U.S. Journalism Training Workshop Agenda

National Press Club

March 28, 2007

9:00 – 9.15 am: Welcome

9.15 – 10.45 am:  An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law

Speaker:  Anthony Dworkin, Crimes of War Project

• What is IHL and how does it work?
• The Geneva Conventions and war crimes
• Distinction between civilians and combatants

10:45 –11:00 am:  Coffee Break

11:00 – 12.30 pm:  IHL, Human Rights and The War on Terror

Speaker:  Rosa Brooks, Georgetown University Law Center

• Rules on detention and interrogation
• The military commissions
• Rendition of terrorist suspects

12.30 - 1:30 pm:  Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 pm:  Law and the Conduct of Hostilities

Speaker: Anthony Dworkin

• Rules on targeting and proportionality
• Obligations of attackers and defenders

3:00 – 3:15 Coffee Break

3.15 - 4:45 pm: Conflict and IHL:  A Military Perspective

Speaker: Geoffrey S. Corn, Assistant Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law and former Special Assistant for Law of War Matters to the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General

• The laws of war in military operations
• How the law is enforced

4:45 – 5:30 pm:  Group Exercise, Discussion and Questions

Following the workshop there will be a short reception with opportunity for further informal discussion.

For Questions: Phone: 202-638-0230 or

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