LawTalk Ep. 12 - 20 Years of the Global War on Terror

This episode, 20 Years of the Global War on Terror: Minnesota’s Leadership Defending the Rule of Law, discusses the impact of 9/11 and the “global war on terror” that was waged in response. The featured panelists for this event are: Amy Bergquist -- who coordinates advocacy at the UN and with regional human rights bodies. Focus areas include LGBTI rights, discrimination based on sexual orientation/gender identity, rights of minorities and non-citizens, and the death penalty. Hon. Jeffrey Keyes -- is a retired United States Magistrate Judge in the District of Minnesota.Since retiring from the bench in April 2016, Mr. Keyes has been actively engaged as a mediator and arbitrator in a wide variety of cases including intellectual property disputes. Nicole Moen -- is a shareholder and the co-chair of the Business Litigation Department of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Moen has also devoted considerable time to pro bono matters, and was part of a team of Fredrikson lawyers who represented a Guantanamo detainee for several years. Major Todd Pierce - retired from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps on November 30, 2012, where he had served as Military Commissions Defense Counsel representing Guantanamo prisoners beginning in 2008. Peter Thompson - practiced criminal law in Minnesota for 33 years. As an Assistant United States Attorney and Federal Public Defender, he prosecuted and defended federal criminal cases for seven years.Thompson has also been active with Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights regarding war crimes and human rights investigations in Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Haiti, India, Cambodia, and represented immigrants applying for political asylum in the United States. The keynote speaker is Fionnuala Ní Aoláin. Ni Aolain holds the Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society and is the faculty director of the Human Rights Center at Minnesota Law. In 2017, Professor Ní Aoláin was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council as United Nations Special Rapporteur. In this capacity she works closely with states and United Nations entities to advance human rights protections in some of the most difficult contexts globally. The event was moderated by Amanda Lyons, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at Minnesota Law. Providing opening remarks is Garry W. Jenkins, Dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law at Minnesota Law. This Human Rights Center event was recorded on September 15, 2021. Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast network, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu and following Minnesota Law on Twitter twitter.com/UofMNLawSchool.