Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of new technology on security issues, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.

Civil Military Relations in the Age of Hybrid War
Professor William C. Banks, Syracuse University
Professor Peter Feaver, Duke University, School of Political Science

While the evocative image of Darfur - widespread displacement and killing in the middle of vast deserts in western Sudan - has captured attention throughout the U.S. and the world, advocacy campaigns and activist efforts have not always addressed the thornier questions Darfur poses regarding genocide, international criminal law and the future of Sudan. On multiple occasions U.S. governmental officials have referred to Darfur as a genocide but did not view such a determination as requiring legal action. What does this mean for the doctrine of the "responsibility to protect"?

The Duke Center for Law, Ethics, and National Security and Duke Law School's Program in Public Law, in conjunction with several other departments and organizations in or affiliated with Duke University, sponsors a major conference entitled "Strategies for the War on Terrorism: Taking Stock." Panel 3: Interrogating Terrorists: The Torture Debate Featuring Peter D. Feaver, John D. Hutson, Heather MacDonald, and Marty Lederman

Recorded on April 07, 2005.

Panel titled: Interrogating Terrorists: The Torture Debate.