Legal Issues and the Persian Gulf War
The American Bar Association’s conference looked at various aspects of the Persian Gulf war, including the establishment of war crimes tribu… read more
The American Bar Association’s conference looked at various aspects of the Persian Gulf war, including the establishment of war crimes tribunals, human rights violations, and the peace movement. The day’s keynote address was given by Michael Matheson, an expert in the law of the use of force. Mr. Matheson is the Deputy Legal Adviser for the U.S. State Department. close
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- George Carver Senior Fellow Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Maryam Elahi Officer Amnesty International->Government Program
- Shafeeq N. Ghabra Professor (Former) Kuwait University
- Malvina Halberstam Professor Yeshiva University->Cardozo School of Law
- Paul Hollander Professor University of Massachusetts, Amherst->Sociology
- Douglas Pike Professor University of California, Berkeley->East Asian Studies
- Joseph Ryan Resident Scholar Freedom House
- John H. Shenefield Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice
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