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this event which launches a new book in which I have a chapter. Feel free
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<P><B><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"><FONT size=4>Interrogations, Forced
Feedings, and the Role of Health Professionals</FONT></SPAN>
</B><BR><BR><B>Wednesday, March 18, 2009<BR>6:00 PM<BR>Room
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involvement of health professionals in human rights and humanitarian law
violations has again become a live issue as a consequence of the U.S.
prosecution of conflicts with al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Iraq. Health
professionals—including MDs trained in psychiatry and PhDs trained in behavioral
psychology—have reportedly advised and assisted in coercive interrogation.
Health professionals have also been involved in forced feedings. Such practices
would not be unique to the United States nor the most extreme forms of abuse in
the world. <BR><BR>The direct involvement of medical professionals in torture
and covering up extrajudicial killings is a phenomenon common to many countries.
The rules are sometimes obvious, responsibility is clearly defined, and
violations are flagrant. In other situations, it is difficult to draw such clear
lines. A reexamination of the international norms, as developed in human rights
law, humanitarian law, and professional ethics can shed light on these
issues.<BR><BR>This event will commemorate the newest Harvard University Press
publication by the Human Rights Program, “<EM><STRONG>Interrogations, Forced
Feedings, and the Role of Health Professionals</STRONG></EM>.” The event will
feature four panelists who contributed to the volume, and will be moderated by
Professor Ryan Goodman, Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law and Director of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School.
Panelists for the event include:<BR><BR><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)">Scott Allen</SPAN></B><BR>Assistant Professor
(Clinical) Medicine, Brown University<BR>Co-Director, The Center for Prisoner
and Health Rights <BR>Medicine as Profession Fellow, Physicians for Human
Rights<BR><BR><B><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)">Robert Jay
Lifton</SPAN></B><BR>Lecturer on Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School<BR>Former
Director, Center on Violence and Human Survival at John Jay College of Criminal
Justice<BR><BR><B><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)">Stephen
Soldz</SPAN></B><BR>Director of the Center for Research, Evaluation, and Program
Development at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis<BR>Founder, <A
href="http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/index.htm" target=new
rel=nofollow>Psychoanalysts for Peace and Justice</A><BR><BR><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)">Leonard Rubenstein</SPAN></B><BR>President and
former Executive Director, Physicians for Human Rights<BR>Jennings Randolph
Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace<BR><BR>For more information on
this event, contact the Human Rights Program at <A
href="mailto:hrp@law.harvard.edu" rel=nofollow>hrp@law.harvard.edu</A> or call
617-495-9362.<SPAN class=734403001-04032009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<P align=left><FONT size=2>Stephen Soldz<BR>Director, Center for Research,
Evaluation, and Program Development<BR>Boston Graduate School of
Psychoanalysis<BR>1581 Beacon St.<BR>Brookline, MA
02446<BR>ssoldz@bgsp.edu</FONT></P></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>