals, Public Affairs Roundtable, Chicago,
May 2002.
Human Rights, Labor Rights and Civil Liberties, 44th annual Debs-Thomas-Harrington Dinner, Chicago, May
2002.
Human Rights and the Rule of Law in post-911 United States Counter-Terrorism Programs, Seventh Circuit Bar
Association and Judicial Conference, Chicago, May 2002.
Human Rights in Colombia, in Colombia – Democracy and Peace Seminar, Center for Latino Research, DePaul
University, Chicago, April 2002.
Civil Liberties Issues in the United States Response to Terrorism, Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Calumet Chapter,
Hammond, Indiana, April 2002.
Intellectuals in Times of Crisis (panel), in Conference on Intellectuals: Who Needs Them?, sponsored by the
Center for Public Intellectuals and the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, April 2002.
Transitional Justice and State Sovereignty, Notre Dame Law School, South Bend, Indiana, April 2002.
Compromis: Is There a New World Court?, Fifth Annual Faculty Conference, Human Rights and the Law of War:
New Roles for the World Court?, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, April 2002.
Human Rights: Different Standards for the United States?, Chicago State University, March 2002.
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International Human Rights Legal Protection for Internally Displaced Persons, Conference on Internally
Displaced Persons, co-sponsored by Pax International and the Global Law and Policy Initiative of Chicago-Kent
College of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, March 2002.
Can We Love Terrorists?, Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago, February 2002.
Rights of Immigrants Amid the Response to Terrorism, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago,
December 2001.
Legal Response to International Terrorism, Northwestern University Alumni Association, Chicago, November
2001.
Guarding Human Rights Against Terrorists: A Need for International Cooperation, Keynote address, Beloit
College, Beloit, Wisconsin, November 2001.
Attack on America: How the World Has Changed, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Evanston, Illinois,
November 2001.
International Law and the U.S. Response to Terrorism, University of Chicago and Northwestern Alumni
Associations, Chicago, October 2001.
The International Criminal Court: Bringing War Criminals to Justice, Northwestern University Alumnae,
Northwestern Day, Evanston, Illinois, October 2001.
National Security: Redefining Priorities, North Suburban Peace Initiative, Evanston, Illinois, September 2001.
Christian, Jewish and Islamic Fundamentalism, Seminar presented to Chicago Aspen Society, Illinois, May 2001.
Elections: Indispensable but Insufficient in a Globalizing World, Management & Policy Studies Domain Dinner,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, April 2001.
Globalization, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Latin America, 27th Annual Third World Conference,
Chicago, March 2001.
Human Rights Advocacy in a Global World, Center for Applied Christian Ethics, Wheaton College, Illinois,
March 2001.
The International Criminal Court: Prospects and Pitfalls, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Chicago, February 2001.
Can Human Rights Conditions on U.S. Military Aid to Colombia Work?, International Law Society, University of
Chicago Law School, February 2001.
Strengthening the Judiciary: Judicial Independence and the Role of Law Schools in the Western Hemisphere
(panel), American Association of Law Schools annual meeting, San Francisco, January 2001.
What Role Should Religion Play in American Politics?, Catholic-Jewish Dialogue, Chicago, December 2000.
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United Nations Structures for Addressing Racism and Xenophobia, Preparatory Meeting for UN World
Conference on Racism, sponsored by White House Task Force on World Conference on Racism, Emory
University, Atlanta, October 2000.
Sources and Forms of Racism and Xenophobia: An International Perspective, Preparatory Meeting for UN World
Conference on Racism, sponsored by White House Task Force on World Conference on Racism, Northwestern
University School of Law, Chicago, September 2000.
Annual Meeting Keynote: Civil Rights and Human Rights: A Call for Closer Collaboration, Chicago Lawyers
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Chicago, July 2000.
International Justice: The Expanding Menu of Options, Chicago Bar Association, International Law Committee,
June 2000, and Public Interest Roundtable, Chicago, May 2000.
Does Democracy Stand a Chance in Latin America?, Center for International and Comparative Studies Faculty
Colloquium, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, April 2000.
The United Nations and the International Criminal Court, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College
of Law, March 2000.
The Role of the International Community in Transitional Justice and Truth Commissions, in U.S. Department of
State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Conference on Amnesty and Impunity in the Latin American Peace
Process, Arlington, Virginia, March 2000.
