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WHAT: Iraq’s political stability and successful 
transition to democracy includes the prosecution of leading figures under the Saddam Hussein regime. Such top Baath Party officials, which included Ali Hasan al Majid (Chemical Ali) and Taha Yasin Ramadan, participated in heinous atrocities against fellow Iraqis since Saddam’s rise to power in the late 1970s up until Iraq’s occupation by coalition forces in 2003. These crimes against humanity included systematic torture, mass killings, and ethnic cleansing. FIU’s Middle East Society will present a lecture by Hannibal Travis entitled, “Justice after Saddam: War Crimes Trials in Iraq” which will explore some of these trials and the prosecution process itself.
WHO: Hannibal Travis is an assistant professor at FIU’s College of Law. He has published widely on genocide and human rights and is the author of the first comprehensive history of physical and cultural genocide in the Middle East and North Africa. He has book chapters forthcoming from Oxford University Press, Thomson Reuters, and Transaction Publishers. Travis has also published articles on copyright, trademark, and antitrust law in the American University Law Review, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Hofstra Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, Pepperdine Law Review, University of Miami Law Review, Virginia Journal of Law and Technology, and Yale Journal of Law and Technology. For more information about Travis visit http://law.fiu.edu/uploads/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=257&Itemid=449
WHEN AND WHERE: 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 in Room 194 in the Academic 1 Building of FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus, 3000 NE 151st St., North Miami. The event is open to the public and parking is free.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact the Middle East Society at 305-919-5381.
Media Contact: Lissette Lanza at 305-348-2232.
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About MES:
MES is a component of the School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. Headquartered on FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus, MES is an organization dedicated to attracting high-profile speakers and hosting interactive events related to the Middle East. The MES provides its members with a unique opportunity to discuss and debate matters related to the region with top experts from around the globe in an academic setting. MES’ ultimate goal is to help secure FIU’s place as a center of debate and learning on matters concerning the Middle East. In addition, through its outreach to the local community, MES is an important funding source for student scholarships. Our speakers have included published scholars, featured pundits, and award-winning reporters. As an MES member you not only support our students and programming in international relations, but you also help secure a future for the university as a thriving center of learning. For more information about MES go to http://international.fiu.edu/uploads/index.php?name=middle_east_society
About FIU:
Florida International University was founded in 1965 and is Miami’s only public research university. With a student body of more than 38,000, its 17 colleges and schools offer more than 200 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations and law. More than 100,000 FIU alumni live and work in South Florida. FIU has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “High Research Activity University”. In August 2009, FIU welcomed the inaugural class of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu.
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