23311: Joseph: Wed, 9/29, Haiti Panel at Gerogetown Law, 6-8pm (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Dotie Joseph <dotiej@hotmail.com>


HAITI: A Troubled State
Foreign Policy and Human Rights


Caribbean food reception to follow. Admission is free of charge, but we will be
accepting donations to support relief efforts for recent hurricane victims in
Haiti.


WHEN: 6:00-8:00pm, Wednesday, September 29th, 2004


WHERE: Georgetown University Law Center, McDonough Hall

       Hart Moot Court Auditorium, 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
       - Use 2nd Street Entrance between F St. & Massachusetts Ave
       - Closest Metro: Judiciary Square or Union Station on Red line

MODERATOR: Robert Maguire, Director of Trinity College Haiti Program


PANELISTS:
- Erin Corcoran, Asylum Program staff attorney, Human Rights First
- Susan Benesch, Refugee Advocate, Amnesty International
- Paul Pierre, Branch Chief, Department of Homeland Security
- Jocleyn Mccalla, Executive Director of the National Coalition for Haitian
Rights (NCHR)
- Brian Concannon, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
- Eugenia Charles-Mathurin, Director, Foundation Mapou

Contact: (202) 374-0369; tfm6@law.georgetown.edu

CO-SPONSORS:
Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas
Georgetown School of Foreign Service Human Rights Forum
Caribbean Law Students Association
Black Law Students Association
International Law Society
National Lawyers’ Guild
La Alianza del Derecho
Amnesty International