Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 07/14/2010   Time: 12:30-2:00 pm     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

Joao de Vallera, ambassador of Portugal to the United States; Patricia Pinto Soares, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Fellow at CTR; and Michael J. Matheson (moderator), visiting research professor of law at George Washington University, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact transatlanticrsvp@jhu.edu.

Event Type: Conference
Start Date: 06/02/2010   Time: 8:00 am-6:00 pm  
End Date: 06/04/2010  
Location:Between 7th and 9th Streets and N Street and Mt. Vernon Place  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

Featuring thought provoking plenary sessions and workshops with more than 100 experts from around the world, Forum 2010 will bring together 1000 professionals from more than 250 organizations representing the international non-profit community, government, corporate and philanthropic sectors.

Connect, Influence, Engage

• With government decision makers, private sector leaders and reflief and development experts
• With hundreds of peers who share your interests and commitments
• To shape the direction of the NGO sector and protect the NGO space

NEW:  The Kojo Nnamdi Show will broadcast LIVE from Forum 2010 including two back-to-back plenary sessions on Thursday, June 3rd.

NEW:  Closing Plenary Session: Haiti-A New Way Forward will include a special video message from UN Special Envoy to Haiti President William J. Clinton.

 

Event Type: Other
Start Date: 05/13/2010   Time: 6:30 -10:00 pm     
Location:1919 Connecticut Avenue  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

The prize, a cash award of $500,000, will be presented to Akbar Ganji on May 13, 2010, at the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty's Biennial Dinner at the Hilton Washington in Washington D.C. The schedule for the black tie event: 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. dinner.

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 05/13/2010   Time: 9:30 -11:30 am     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

How is the international community tackling maritime security threats? This event will feature speakers that will address this question and others. Register online.

Event Type: Conference
Start Date: 03/30/2010   Time: 9:00 am-5:00 pm     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

This Washington College of Law conference will bring together leading experts in the field to discuss the challenges of ratification, implementation, and other preliminary issues in advance of the Review Conference of the Rome Statute to be held in Kampala, Uganda in May and June 2010. Register online.

Event Type: Media-Press Conference
Start Date: 02/17/2010   Time: 12:00-1:30 pm     
Location:529 14th Street, NW  Washington, DC 20045
Event Summary:

Join us on February 17 as our panel of experts provides a preview of the upcoming oral argument, and examines the legal questions at issue and the likely impact of the Court's ruling in the case. This event will address misperceptions about the case's potential impact on national security and clarify what is and is not a stake.

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 02/16/2010   Time: 2:30 -2:30 pm     
Location:100 Maryland Avenue, NW  Washington, D.C., DC 2002
Event Summary:

A panel discussion of experts will discuss peaceful and effective responses to the Iranian nuclear program.

 

Please note that due to severe weather conditions, the event has been postponed until Tuesday, February 16th.

Event Type: Workshop-Training
Start Date: 11/19/2009   Time: 12:30-2:00 pm     
Location:1120 19th Street NW  Washington, DC 20036
Event Summary:

Treaties are a tough sell for many groups promoting responsible U.S. global engagement. With their scattered domestic constituencies and small but vocal opposition, multilateral treaties are likely to get stalled in the ratification process -- sometimes for decades. This Thursday, join us in person or via webinar for a messaging briefing and discussion focused on the treaty process.

 

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 11/10/2009   Time: 9:00 -10:00 am     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear testimony on one multilateral and four bilateral treaties.

Event Type: Conference
Start Date: 11/04/2009   Time: 9:00 am-12:30 pm     
Location:  ,  
Event Summary:

NIAC will be holding a policy conference on Capitol Hill with panelists discussing human rights and the battle for Iran, as well as assessing President Obama's diplomatic strategy toward Iran.

Event Type: Reception
Start Date: 11/03/2009   Time: 4:00 -6:00 pm     
Location:2223 Massacusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008  Washington,, DC 20008
Event Summary:

11/3/09 Reception Invitation: World Public Opinion on International Law and the World Court

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 09/16/2009   Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm     
Location:418 7th St. SE  Washington, DC 20003
Event Summary:

The Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court (WICC) is a coordinating group of the Washington legislative and governmental affairs offices of American non-governmental organizations committed to the cause of the International Criminal Court (ICC). They will meet to discuss the state of the Court, upcoming advocacy efforts and to listen to the speaker, Ambassador Zeid of Jordan.

