Private Security, Public Order: Governance & Limits.
April 3rd and 4th, Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, Furman Hall
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The Institute for International Law and Justice invites you to attend our upcoming conference Private Security, Public Order: Governance & Limits, co-sponsored with the Center on Law and Security.
The conference aims to situate privatization of security in the larger context of private actors performing public functions with the goal of identifying elements that could be used in developing a regulatory framework for private military and security companies. The discussion will draw on the insights from work on privatization, regulation, and accountability in the emerging field of global administrative law.
Speakers include: Francoise Hampson, University of Essex; Michael Likosky, University of Wisconsin; Olivier De Schutter, Catholic University of Louvain; Chia Lehnardt, Humboldt University; Gabor Rona, Human Rights First; Mariana Mota Prado, University of Toronto; Fred Aman, Suffolk University Law School; Laura Dickinson, University of Connecticut School of Law; Jacqueline Ross, University of Illinois College of Law; Simon Chesterman, New York University School of Law and National University of Singapore; Erica Razook, Amnesty International; Daphne Barak-Erez, Tel Aviv University; and Ryan Kelty, West Point University.
The conference will take place over two days, April 3rd and 4th, at the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street, New York 10012. This event is free and open to the public.
In conjunction with the above conference, the Center on Law and Security is hosting a discussion on Privatizing Defense: Blackwater, Contractors, and American Security. The discussion, co-sponsored by the Institute for International Law and Justice, will focus on the outsourcing phenomenon and its ramifications for American institutions, the future of the military, and the national security community, and will feature speakers from within the private security industry, journalists, and lawyers.
This session will be held on April 3rd, 1:45 – 5:45 pm at the Martin Lipton Hall, 110 West 3rd Street, New York 10012. The event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, please email CLS@juris.law.nyu.edu. For further information, please visit www.lawandsecurity.org.
