CURRENT
SYMPOSIUM:
EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION: The State Secrets About the War on
Terror
November
17, 2007
UNC School of Law– Chapel Hill, NC
The North Carolina Journal of
International Law & Commercial Regulation is a student-run law journal at the University
of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Now in its thirty-second year of
publication, the Journal is dedicated to stimulating the
intellectual climate through legal scholarship in the area of
international law. In order to achieve this goal, the Journal
publishes four issues each year that include writings from academics,
professionals, and students. Recognizing the need to foster discussion
of international law in the general public discourse, the Journal
holds an annual symposium that focuses on important issues in
international law and brings together participants from across the
legal community for an illuminating discussion and debate.
This year, the North Carolina Journal of
International Law and Commercial Regulation cordially invites you
to attend its annual symposium entitled Extraordinary Rendition: The
State Secrets about the War on Terror.
This symposium will address the legal propriety of
extraordinary rendition, the alleged practice of transferring suspected
terrorists to foreign governments where harsh interrogation methods can
be used outside the reach of United States law.
The discussion will focus on the policy implications of
shielding information about these transfers through the states secret
privilege, with a particular emphasis on the recent Fourth Circuit
decision addressing the case of Khaled El-Masri. Also, participants will reflect on
the authority of international treaties, and the appropriate forum and
applicable laws for citizens of foreign governments who bring suit
against the CIA.
Participants will also consider the local effects in light of
recent allegations that private North Carolina companies are sponsoring some of these
extraordinary rendition flights to foreign governments.
On behalf of The
North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation
and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, we invite
you to join us for the discussion of this timely and important topic.
We hope you will
be able to join us, for registration via email or further information
please email Courtney Harris, Symposium Editor at charris@email.unc.edu.
For registration
information, please download our brochure here. You can also download a
copy of the Symposium’s agenda here, and
speaker biographies are available here.
On the day of
the Symposium, free parking will be reserved at the School of Law, and additional parking will be
available in the nearby Highway 54 Visitor Lot. For driving directions
and more information on parking please follow
this link.
