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Date:
February 23, 2022
Start:
6:00pm
End:
7:15pm
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On the web:
https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/guantanamo-bay-human-rights-lawyering-and-the-mauritanian-a-conversation-with-nancy-hollander/

This event is co-sponsored by the Human Rights Law Society.

Please join us for a Zoom discussion with human rights and criminal defense lawyer Nancy Hollander on Wednesday, February 23rd from 6:00 until 7:15 PM. Before the event, we encourage you to watch The Mauritanian, which depicts Hollander’s representation of Guantanamo detainee, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Jodie Foster won a Golden Globe for her performance as Hollander.) The film will spark a discussion about the role of criminal defense lawyers in protecting human rights at Guantanamo Bay and beyond.

Nancy Hollander is an internationally recognized criminal defense attorney, well-known for representation of individuals and organizations accused of crimes the government deems related to national security. In addition to Ould Slahi, whose release she secured after fourteen years of detention at Guantanamo Bay, Hollander’s clients include Chelsea Manning and Abd Rahim Al-Nashiri. Though she has successfully represented Al-Nashri twice before the European Court of Human Rights, he is currently detained in Guantanamo Bay where he faces the death penalty. Hollander is a partner at Freedman, Boyd, Hollander & Goldberg P.A in Albuquerque, NM, an associate tenant at London’s Doughty Street Chambers, and of counsel with Savolainen Avocats, a Geneva-based firm.

The discussion will be moderated by Professors Karen Engle and Ranjana Natarajan. Professor Natarajan is the director of the Civil Rights Clinic at Texas Law and has been involved in representation of Guantanamo detainees and other post 9/11 national security litigation. Professor Engle is Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law and co-directs the Rapoport Center. She has written critically about the human rights movement’s reliance on criminal prosecution as its principal enforcement mechanism.

We encourage you to register as soon as possible. UT students, staff, and faculty will be provided with a link to watch The Mauritanian for free. All others are welcome to join us for the event and can view the movie for a fee through streaming services, such as Hulu, Showtime, YouTube, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime.

Specific audiences:
  • Texas Law students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • General public
Sponsored by:
  • Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.