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Facing up to Guantánamo

Event Date

  • 2/11/2009   6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
    Please arrive early for registration

Location

  • World Affairs Council Auditorium

Address

  • 312 Sutter Street
    Second Floor
    San Francisco, California 94108
Speaker(s)
Elizabeth Farnsworth, Special Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Laurel Fletcher, Director, International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of California, Berkeley
Eric Stover, Director, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley
Event Details

Having denounced the Guantánamo Bay detention camp as a “sad chapter in American history,” President Obama has vowed to restore our nation’s moral stature by closing the controversial facility.  As the world awaits definitive action, the Council welcomes Laurel Fletcher and Eric Stover, co-authors of Guantánamo and its Aftermath, an in-depth study of former detainees.  In a conversation led by Elizabeth Farnsworth, Fletcher and Stover discuss the implications of their study’s findings, explore what measures are currently being taken by the US government and human rights organizations on Guantánamo, and propose recommendations for the Obama administration.      

Listen to the program audio file or visit our online archive for other event recordings.

To download the full study, Guantánamo and its Aftermath, click here.

US power and responsibility will be a major issue addressed at our 2009 Annual Conference Global Priorities: Critical Choices for the Obama Administration