EVENT

Seminar series on 'terrorist lists' proscription, designation and human rights

21 October 2008

A series of seminars at the College of Law in London, organised by the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, Statewatch and the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities.

Thursday 19 June

The EU and UN 'terrorist lists' and the European Courts: the slow road to procedural justice

Jan Fermon, Advocate, Progress Lawyers Network Belgium
Mark Muller QC, Chair of Bar Human Rights Committee
Steve Peers, Professor of Law, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Ben Hayes, Statewatch

Since 2006, a number of organisations have successfully challenged their designation as 'terrorist' in the EU courts. But, on the basis of modest reform of its proscription regime, the EU has maintained all of them on its 'terrorist list'. What are the prospects for those subject to the 'terrorist' designation?

Tuesday 15 July

Terrorist proscription, self-determination and human rights: criminalising movements, criminalising solidarity?

Bill Bowring, Professor of Law, Birkbeck College
Gareth Peirce, Birnberg Peirce & Partners Solicitors
Dr Susan Breau, Reader in International Law and Assistant Associate Dean for Research, School of Law, University of Surrey
Alex Fitch, CAMPACC

International law recognises the legal right of peoples to self-determination but under the proscription regimes adopted by the EU, UN, USA, UK and other states, armed struggle in self-defence has been criminalised as 'terrorism'. How has the 'war on terror' impacted on the right of peoples to self-determination and what are the implications for solidarity movements?

Tuesday 16 September

Proscription, designation and UK law: executive powers, extraordinary regimes

Henry Miller, Birnberg Peirce & Partners Solicitors
Anne McMurdie, Public Law Solicitors
Imran Khan, Imran Khan & Partners Solicitors
Ed Grieves, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers

The Terrorism Act 2000 gave the UK government the power to ban any organisation it deems terrorist, anywhere in the world. The Treasury can also 'designate' individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activity and freeze their funds. How does proscription and designation work in practice?

Tuesday 21 October

National security, proscription and foreign policy: 'war on terror', new world order?

Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Development
Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies, Bradford University and openDemocracy's International Security Editor
David Chandler, Professor of International Relations, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster

By labelling some struggles as 'terrorist' and others as legitimate, the major world powers have entrenched George W. Bush's distinction between 'good' and 'evil'. What are the 'deep politics' of the 'war on terror'?

All these seminars are free and will be held in Room SG01, College of Law, 14 Store Street WC1E 7DE, from 6.30-8.30pm.

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