April 15, 2008 Congressional Pakistan Caucus Briefing

Congressional Pakistan Caucus Briefing Restoring Judicial Independence in Pakistan: Purpose, Progress and Continuing Obstacles

10:00-11:30 AM
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
2237 Rayburn

The focus of the briefing will be recent promises to restore the constitution and an independent judiciary, what steps are actually being taken by the government, and what obstacles lay ahead. During this period of transition, it is imperative that we examine these pressing issues in Pakistan, a nation that is a friend of the United States and a vital ally in the war on terror.

The distinguished panel consists of:

Ali Ahsan, Attorney and son of Pakistani lawyers’ movement leader Aitzaz Ahsan;

Nadeem Azam, Pakistani lawyer and Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Studies Center at the University of Peshawar;

Justice Richard J. Goldstone, Former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, former chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center; and

Maureen Byrnes, Executive Director of Human Rights First (Moderator).

Please contact Samia Elshafie (Samia.Elshafie@mail.house.gov) at 225-3816 with any questions or for additional information.