June 22/Seattle: Litigating the Right to #Peace

Human Rights attorney Luis Roberto Zamora Bolaños sued his government for violating the Peace Clause in its Constitution: and won! How did he do it?
Attorney Zamora will discuss

• Costa Rica’s “Peace Constitution”;
• His successful lawsuit to block the Costa Rican government's unconstitutional support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq;
• The use of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to protect and institutionalize the right to peace;
• Cooperation with Japanese lawyers and peace organizations to safeguard Article 9 (“Peace Article”) of Japan’s Constitution.

Luis Roberto
Zamora Bolaño

This event is free and open to the public; all are invited to the reception following. Attorneys should pre-register to ensure earning credit; others are encouraged to respond to the evite to help with the head-count.
Title:
Litigating the Right to Peace
When/Where:
June 22, 2013
7 PM - 9 PM
Seattle University School of Law
901 12th Ave
Seattle, WA.
Speaker:
Human Rights attorney Luis Roberto Zamora Bolaños successfully litigated an end to Costa Rica's participation in a war of aggression. For more about his work, see http://www.peaceasahumanright.org.
By:
Washington State Bar Association World Peace Through Law Section
With help from the National Lawyers' Guild and El Centro de la Raza
Credit:
Approved for 2 General Credits (WA ID )
More:
http://www.wsba.org/Events-Calendar/2013/June/Litigating-the-Right-to-Peace