The Human Rights Program Presents:

U.S. Torture in Iraq: Legal, Domestic, & Foreign Policy Fallout

A Forum for Students and Faculty with:

Susan Gzesh, Lecturer in Law; Director, Human Rights Program

J. Mark Hansen Dean, Social Science Division; Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Political Science

John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor, Political Science Department; Director, Program of International Security Policy

Friday, May 14th 12:00 -1:20 pm
Bartlett Trophy Room
5640 S. University Ave.



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The University of Chicago
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University of Chicago students and faculty to discuss torture in Iraqi prisons

Human rights abuses, domestic political impact, and foreign policy consequences are topics

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, May 11, 2004 – Students from the Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago will get together with faculty from law and political science the Friday to discuss the American military abuses of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison. The event, entitled “U.S. Torture In Iraq: Legal, Domestic, & Foreign Policy Fallout,” will be held in Bartlett Lounge (5640 S. University Ave.) May 14, from 12:00 to 1:30 pm.

Pariticipating faculty are: John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science Department and Co-director of the Program on International Security Policy; Susan Gzesh, Director of the Human Rights Program and a lecturer at the Law School, and.Mark Hansen, Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Dean of the Social Science Division in the University.

“We feel this event will be a great opportunity for members of the community to immerse themselves in a topic of the greatest importance to American policy currently, whether you are interested in politics, foreign policy, human rights, or any other focus. We also believe this discussion will spark interest and debate on campus,” said co-organizer Rush Atkinson, a third year student in the College. “Our University, its faculty, students, and alumni have many ties to current foreign policy and human rights issues. Some are making policy in Washington, while others are confronting those same policies in the courts and in the media.”

For more information about the panel “U.S. Torture in Iraq: Legal, Domestic, & Foreign Policy Fallout,” visit humanrights.uchicago.edu, or contact the coordinator of the Human Rights Program, Maureen Loughnane, at human-rights (at) uchicago.edu or by phone at (773) 834-7095.