Law, Human Rights, and Revolution: Transitions in the Wake of the Arab Spring
University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), 16-17 February 2012
The Annual Symposium of the UCLA Law School Journal of International Law and Foriegn Affairs (JILFA) co-Organized with the G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies has support from the University of California Humanities Research Intiaitive and UCLA International Institute. It`s agenda follows.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Welcome: Susan Slyomovics | Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, UCLA
4:00pm–6:00 pm: Political Transition, Rule of Law, and Human Rights: What have we learned from the ArabSpring?
- Khaled Abou El Fadl | Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
- Asli Ü Bâi | Acting Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
- Dalia Dassa Kaye | Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation; visiting fellow, UCLA International Institute
- James Gelvin | Professor of History, UCLA
- Lisa Hajjar | Associate Professor of Sociology, UC Santa Barbara
Moderator: Cheryl I. Harris | Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Professor of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, UCLA School of Law
Friday, February 17, 2012
8:30am–9:00am: Introduction
- Priyan Chandraratna | JILFA Editor-in-Chief Transitional Accountability
9:00am–10:30am: Transitional Accountability
- Michael Wahid Hanna | Fellow, The Century Foundation
- Bronwyn Anne Leebaw | Associate Professor History, UC Riverside
- David Tolbert | President, International Center for Transitional Justice
Moderator: Máximo Langer | Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
10:45am–12:15pm: Constitutional Transitions
- Nathan Brown | Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University Nonresident Senior Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Corporation of NY
- Intisar Rabb | Assistant Professor of Law, Boston College Law
- Amr Shalakany | Associate Professor of Law, The American University in Cairo
Moderator: E. Tendayi Achiume | Binder Clinical Teaching Fellow, UCLA Law
12:45pm–2:00 pm: Lunch Keynote Address
- M. Cherif Bassiouni Distinguished Research Professor of Law; President, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law President, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy
Moderator: David Kaye | Executive Director, International Human Rights Law Program
2:15pm–3:45 pm: Regional and International Dimensions
- Omar M. Dajani | Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- Bassam Haddad | Director of the Middle East Studies Program, George Mason University
- Seval Yildirim | Associate Professor of Law; Director, Center for International & Comparative Law, Whittier Law School
Moderator: Asli Ü Bâli | Acting Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
4:00pm–5:30pm: Human Rights Law after the Arab Spring
- Khaled Abou El Fadl | Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
- Asli Ü Bâli | Acting Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
- George Bisharat | Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of Law
- Adrien Katherine Wing | Bessie Dutton Murray Professor, University of Iowa College of Law
Moderator: Susan Slyomovics | Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, UCLA
5:30pm–5:45pm: Closing Remarks