 

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 07/17/2009   Time: 10:30 am-12:00 pm     
Location:Russell Senate Office Building  Washington, DC 20520
Event Summary:

Systematic rape, mass murders, child soldiers - if these crimes go unpunished, will they be repeated tomorrow? The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the only permanent tribunal capable of bringing to justice the world's most heinous criminals accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity when there is no other recourse. July 17, 2009 is International Justice Day and marks the birthday of the ICC. An expert panel will highlight the Court's accomplishments, its future, efforts to bring the "crime of aggression" under the Court's jurisdiction at its 2010 Review Conference, and how the U.S. can engage the ICC and play a constructive role in bringing war criminals to justice. This briefing is sponsored by Citizens for Global Solutions and Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT).

RSVP: Nora Conklin, (202) 546-3950 x126, nconklin@globalsolutions.org or for Hill staffers, RSVP to Josh Blumenfeld at in Senator Dodd's office at Joshua_Blumenfeld@Dodd.Senate.Gov or at 4-6273. Please note that seating is limited.

Event Type: Other
Start Date: 07/14/2009   Time: 10:00-10:00 pm     
Location:  ,  
Event Summary:

The national PBS broadcast of "The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court" on the P.O.V. series (check local listings).  This award winning feature-length documentary unfolds like a dramatic global thriller looking at the first years and cases of the ICC.  An unsurpassed introduction to the workings of the Court and the challenges it faces in executing its justice mandate to prosecute perpetrators, no matter how powerful, of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 07/13/2009   Time: 7:00 -9:15 pm     
Location:529 14th St., NW  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

The American Society of International Law, in conjunction with the National Press Club, the PBS show POV (“Point-of-View”), and Skylight Pictures, invites you to attend a pre-screening of the film "The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court." Seating is limited. A cash bar will be provided. To attend, register at reservations@press.org or 202-662-7501.

Event Type: Presentation
Start Date: 07/01/2009   Time: 2:00 -4:00 pm     
Location:1400 16th Street NW  Washington, DC 20036
Event Summary:

This event will explore the legal constraints national security laws impose on U.S. charitable organizations compared with international codes of conduct for humanitarian aid and development programs. Ideas for reconciling these tensions will be explored.

 

Event Type: Conference
Start Date: 05/01/2009   Time: 9:00 am-3:00 pm     
Location:  New York, NY 
Event Summary:

Join WFPG members and friends for a morning forum and a VIP luncheon with senior UN officials on issues vital to the United Nations. Register online.

Event Type: Conference
Start Date: 03/25/2009   Time: 9:00 am-7:00 pm  
End Date: 03/28/2009  
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

With over a century of tradition and experience behind it, ASIL's Annual Meeting has become the most important gathering in the field of international law. More than 1,000 practitioners, academics, and students travel to Washington, DC, each spring from all over the world to debate and discuss the latest developments in their field.

ASIL's 103rd Annual Meeting, which will reflect on the theme International Law as Law will be held March 25-28, 2009 at The Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC. Please register online.

 

Event Type: Conference
Start Date: 02/23/2009   Time: 9:00 am-4:00 pm     
Location:  Washington, DC 
Event Summary:

This timely conference, cosponsored by the Association for the Prevention of Torture, will convene a diverse group of high-level international experts, including policymakers, lawyers, civil servants, NGOs and scholars, to analyze key national, regional, and international legal frameworks and review detention practices that can prevent torture and other ill-treatment. Issues to be discussed include: whether adequate legal frameworks are in place at the domestic level; how laws are applied and detention practices are reformed; and the access of independent experts to all places of detention.

Please register online.

 

Event Type: Conference
Start Date: 02/18/2009   Time: 4:00 -5:30 pm     
Location:1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW  Washington, DC 20004
Event Summary:

2008 marked the deadliest year in Afghanistan since the Taliban's ouster, and civilians have paid a particularly high price. CIVIC is releasing a report on Afghan civilian casualties, programs now under way to help civilian war victims, and the challenges these programs face. The report also offers insights into how such efforts can be improved.