Weaving a Net of Accountability

This public conference explores how to achieve accountability for extraordinary rendition in North Carolina and at the regional level. We have an excellent program of speakers confirmed for the conference.

Sponsored by:

Duke Human Rights Center
North Carolina Stop Torture Now
Immigration & Human Rights Policy Clinic at The University of North Carolina School of Law
The International Human Rights Law Society at Duke University Law School

This conference was made possible through the generous support of the Duke Human Rights Center, North Carolina Stop Torture Now, the University of North Carolina School of Law Immigration & Human Rights Policy Clinic, the Karl von der Heyden Endowment at Duke University, the Trent Foundation, the UNC Office of International Affairs and the UNC Center for Global Initiatives, Robert Seymour of Chapel Hill, T. D. Poole of Clayton, several anonymous donors, and co-sponsors.

Background

These sites contain additional background information and news.

The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle in Harper's magazine, by keynote speaker, Scott Horton
Report Casts Doubt On Guantanamo Suicides, NPR story featuring Scott Horton
Extraordinary rendition and a missing speaker, a Raleigh News & Observer op-ed about Edward Horgan's revoked visa, written by Christina Cowger.

For more information or to R.S.V.P (so we have an accurate count for lunch), please contact NC Stop Torture Now at contact@ncstoptorturenow.org, or Duke Human Rights Center at rights@duke.edu or (919) 668-6511.