{"id":2128,"date":"2022-06-01T13:26:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T17:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/?page_id=2128"},"modified":"2025-10-09T09:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:09:55","slug":"the-role-of-accountability-in-protecting-human-rights-and-national-security","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/events\/samuel-dash-conference-on-human-rights\/the-role-of-accountability-in-protecting-human-rights-and-national-security\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Accountability in Protecting Human Rights and National Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening Remarks<\/h2>\n

William M. Treanor<\/strong>, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center<\/p>\n

Panel 1\u00a0\u2013 Addressing the State Secrets Privilege<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

Panelists<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Laura Donohue (moderator)<\/strong>, Acting Director of the Center on National Security and the Law and Professor, Georgetown University Law Center<\/p>\n

Louis Fisher<\/strong>, Scholar in Residence, The Constitution Project<\/p>\n

Daryl Joseffer<\/strong>, Partner, King & Spaulding LLP; former Principal Deputy U.S. Solicitor General<\/p>\n

Eric Lichtblau<\/strong>, National Security Reporter, The New York Times<\/p>\n

Heather Sawyer<\/strong>, Counsel, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties<\/p>\n

Panel 2\u00a0\u2013<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Pursuing Accountability for Human Rights Violations in the National Security Context: Domestic, Regional and International Strategies<\/h2>\n

Panelists<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Melina Milazzo (moderator)<\/b>, Pennoyer Fellow, Human Rights First<\/p>\n

Katherine Gallagher<\/strong>, Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights<\/p>\n

James A. Goldston<\/strong>, Executive Director, Open Society Justice Initiative<\/p>\n

Ben Wizner<\/strong>, Litigation Director, National Security Project, American Civil Liberties Union<\/p>\n

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Luncheon Remarks<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

Robert F. Muse<\/b>, Partner, Stein, Mitchell & Muse LLP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Panel 3\u00a0\u2013<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Accountability for Private Security Contractors<\/h2>\n

Panelists<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Devon Chaffee (moderator)<\/strong>, Advocacy Counsel, Human Rights First<\/p>\n

Ilona Cohen<\/strong>, Majority Counsel, Senate Committee on Armed Services<\/p>\n

Mark DeWitt<\/strong>, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Triple Canopy<\/p>\n

Richard Fontaine<\/strong>, Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security<\/p>\n

Jason Pielemeier<\/strong>, Special Advisor, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State<\/p>\n

Moshe Schwartz<\/strong>, Specialist in Defense Acquisition Policy, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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