Institue of International Humanitarian – Fordham Now https://now.fordham.edu The official news site for Fordham University. Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:09:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/favicon.png Institue of International Humanitarian – Fordham Now https://now.fordham.edu 32 32 232360065 Law School to Explore Terrorism and the Law https://now.fordham.edu/law/law-school-to-explore-terrorism-and-the-law/ Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:09:49 +0000 http://news.fordham.sitecare.pro/?p=36127 NEW YORK—John Yoo, a former U.S. deputy assistant attorney general and a professor at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, will join Fordham Law School’s Martin Flaherty for a lively discussion titled “Fighting Terrorism in the Post 9/11 World” on Tuesday, April 19, at 8 p.m. in the McNally Amphitheatre, Fordham Law School.

Novelist, essayist and Fordham Law Professor Thane Rosenbaum will moderate the discussion between Yoo and Flaherty that will examine the way in which the war on terrorism has raised unique legal questions that challenge ethical, moral and political norms that exist in the international community.

From 2001-03, Yoo served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on issues involving foreign affairs, national security, and the separation of powers. He served as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995-96, where he advised on constitutional issues and judicial nominations.

Martin Flaherty is a professor at Fordham Law School and co-director of the Crowley Program in International Human Rights. He is also the chairman of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on International Human Rights .

DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 19
TIME:    8 P.M.
PLACE: MCNALLY AMPHITHEATRE
FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL
140 WEST. 62ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY

Fordham University School of Law was founded in 1905, and has more than 14,000 alumni practicing in all 50 states and throughout the world. Over the past 20 years, Fordham Law School has secured a place as a national leader in public interest law, legal ethics and human rights law.

]]> 36127 Fordham to Screen Documentary on Child Labor https://now.fordham.edu/university-news/fordham-to-screen-documentary-on-child-labor/ Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:55:21 +0000 http://news.fordham.sitecare.pro/?p=36500 NEW YORK—Fordham University will host a New York City benefit screening of Stolen Childhoods, a feature-length documentary by Robin Romano that exposes the global problem of child labor, on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the McNally Amphitheatre at the Fordham School of Law, 140 W. 62nd St., on the Lincoln Center campus. Admission is $12. All proceeds will benefit child-relief organizations.

The documentary, which is narrated by Academy-award winning actor Meryl Streep, profiles child laborers in seven different countries, and the groundbreaking efforts of relief organizations to provide these children with education to help them break their cycle of poverty. There are 246 million child laborers worldwide. This film puts into context the causes and ramifications of child labor and provides examples of successful programs that move children from work to school.

DATE:        SUNDAY, DEC. 5
TIME:         6:30 P.M.
PLACE:     MCNALLY AMPHITHEATRE
FORDHAM SCHOOL OF LAW
140 W. 62nd STREET, NEW YORK, NY

The screening is being sponsored by the Fordham Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs; the Fordham Institute of Research, Service, and Teaching; the doctoral program in social work; Fordham Law’s Joseph R. Crowley Program in Human Rights; Fordham’s Peace and Justice Studies Program; the vice president for Mission and Ministries at Fordham; the New York Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues; and the Armenian American Society for the Study of Stress and Genocide.

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