The War on Terror and Restrictions on Free Speech:
An International Conference Hosted by IDI
Dear Friends of IDI,
Please be our ‘virtual guests’ on February 18-19, as IDI hosts a two-day conference on the topic of: The War on Terror and Restrictions on Free Speech. The conference will explore the impact of the war on terror on various human rights, with a focus on freedom of expression. A variety of perspectives--Israeli law, international law, political science, philosophy, sociology, and psychology--will be presented by a panel of international experts.
The conference will be conducted in English and broadcast live on IDI’s website (www.idi.org.il) from 4:00pm-7:30pm on Wednesday, February 18th (9:00am-12:30pm EST). On Thursday, February 19th, the program will run from 9:30am-6:00pm (2:30am-11:00am EST).
The conference is organized under the auspices of IDI’s National Security and Democracy Program, IDI’s Terror and Democracy Project, the Minerva Center for Human Rights, the Bruce W. Wayne Chair in International Law of the Hebrew University, and the University of Zurich.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Regards,
Barak Cohen
Director, International Communications
The Israel Democracy Institute
barak@idi.org.il
Tel: 972-2-530-0877
Fax: 972-2-530-0837
"THE WAR ON TERROR AND RESTRICTIONS ON FREE SPEECH"
February 18-19, 2009
George Shultz Roundtable Forum
The Israel Democracy Institute
4 Pinsker Street, Jerusalem
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2009
16:00
Greetings: Dr. Arye Carmon, President, IDI
16:15-17:30
Panel I: Freedom of Speech: Rationales, Conditions and Limitations
Prof. Dieter Grimm, Berlin Institute for Advanced Study
Prof. Stefan Gosepath, Bremen University
Dr. Re'em Segev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
18:00-19:30
Panel II: The War on Terror and the Erosion of Civil Liberties: A General Overview
Prof. Amos Guiora, University of Utah
Prof. Yuval Shany, IDI; Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 2009
9:30-11:00
Panel III: Limiting Expressions of Support for Terrorism under National and International Criminal Law
Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Vice President, IDI; Faculty of Law, Hebrew University
Dr. Yael Ronen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Liat Levanon-Morag, IDI; Zurich University
11:30-13:00
Panel IV: Limiting Expressions of Support for Terrorism through Means Other than the Criminal System
Prof. Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Hull University
Prof. Irwin Cotler, Canadian Parliament/McGill University
Ms Orsolya Salat, Central European University
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00
Panel V: Limiting Terror-Related Religious Expressions
Prof. Matthias Mahlmann, Zurich University
Dr. Yossi Nehushtan, College of Management Academic Studies
16:30-18:00
Panel VI: Political Participation of Terror-Related Entities
Adv. Hassan Jabarin, Adalah
Prof. Emmanuel Gross, Haifa University