WARS ON TERRORISM AND IRAQ:
Human Rights, Unilateralism, and
U.S. Foreign Policy

edited by

Thomas G. Weiss, Margaret E. Crahan, and John Goering

Table of Contents

Foreword, Mary Robinson
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

Introduction:
The Distressing Serendipity of War, Human Rights, and Sovereignty—The Case of the United States
Thomas G. Weiss, Margaret E. Crahan, and John Goering

Part One: Framing the Debate

1. The Interplay of Domestic Issues, Human Rights, & U.S. Foreign Policy
   Tom J. Farer
   
2. Pre-emption and Exceptionalism in U.S. Foreign Policy:
   Precedent and Example in the International Arena
   Judith Lichtenberg

Part Two: The War on Terrorism and Human Rights

3. U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights in an Era of Insecurity
   David P. Forsythe
   
4. Unintended International Consequences of the War on Terrorism
   Jack Donnelly
   
5. The Fight Against Terrorism:
   The Bush Administration’s Dangerous Neglect of Human Rights
   Kenneth Roth

Part Three: U.S. Multilateralism in the Wake of Iraq

6. Bush, Iraq, & the UN: Whose Idea Was This Anyway?
   Edward C. Luck
   
7. The War Against Iraq: Strategic and Normative Implications
   Mohammed Ayoob
   
8. The Future of U.S.-European Relations
   Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
   
9. Legal Unilateralism
   José Alvarez
   
10. Tactical Multilateralism: U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Middle East
    Bruce Jones

Conclusion

11. Whither Human Rights, Unilateralism, and U.S. Foreign Policy?
    Thomas G. Weiss, Margaret Crahan, and John Goering

Notes
Index
About the Contributors

4-6 pm, President’s Conference Room 8201.01

Speakers:
Tom J. Farer, Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, former President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States

Michael Posner, Executive Director, The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

Discussants:
Rhonda Copelon, Professor, The City University of New York Law School; Vice President, Center for Constitutional Rights; Co-founder, International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic, CUNY Law School

Anthony C. E. Quainton, President, National Policy Association, former Director General of the US Foreign Service, former Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, former U.S. Ambassador to the Central African Empire , Kuwait , Nicaragua , Peru

Moderator:
Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate School

4-6 pm , President’s Conference Room 8201.01

Speakers:
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch

Judith Lichtenberg, Associate Professor and Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy, University of Maryland

Discussants:
Zehra Arat, Professor of Political Science and Women’s Studies, Purchase College, State University of New York

Mehdi Bozorgmehr, Associate professor, Sociology Department, Co-Director, Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, The CUNY Graduate Center

Marta Varela, Adjunct Professor, Hunter College , and former Chair and Commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights

Moderator:
Margaret E. Crahan, Dorothy Epstein Professor, History Department, Hunter College and The CUNY Graduate School

4-6 pm , President’s Conference Room 8201.01

Speakers:
Jack Donnelly, Andrew Mellon Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver

David Forsythe, Charles J. Mach Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Discussants:
Domna Stanton, Distinguished Professor, French Department, The CUNY Graduate Center , Board of Directors, Human Rights Watch

Yvonne Terlingen, Representative at the United Nations, Amnesty International

Moderator:
Margaret E. Crahan, Dorothy Epstein Professor, History Department, Hunter College and The CUNY Graduate School

6:30-8:00 pm , Elebash Recital Hall (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

Speakers:
Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations

Ann Beeson, Co-Chair, International Civil Liberties Task Force, American Civil Liberties Union

Jack Donnelly, Andrew Mellon Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver

David Forsythe, Charles J. Mach Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Tracy Higgins, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Joseph R. Crowley Program in International Human Rights, Fordham Law School, Fordham University

James O.C. Jonah, Senior Fellow, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate Center, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General, former Finance Minister of Sierra Leone

Moderator:
Margaret E. Crahan, Dorothy Epstein Professor, History Department, Hunter College and The CUNY Graduate School

4-6 pm , President’s Conference Room 8201.01

Speakers:
Marcellus Andrews, Professor and Director, Center for Equality, Justice, and Pluralism, Baruch College

Discussants:
Penelope Andrews, Professor, CUNY Law School

Julie Fernandes, Senior Policy Analyst and Special Counsel, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

James O.C. Jonah, Senior Fellow, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate School, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General, former Finance Minister of Sierra Leone

Moderator:
John Goering, Professor of Political Science, Baruch College School of Public Affairs and The CUNY Graduate School

4-6 pm , President’s Conference Room 8201.01

Speakers:
Anne Bayefsky, Adjunct Professor and Associate Research Scholar, Columbia University School of Law, and NGO Delegate to the Durban Conference

John A. Powell, Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in the Americas, The Ohio State University

Discussants:
J. Michael Turner, Associate Professor of History and Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, Hunter College, NGO delegate to Durban Summit, USAID & UN Consultant on Africa

Moderator:
John Goering, Professor of Political Science, Baruch College School of Public Affairs and The CUNY Graduate School

6:30-8:00 pm , Rooms 9206 and 9207 (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

Speakers:
Anne Bayefsky, Adjunct Professor and Associate Research Scholar, Columbia University School of Law, and NGO Delegate to the Durban Conference

Gay J. McDougall, Executive Director of the International Human Rights Law Group, Representative to the World Conference Against Racism of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination

Andre M. Surena, Assistant Legal Advisor for Human Rights and Refugees, U.S. Department of State, Staff Delegate to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination, Staff to the UN World Conference Against Racism

John A. Powell, Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in the Americas, The Ohio State University

J. Michael Turner, Associate Professor of History and Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, Hunter College, NGO delegate to Durban Summit, USAID & UN consultant of Africa

Moderator:
John Goering, Professor of Political Science, Baruch College School of Public Affairs and The CUNY Graduate School

4-6 pm , President’s Conference Room 8201.01

Speakers:
Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, Vice-President and member of the Executive Board of Women in International Security and Adjunct Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Edward Luck, Director, Center on International Organization, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Discussants:
José E. Alvarez, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, Columbia University

David Malone, President, International Peace Academy

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Albert Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities Emeritus, The CUNY Graduate School *

Moderator:
Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate School

4-6 pm , President’s Conference Room 8201.01

Speakers:
Mohammed Ayoob, University Distinguished Professor of International Relations, James Madison College, Michigan State University *

Bruce Jones, Deputy Director and Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University

Discussants:
Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University Elayne Whyte, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica

Beth Baron, Professor, History Department, Co-Director, Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center , The CUNY Graduate School

Moderator:
Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate School

6:30-8:00 pm , Elebash Recital Hall (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

Speakers:
Mohammed Ayoob, University Distinguished Professor of International Relations, James Madison College, Michigan State University *

Beth Baron, Professor, History Department, Co-Director, Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, The CUNY Graduate Center

Giandomenico Picco, Chairman and CEO of GDP Associates, Inc., Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations acting as the Personal Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, former UN Assistant Secretary-General

Paul Heinbecker, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations

William L. Nash, Retired Major General, Senior Fellow and Director, Center For Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University

Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Information, United Nations

Moderator:
Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate School