Oct 10/Minneapolis, MN - Inhumanity of the Death Penalty: International Jurisprudence and a Morocco Case Study (#deathpenalty)

This presentation will examine the international, regional, and foreign domestic jurisprudence on the death penalty as cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. This presentation will also profile Morocco’s compliance with the Convention against Torture in the context of The Advocates’ recent submission to the UN Committee against Torture on the death penalty in Morocco. This is a brown bag lunch. Beverages will be provided.

This CLE is free and open to the public. Application for one CLE credit will be made.

Title:
Inhumanity of the Death Penalty: International Jurisprudence and a Morocco Case Study

Monday, October 10, 2011 12:00 PM
Location: Dorsey & Whitney, 50 South Sixth Street Suite 1500, Minneapolis
Faculty:
Tony Beasley is an associate at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP in its Intellectual Property Litigation department. Tony received his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School and his B.S. from DePaul University. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association, and American Intellectual Property Law Association. He has volunteered for The Advocates for Human Rights on asylum cases and UN advocacy.
Rosalyn Park is the Research Director for The Advocates for Human Rights. She received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School and her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rosalyn has assisted in conducting fact-finding missions in Bulgaria, Tajikistan, Croatia, and Sierra Leone. She has co-authored several publications and is a frequent guest lecturer in the community. She is admitted to practice in Minnesota.
To RSVP, please email rpark@advrights.org or call in 612.746-4676.
Additional resources:

• Facts and Figures on the Death Penalty
• Brochure on World Day against the Death Penalty 2011
• Mobilization Kit 2011
• Petition 2011 -- For the 4th vote of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, we, the undersigned, call on all retentionist states to establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty with a view to abolishing this inhumane penalty!

More:
http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/inhumanity_of_the_death_penalty_international_jurisprudence_ainhumanity_of_the_death_penalty_international_jurisprudence_and_a_morocco_case_study_nd_a_morocco_case_study.html