Legal Frontiers
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<p>Welcome to Legal Frontiers, a podcast channel created by the University of Bristol Law School. Legal Frontiers puts the spotlight on how our academics are shaping a better world by leading the way in some of the most innovative areas of legal research. In our first series, we delve into the incredible story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was detained at the notorious Guantánamo Bay detention camp, without charge, for over a decade. We hear Mohamedou’s story as extracts from an event hosted by the University of Bristol’s Human Rights Implementation Centre to mark the shameful 20th anniversary of the facilities existence – an event that also put the spotlight on the significant role Bristol researchers have played in reducing incidence of torture around the world. Mohammedi’s defence lawyer, Nancy Hollander and Professor Sir Malcolm Evans, joined Mohamedou on stage and continue the conversation in this series.</p>
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July 22, 2022
Guantánamo Bay - Closing the door?
<p><strong>To wrap up this extraordinary series, we look at the prospects for closing Guant</strong><strong>á</strong><strong>namo, the need for mechanisms that hold States accountable for their crimes - and what the facility’s legacy means for international human rights</strong>. For the last time, criminal defence lawyer, Nancy Hollander, and Professor Sir Malcolm Evans come together to discuss how the United States of America ignored international human rights treaties – and what can be learnt from the role the University of Bristol's Human Rights implementation Centre already plays in reducing incidence of torture around the world.</p> <p><strong>4.Guantánamo Bay – Closing the door?</strong></p> <p>Professor Sir Malcolm Evans, Co-Director of The Human Rights Implementation Centre and the former Chair of the UN’s Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, hosts this series which explores the shameful 20th anniversary of the Guantánamo Bay Detention camp, discussing its impact and its legacy with former prisoner, Mohamedou Ould Slahi and his defence lawyer, Nancy Hollander.</p> <p>In this episode:</p> <p>For our fourth and final episode, Malcolm is joined by Nancy Hollander - an internationally recognised criminal defence lawyer who represented former Guantánamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi.</p> <p>Mohamedou was incarcerated at the naval base after being accused of involvement in planning the September 11 atrocities. He was one of the facility's first inmates. Here, Mohamedou endured years of torture, including assault, being blasted with heavy metal music and strobe lighting, and deprived of sleep for 70 days. Malcolm and Nancy discuss what closing Guantánamo looks like, the need for mechanisms that hold States accountable for their crimes – and the need for Guantánamo to not become a shield behind which others committing such acts can hide.</p> <p><strong>Further Reading/Viewing:</strong></p> <p>Guantánamo, torture and the mechanisms for change – bristol.ac.uk/research-guantanamo</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
July 12, 2022
Guantánamo Bay - Does torture work?
<p><strong>As we mark the shameful 20th anniversary of </strong><strong>Guantánamo</strong><strong> Bay, the third episode in this series asks if torture works. We hear, first hand, from Mohamedou Ould Slahi who reflects on what pain and fear meant to his perception of truth.</strong> His criminal defence lawyer, Nancy Hollander, and Professor Sir Malcolm Evans, former chair of the UNs Subcommittee for Prevention of Torture, extend the conversation to discuss how such a barbaric approach was possible in Guantánamo, in the 21st Century. </p> <p><strong>3.Guant</strong><strong>á</strong><strong>namo Bay – Does torture work?</strong></p> <p><strong>Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of torture and so listener discretion is advised. </strong></p> <p>Professor Sir Malcolm Evans, Co-Director of The Human Rights Implementation Centre and the former Chair of the UN’s Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, hosts this series which explores the shameful 20th anniversary of the Guantánamo Bay Detention camp, discussing its impact and its legacy with former prisoner, Mohamedou Ould Slahi and his defence lawyer, Nancy Hollander.</p> <p>In this episode:</p> <p><strong>Part 1- </strong>We hear extracts from a talk held at the University of Bristol Law School's Human Right's Implementation Centre in March 2022 featuring Mohamedou Ould Slahi - a Mauritanian citizen who was detained at the camp for 14 years without charge trial and Nancy Hollander - an internationally recognised criminal defence lawyer who represented Mohamedou while he was at Guantánamo.</p> <p><strong>Part 2 -</strong> Nancy joins Malcolm to reflect on Mohamedou’s experience, discussing whether torture works, whether evidence gleaned by such methods can even be used – and why, if international human rights treaties demands that no-one shall be subject to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment without exception, was it possible in Guantánamo?</p> <p><strong>Further Reading/Viewing:</strong></p> <p>Guantánamo, torture and the mechanisms for change – bristol.ac.uk/research-guantanamo</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
July 5, 2022
Guantánamo Bay - Being a Guantánamo Lawyer
<p><strong>Have you ever wondered what representing someone detained in a facility synonymous with secrecy and deception would be like? In the second episode of this series, we delve into the realities of striving for truth as a </strong><strong>Guantánamo</strong><strong> lawyer. </strong>Professor Sir Malcolm Evans, former chair of the UNs Subcommittee for Prevention of Torture, joins Nancy Hollander, the Guantánamo lawyer who represented Mohamedou Ould Slahi whilst he was detained there for 14 years without charge.</p> <p><strong>2.Guant</strong><strong>á</strong><strong>namo Bay - Being a Gu</strong><strong>á</strong><strong>ntanamo Lawyer</strong></p> <p>Professor Sir Malcolm Evans, co-Director of The Human Rights Implementation Centre and the former Chair of the UN’s Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, hosts this series which explores the shameful 20th anniversary of the Guantánamo Bay Detention camp, discussing its impact and its legacy with former prisoner, Mohamedou Ould Slahi and his defence lawyer, Nancy Hollander.</p> <p>In this episode:</p> <p><strong>Part 1- </strong>We hear extracts from a talk held at the University of Bristol Law School's Human Right's Implementation Centre in March 2022 featuring Mohamedou Ould Slahi- a Mauritanian citizen who was detained at the camp for 14 years without charge trial and Nancy Hollander - an internationally recognised criminal defense lawyer who represented Mohamedou while he was at Guantánamo.</p> <p><strong>Part 2 -</strong> Nancy joins Malcolm to reflect on what we have just heard to discuss further how she got involved in representing Mohamedou, what she thought when she first read his words about the treatment he was experiencing there - and how, little by little, she uncovered the truth about what was going on in Guantanamo.</p> <p><strong>Further Reading/Viewing:</strong></p> <p>Guantánamo, torture and the mechanisms for change – <a href="http://www.bristol.ac.uk/research-guantanamo">www.bristol.ac.uk/research-guantanamo</a></p> <p> </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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<p>Welcome to Legal Frontiers, a podcast channel created by the University of Bristol Law School. Legal Frontiers puts the spotlight on how our academics are shaping a better world by leading the way in some of the most innovative areas of legal research. In our first series, we delve into the incredible story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was detained at the notorious Guantánamo Bay detention camp, without charge, for over a decade. We hear Mohamedou’s story as extracts from an event hosted by the University of Bristol’s Human Rights Implementation Centre to mark the shameful 20th anniversary of the facilities existence – an event that also put the spotlight on the significant role Bristol researchers have played in reducing incidence of torture around the world. Mohammedi’s defence lawyer, Nancy Hollander and Professor Sir Malcolm Evans, joined Mohamedou on stage and continue the conversation in this series.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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