{"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":"

Opening Remarks William M. Treanor, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center Panel 1\u00a0\u2013 Addressing the State Secrets Privilege Panelists\u00a0 Laura Donohue (moderator), Acting Director of the Center on National Security and the Law and Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Louis Fisher, Scholar in Residence, The Constitution Project Daryl Joseffer, Partner, King & Spaulding LLP; former Principal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"parent":2061,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2128"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7137,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2128\/revisions\/7137"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}