"Tortured Nation: Morality, Security, and Torture"
A panel discussion around the moral, political, and national security implications arising from the Senate Select Committee’s report on detention and interrogation. Panelists included Paolo Carozza, Director, Kellogg Institute for International Studies; Michael Desch, Co-Director, Notre Dame International Security Program; Thomas Durkin, Attorney, Durkin & Roberts, Chicago and Co-Director of the National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago School of Law; Kelly Jordan, U.S. Army, Ret., and Former Commander of the Notre Dame ROTC Program; and Jean Porter, Professor of Theological Ethics at Notre Dame.
Designed to engage the subject of torture from various perspectives, the event attracted wide attention from both student and faculty communities and provoked much thoughtful discussion.
Co-sponsored by The Center for Social Concerns, Human Rights ND, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
Paolo G. Carozza
Previously the director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies (2012-2022), Paolo Carozza is professor of law and concurrent professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. With expertise in comparative constitutional law, human rights, law and development, and international law, he focuses his research on Latin America, Western Europe, and international themes more broadly...
Michael C. Desch
Michael C. Desch is the Packey J. Dee Professor of International Relations at the University of Notre Dame and the founding director of the Notre Dame International Security Center. He specializes in international relations, American foreign policy, international security, political thought, and world politics. He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2013...