TONIGHT!

* CONFRONTING WAR CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN * Amnesty International invites you to the first in a series of panels bringing attention to war crimes against women. Violence against Women as a Weapon of War: Causes and Consequences October 19, 2005 * 7:00-9:00pm * Reception 6:30-7:00 (Refreshments will be served) Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104 435 W 116th Street at Amsterdam Avenue (Take the 1 train to W 116th Street; walk one block east) Admission free. Join Amnesty International in bringing attention to war crimes against women. Panelists will discuss how women are targeted during war and the legal and practical challenges in bringing criminals to justice and treating survivors. At every event, there will be opportunities to take action. You can do something meaningful to help - and we'll make it easy for you. Panelists: * Christine Hansen, Executive Director, The Miles Foundation (moderator), is an expert on gender violence associated with U.S. Armed Forces. * Kelly Askin, Senior Legal Officer, International Justice, the Justice Initiative of the Open Society Institute, is the J. Skelly Wright Fellow at Yale Law School and served as legal advisor to the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. * Bill Berkeley, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at the School for International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, is a former editorial writer for the New York Times and author of The Graves Are Not Yet Full - Race, Tribe and Power in the Heart of Africa. * Sonia Navani, Program Officer, Gender-Based Violence & Reproductive Health, International Rescue Committee, is a gender violence specialist with extensive experience in West and East Africa. RSVP (optional) to AmnestyRSVP@yahoo.com. Beginning on October 16th, for more information on the panel series, please visit www.WarCrimesAgainstWomen.org. Sponsored by: Amnesty International(AI) * AI Women's Human Rights Action Team * AI Group 11 * Columbia Law School AI * Columbia Law School Domestic Violence Project * Columbia University AI * New York University AI * NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Studies * NYU Law Students for Human Rights