The Loyola of Los Angeles International & Comparative Law Review (ILR) is a student-run publication that produces three issues each academic year. 

ILR seeks to publish scholarly, professional articles of high caliber, based on accurate and in-depth research, which advance legal scholarship in the field of international law, aid in the resolution of contemporary international legal problems, and contribute to the continuing education of the legal community. 

LITIGATING GENOCIDE: WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW

Case Studies in the Armenian Genocide and Other Historic Human Rights Violations

LOYOLA OF LOS ANGELES

INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW REVIEW

SYMPOSIUM 2009

Friday, February 27, 2009

Registration Options

Register online using your credit card.

Please use the print registration form to pay by check or credit card via mail or fax.

One unit of MCLE credit is available for the luncheon talk.

Please note that Robinson Courtroom holds 99 people. If we have an overflow crowd, students will be seated upstairs in the Courtroom of the 90’s, which has a live feed from Robinson Courtroom. Entrance will be on a first come, first seated basis.

Schedule

Registration and Coffee 9:00 am - 9:30 am

Welcome and Introduction 9:30 am - 10:00 am

Panel One: Litigating History - 10:00 am - 11:30 am

• Professor Cesare P.R. Romano (moderator)
• Dr. Richard Dekmejian
• Dr. Herbert Reginbogin
• Mr. Harut Sassounian

The first panel will discuss the ethical, philosophical and moral issues of litigating distant historic mass violations of human rights. Should there be a limit to attempts to redress historically wrongful acts? How far back in time should we go?  Should the courtroom door ever be closed? If so, who decides when it is going to be closed for good? This panel will put litigation of such events into historical perspective.

Luncheon Address: The Preventative Approach to Genocidal Acts - 11:45 am - 1:15 pm

• Dr. Gregory Stanton, President of Genocide Watch and President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars

The keynote speaker for the symposium luncheon will discuss the measures that can and should be taken to identify and avert potential genocide at its early stages of development.  This preventative approach contrasts with the current remedial approach to crimes of genocide.

Panel Two: Foreign Relations Law and Its Implications for Genocide - 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm

• Professor David Glazier (moderator)
• Professor Michael Ramsey
• Ms. Anne Richardson, Esq.

The second panel will discuss the legal issues that may arise when litigating mass violations of human rights which were committed abroad and generations ago.  Should U.S. courts hear such cases?  And if so, should they be heard in federal courts or state courts?

Panel Three: Litigating in the Courts - 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm

• Professor Michael J. Bazyler (moderator)
• Mr. Barry Fisher, Esq.
• Mr. Seth M. Gerber, Esq.
• Mr. Brian S. Kabateck, Esq.

The third panel will consist of practitioners with experience in litigating cases arising out of foreign mass human rights violations.  The panel will discuss relevant cases, including ones involving the Armenian genocide, as well as the historical context of this specific type of litigation.

Panel Four: Putting the Law into Perspective - 4:45 pm - 5:15 pm

• Professor Michael J. Bazyler

The last panel will be a short session seeking to summarize and conclude the symposium. Professor Bazyler will discuss whether litigation based on historic human rights violations and the lessons of the day can provide viable models for other future similar cases.

Wine and Cheese reception to follow

For more information, please contact Jeff Choi at jeffrey.choi@lls.edu

For last year's Transformation in Iraq symposium, please click here