Tailoring Truth Commissions to Country Circumstances: El Salvador, in panel on Re-Examining Truth: A View
From the Inside of Latin American Truth Commissions, Latin American XXII International Congress, Miami,
Florida, March 2000.
Human Rights in the New Millennium: A Faith Perspective, The Renaissance Circle Lectures, DePaul University,
Chicago, March 2000.
An International Perspective, in Roundtable on Mass Incarceration: Perspectives on U.S. Imprisonment,
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, February 2000.
Chair, Meeting of Experts on the International Criminal Court, Duke University School of Law, November 1999.
Chair, Consultation Meeting on International Criminal Justice, National Interest Project, Lawyers Committee for
Human Rights, Washington, D.C., November 1999.
Commentator, Forum on Settling Accounts: Violence, Justice and Accountability in Postsocialist Europe, DePaul
University, November 1999.
Third World Debt and Human Dignity, Northwestern University Campus Ministries, November 1999.
Making International Human Rights Real: Can International Enforcement Work?, address to student group,
Globe: Northwestern=s Eye on the World, Northwestern University, October 1999.
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The Struggle for International Justice (panelist), Amnesty International Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago,
October 1999.
International Human Rights in Practice, University of Illinois Department of Political Science, October 1999.
Why the Jesuits and Women Martyrs Did Not Die in Vain, and Preferential Options, Poverty and Peace in El
Salvador, The Second Mev Puleo Conference, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, October 1999.
Director, Seminar on Globalization, Aspen Society of Chicago, October 1999.
Sovereignty at the Millennium: Not What it Used To Be, in Reunion Faculty Symposium on Globalization:
Transforming Law and International Relations, Northwestern University School of Law, September 1999.
Human Rights and Business Responsibilities in the Global Market Place, Keynote Address to Society for Business
Ethics and the Social Issues in Management Division, American Academy of Management, Chicago, August 1999.
Jews, Catholics and Human Rights, Remarks to Chicago Jewish Catholic Dialogue, Chicago, June 1999.
Universal Justice and the Pinochet Case, Governor’s State University, Illinois, May 1999.
Human Rights in Latin America: Has the Struggle Been Won? Latin American Research Institute, Lake Forest
College, Illinois, April 1999.
Enforcing the International Prohibition Against Torture, in Conference on Investigating and Combating Torture,
sponsored by Human Rights Program, University of Chicago, March 1999.
The International Criminal Court: Why Europe’s Right and Washington is Wrong, International Law Society,
University of Chicago Law School, March 1999.
The Philosophy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Great Books Foundation, Chicago, December
1998.
The History of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Midwest Coalition on Human Rights, Chicago,
December 1998.
International Human Rights Law and the Death Penalty, National Conference on Wrongful Convictions and the
Death Penalty, Chicago, November 1998.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 50: Has It Made a Difference?, address to the United Nations
Association of Kentucky, Kentucky State Capitol, Frankfort, Kentucky, October 1998.
The International Criminal Court: Safeguards for United States Participation, panel presentation, ABA Section on
Administrative Law, Washington, D.C., October 1998.
The United States Supreme Court and International Human Rights Law, First Monday Address, Northwestern
University School of Law, Chicago, October 1998.
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Legal Aspects of Guatemalan Advocacy, Latin American Studies Association, XXI International Congress,
Chicago, September 1998.
Naming Names and Truth Commissions, Latin American Studies Association, XXI International Congress,
Chicago, September 1998.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, panel presentation for Chicago Commission on Human Relations,
City of Chicago, September 1998.
Participant, meeting of experts on proposed truth commission for Bosnia-Herzegovina, sponsored by United States
Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C., August 1998.
Rapporteur and presenter, panel on the International Criminal Court, American Bar Association Conference on
50th Anniversary of the Genocide Convention, United Nations, New York, March 1998.
Inter-American Human Rights Soft Law, International Studies Association annual meeting, Minneapolis, March
1998.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: A Prosecution Perspective, joint program of the
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and the International Human Rights Law Institute, November 1997.
International Justice and Amnesties, Amnesty International USA, Midwest Regional Meeting, Chicago, November
1997.
The United Nations and International Criminal Justice, United Nations Association, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
October 1997.
U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Latin America, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, March 1997.
