Torture and Forgiveness at Guantánamo Bay

A videoconference with Mohamedou Ould Slahi about his book Guantánamo Diary, a first-hand account of his treatment as a prisoner at the Guantánamo Bay detention center. The event will also include expert discussants Larry Siems, the book's editor, and Juan Méndez, Former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, who is also the former director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame. The event will be moderated by Christine Cervenak, current Associate Director of the Center. For more information, click here.

This is a free but ticketed event. Seating is limited and will be available beginning Monday, January 22, at 12:00 noon at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Ticket Office. 

This Notre Dame Forum event is presented by the Center for Civil and Human Rights, with cosponsorship by the Kellogg International Scholars Program as well as the Center for Social Concerns; the Department of Film, Television and Theatre; the Global Policy Initiative of the Keough School of Global Affairs; the Glynn Family Honors Program; the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies; the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies; and the University Merit Scholarship Programs. Participating organizations include the AnBryce Scholars Initiative, the LL.M. Program and the LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law, and Human Rights ND.