Law, Human Rights, and Revolution:
Transitions in the Wake of the Arab Spring
Annual Symposium of the Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs (JILFA)
Thursday, February 16th from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the UCLA School of Law Room 1430
Friday, February 17th from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the UCLA School of Law Room 1447
Thursday February 16th
- Welcome: Susan Slyomovics, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCL
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. – Roundtable: “Political Transition, Rule of Law, and Human Rights: What Have We Learned From the Arab Spring?”
Moderated by Cheryl I. Harris, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Professor of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, UCLA School of Law
- Lisa Hajjar, Associate Professor of Sociology, UC Santa Barbara
- James Gelvin, Professor of History, UCLA
- Khaled Abou El Fadl, Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
- Aslı Ü. Bâli, Acting Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
- Dalia Dassa Kaye, Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation; visiting fellow, UCLA International Institute
Friday February 17th
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. – Registration and Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. – Introduction: Priyan Chandraratna, JILFA Co-Editor-in-Chief
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. – Panel 1: “Transitional Accountability”
Moderated by Máximo Langer, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
- David Tolbert, President, International Center for Transitional Justice
- Michael Wahid Hanna, Fellow, The Century Foundation
- Bronwyn Anne Leebaw, Associate Professor of History, UC Riverside
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. – Panel 2: “Constitutional Transitions”
Moderated by E. Tendayi Achiume, Binder Clinical Teaching Fellow, UCLA Law
- Nathan Brown, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University Nonresident Senior Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Corporation of NY
- Intisar Rabb, Assistant Professor of Law, Boston College Law
12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. – Lunch and Keynote Address
Moderated by David Kaye, Executive Director, International Human Rights Law Program, UCLA School of Law
- M. Cherif Bassiouni, Distinguished Research Professor of Law;
President, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law;
President, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy
2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. – Panel 3: “Regional and International Dimensions”
Moderated by Susan Slyomovics, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA
- Omar Dajani, Professor of Law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
- Bassam Haddad, Director of the Middle East Studies Program, George Mason University
- Aslı Ü. Bâli, Acting Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. – Panel 4: “Human Rights Law after the Arab Spring”
Moderated by Aslı Ü. Bâli, Acting Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
- Adrien Katherine Wing, Bessie Dutton Murray Professor, University of Iowa College of Law
- George Bisharat, Professor of Law, UC Hasting College of Law
- Seval Yildirim, Associate Professor of Law; Director, Center for International and Comparative Law, Whittier Law School
5:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. – Closing Remarks