OTHER EXPERT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES:
Convenor, Expert Roundtable, Business and Human Rights, co-sponsored by Notre Dame Law School, Business &
Human Rights Resource Centre, and Essex Business and Human Rights Project, University of Essex, at Notre
Dame London Gateway, London, December 2014.
Legal expert meeting on the scope of content of a treaty on business and human rights, International Commission
of Jurists, Geneva, December 2014.
Convenor, Expert Roundtable, Conceptualizing a Treaty on Business and Human Rights, co-sponsored by Notre
Dame Law School and Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, at Notre Dame London Gateway, London,
September 2014.
Convenor, Expert Roundtable, Does the World Need a Treaty on Business and Human Rights, co-sponsored by
Notre Dame Law School and Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, at Notre Dame London Gateway,
London, May 2014.
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Consulta de Expertos: Independencia de las y los Operadores de Justicia, Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights, Washington, D.C., July 2013.
Meeting of Experts on Draft United Nations Declaration on the Right to Peace, Notre Dame, Indiana, April 2013.
Justice in Context: Transitional Justice and Paradigms of State and Conflict, International Center for Transitional
Justice, New York, December 2011.
Member, International Drafting Committee on the Barcelona Declaration on the Human Right to Peace (ten
members, including two from each of the five United Nations geographic regions), convened by the Spanish
Association of International Human Rights Law, UNESCO Etxea, and the International Catalan Institute for Peace,
Barcelona, Spain, May-June 2010.
Convenciones Europea y Americana sobre Derechos Humanos, Colloquium co-sponsored by Instituto de
Investigaciones Jurídicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Derecho Parlamentario de
la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Constitucional, Mexico City,
October 2009.
Who Controls Natural Resources? Environmental Protection, Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries:
Searching for a Balance, private meeting and public conference, co-sponsored by the National Endowment for
Democracy and the Due Process of Law Foundation, Washington, D.C., September 2009.
Global Wrongs and Private Law Remedies and Procedures, Workshop organized by the Law Schools of the
School of Oriental and African Studies and the University of East Anglia; the Journal of Comparative Law; and the
University of Notre Dame London Law Centre, London, July 2009.
What Do We Teach When We Teach Human Rights? Integrating Analysis and Advocacy, Human Rights Education
Workshop, Center for Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, October 2008.
Reform of the Inter-American System of Human Rights, Columbia University School of Law, New York, April
2008.
Impacto en las Víctimas de las Reparaciones para las Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos en las Sociedades en
Transición, Due Process of Law Foundation, Washington, D.C., November 2007.
How is International Humanitarian Law Taught in U.S. Law Schools?, Meeting of Experts, Center for Human
Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C., September
2007.
The Responsibility to Protect: Engaging America, co-sponsored by International Crisis Group and Chicago
Council on Global Affairs, Chicago, Illinois, November 2006.
Extraterritorial Regulation of Transnational Corporations, meeting of experts with United Nations Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business
Enterprises, John Ruggie, Free University of Brussels, Brusssels, Belgium, November 2006.
International Workshop on Reparation for Victims, Panel Moderator, co-sponsored by Antwerp University,
Catholic University of Leuven and International Center for Transitional Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The
Hague, The Netherlands, May 2006.
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AWARDS:
Legal Legend Award, American Constitution Society, Chicago Chapter, 2013.
Elmer Gertz Award, Illinois State Bar Association, 2008.
Dominican University, Illinois, 2005 Bradford O’Neill Medallion, awarded to an individual “whose life, work and
voice have contributed to the creation of a more just and human world.”
Chicago Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation, Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence, 2004.
North Suburban Peace Initiative, Peace Award, 2003.
Distinguished Member Award, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Northwestern University Chapter, 2000.
Community Peacemaker Award for Law, The Peace Museum, Chicago, 1998.
1997 Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism, Society of Professional Journalists, Chicago chapter (The
Chicago Headline Club), for broadcast commentary.
Peace Award, Coalition for Peace in Guatemala, 1996.
Human Rights Award, Foundation for Human Rights and the Latino Cultural Center of the University of Illinois
Chicago, 1996.
Honorary Member, Asociación Iberoamericana de Derecho Penal, 1995.
Public Interest Law Initiative, Chicago, Citation for Public Service, 1994.
Casa Guatemala Award for Human Rights Work for Guatemala, Chicago, 1994.
Centro Romero Award for Human Rights Work for El Salvador, Chicago, 1993.
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