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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- Apr 06, 2015
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- Speakers
- David Cole, Aziz Huq
The main event page can be found on the Pozen Center for Human Rights' website. When the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee released its long-awaited report on the use of torture by the United States government last December, it generated a burst of headlines and a flurry of controversy, but little in the way of sustained public inquiry. Now nearly 15 years after 9/11, what are we to make of the report’s findings? What are the implications for national security and human rights? And where should we as a nation go from here? Georgetown University Law Professor David Cole is one of the nation’s foremost experts on the use of torture and the author of several acclaimed books, including The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable and Justice at War: The Men and Ideas That Shaped America's War on Terror. Join the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, the University of Chicago Law School’s American Constitution Society chapter and the Institute of Politics as they host David Cole for an in-depth look at the lessons of torture in the aftermath of 9/11. Professor Cole will be introduced by UChicago Law Professor Aziz Huq.
- David Cole Hon. George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy, Georgetown Law School, National Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union
- Aziz Huq Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, Mark Claster Mamolen Teaching Scholar, The University of Chicago Law School, Former Clerk for RBG