Strengthening the Prohibition of Torture: The Evolution of the UN Committee against Torture - Panel
Julia Hall, Researcher on Counter?Terrorism and Human Rights in Europe, Amnesty International
Barbara Jackman, Immigration and Refugee Lawyer, Jackman & Associates (Canada)
Ann Jordan, Director, Program on Forced Labor and Trafficking, WCL Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Francisco Quintana, Deputy Program Director for the Andean, North America and Caribbean Region, Center for Justice and International Law
Moderator: Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Member, UN Committee against Torture
Strengthening the Prohibition of Torture: The Evolution of the UN Committee against Torture - Conclu
WCL Dean and Professor of Law Claudio Grossman, Chair, UN Committee against Torture
Widney Brown, Senior Director, International Law and Policy, Amnesty International
Third Annual Freedom of Information Day - Welcome and Opening Remarks / Introduction / Award Present
Welcome and Opening Remarks -- Daniel J. Metcalfe, Executive Director, Collaboration on Government Secrecy, Washington College of Law
Episode 1 - College Cost Reduction and Access Act
Episode 1 - College Cost Reduction and Access Act
Episode 3 - Eligible Loans Brief
For more information, please see this document: http://www.wcl.american.edu/publicinterest/ejw/documents/eligible_loans.pdf
SAALT South Asian Summit - Workshop Session 4: Language, Rights, and Community
SAALT South Asian Summit - Workshop Session 4: Language, Rights, and Community
SAALT South Asian Summit - Workshop Session 2: Carving Out Spaces: Gender, Race, and Sexuality
SAALT South Asian Summit - Workshop Session 2: Carving Out Spaces: Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Prosecuting Pinochet: The Challenges and Obsacles to the Pursuit of Justice in Chile
Judge Juan Guzman Tapia who was the prosecuting judge for Former Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet, presents "Prosecuting Pinochet: The Challenges and Obstacles to the Pursuit of Justice in Chile."
Transparency in the Obama Administration - A First-Year Assessment - Welcome and Introduction / Keyn
Daniel J. Metcalfe, Executive Director, Collaboration on Government Secrecy, Washington College of Law
Robynn K. Sturm, Assistant Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Director, White House Open Government Initiative
Transparency in the Obama Administration - A First-Year Assessment - Panel One: Freedom of Informati
Lucy A. Dalglish, Executive Director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Thomas J. Fitton, President, Judicial Watch; Richard L. Huff, Director, American Society of Access Professionals, and former Director, Office of Information and Privacy, Department of Justice; David Sobel, Senior Counsel and Director, FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government Project, Electronic Frontier Foundation; and Thomas M. Susman, Director of Governmental Affairs, American Bar Association (moderator)
Transparency in the Obama Administration - A First-Year Assessment - Panel Two: The New Office of Go
Rick Blum, Coordinator, Sunshine in Government Initiative; Lydia Kay Griggsby, Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy; Patrice McDermott, Director, OpenTheGovernment.org.; Miriam McIntire Nisbet, Director, Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration
UW 360: October 2010
The stories begin with a study on the potentially disastrous results of building homes and businesses along flood-prone rivers, and what we can do to avoid catastrophe. Visit the renowned Lamborghini Lab, where researchers create lightning strikes and high-impact crashes in the quest to make safer vehicles. Meet a UW alum who helped bring local farmers’ markets to Seattle neighborhoods; and visit the new Center for Pediatric Dentistry, which provides dental care for young children in our area
History of Ramadan
Ramadan is the most holy time of year for Islam. They show their love to Allah through personal sacrifice and self discipline. In the ninth month of the Islamic year, all Muslims fast for the entire month. This video shows how it is celebrated and where. (3:24)
Cambridge Open Day: Video Diary Room
Nothing staged, nothing scripted....find out what open day visitors thought about Cambridge when they visited for the first time.
Computing in the Cloud - Part 5: "Civics in the cloud" – January 15, 2008
"Computing in the cloud" is one name for services that run in a Web browser and store information in a provider's data center — ranging from adaptations of familiar tools such as email and personal finance to new offerings such as virtual worlds and social networks. This workshop will bring together experts from computer science, law, politics and industry to explore the social and policy implications of this trend.
Part 5 includes the third panel of the workshop, entitled "Civics in the clou
Our first Learning to Teach Online episodes are in pilot testing around Australia UCL: The Provost’s View Horses in Williamsburg Hamsters Sing the Alphabet Song Can innovation be incentivized?
UCL Lunch Hour Lectures are open and free to the public and take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Darwin Lecture Theatre, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. They will resume in Autumn 2008. In the meantime, a number are available below.
Horses lend their speed and strength to the American colonies. Head coachman Joyce Henry shares the horse's role in early Virginia.
Little cartoon hamsters sing the alphabet song. Letters appear on the bellies of the hamsters as they sing. Run time 01:10.Â
Rajesh Chandy, Professor of Marketing, Tony and Maureen Wheeler Chair in Entrepreneurship; discusses whether innovation should be incentivized and explains why asymmetric incentives (rewards for success) need to be higher than penalties for failures
