THE UNITED STATES AND THE INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM
Sponsored by Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, Center for Justice and
International Law, and the American Society of International Law
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036
April 7, 2008
8:45-9:15
Breakfast / Registration
9:15-9:20
Welcome:
Caroline Bettinger-López, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School
Francisco Quintana, Center for Justice and International Law
Lucy Reed, American Society of International Law
9:20-9:30
Opening Remarks: Sarah Cleveland, Columbia Law School
9:30-10:45
Session I: Relevance of the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human
Rights (1.5 CLE Credit)
Bob Goldman, American University Washington College of Law
Sandra Babcock, Northwestern University School of Law
Moderator: Doug Cassel, University of Notre Dame Law School
10:45-11:00
Break
11:00-12:15
Session II: "Nuts and Bolts" of the Inter-American Human Rights System
(1.5 CLE Credit)
Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Ariel Dulitzky, University of Texas School of Law
Tara Melish, University of Georgia School of Law
Moderator: Michael Camilleri, Center for Justice and International Law
12:15-1:30
Lunchtime Lecture: The Evolution of the Inter-American System and Its
Future in a Globalized World (1 CLE Credit)
Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, former President and Judge
of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
1:35-2:50
Session III: Domestic Implementation (1.5 CLE Credit)
Jim Cavallaro, Harvard Law School
Katherine Gorove, Department of State Office of Legal Adviser
Moderator: Steven Watt, ACLU, Human Rights Project
2:50-3:05
Break
3:05-4:20
Session IV: Broad Strategies & Case Studies (1.5 CLE Credit)
Pardiss Kebriaei, Center for Constitutional Rights
Sarah Paoletti, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Nathalie Walker, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
Carrie Bettinger-López, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School
4:20-4:30
Closing: Michael Camilleri, Center for Justice and International Law
**All CLE credits are transitional and non-transitional credit hours
in the Professional Practice area.**