Videos

In celebration of Constitution Day, dignitaries and faculty and students of Georgetown University participate in a dramatic reading of the U.S. Constitution, which was signed on September 17…

A panel discussion was held on issues surrounding the destruction of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) interrogation tapes which was revealed the previous month. The destruction of the v…

Witnesses testified about the applicability of federal criminal laws to the interrogation of detainees.

Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the applicability of federal criminal laws to the interrogation of detainees. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia h…

Moderated by Dean Grossman, legal advisers and human rights activists talked about torture and prisoner-of-war interrogation practices. Topics included human rights, the global efforts to co…

A panel from The Judicial Issues Forum of the Brookings Governance Studies Program talked about the situation in Sudan, international calls for Sudanese accountability in cases of genocide, …

Legal scholars talked about civil liberties and the war on terrorism. Among the topics they addressed were detentions of suspected terrorists, providing access to counsel, secrecy by the pro…

Participants talked about the operation of international war crimes tribunals, judicial procedures, and the jurisdiction of the court. Following their remarks they answered questions from th…

Panel members discussed human rights, anti-terrorism efforts and the possible use of military tribunals in the war on terrorism. Following their presentations they answered questions from th…

The Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held a hearing on the subject of illegal immigration. In the first panel, citizen witnesses talked about the problems t…

Subcommittee members heard testimony regarding the annual report on human rights practices around the world. The report is conducted by the State Department. Human rights crusaders and repre…

Committee members heard testimony from State Department officials and human rights activists concerning the department’s 1996 Human Rights Report, which it released yesterday. They testified…