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July 2006

Audio FileA Conference: Freedom from Nuclear Weapons: Through Legal Accountability and Good Faith. Radio Nizkor, Jul/Aug 2006.


The conference "Freedom from Nuclear Weapons - Through Legal Accountability and Good Faith" took place on 6-7 July 2006 in the European Parliament in Brussels. It marked the tenth anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. In this Opinion, the Court, unanimously decided that "the threat or use of nuclear weapons would generally be contrary to the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, and in particular the principles and rules of humanitarian law".

This Conference was organised by the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Abolition 2000 Europe, the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms and the International Peace Bureau. It was sponsored by MEPs Gisela Kallenbach and Caroline Lucas on behalf of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament.

Equipo Nizkor and Radio Nizkor participated by digitally recording and making available online all of the speeches.

Audio File Go to the audio documents of the Conference on International Law & Nuclear Weapons.


May 2004

Fichero AudioInterview with Benjamin Ferencz, former Nuremberg Prosecutor and peace advocate. Radio Nizkor, 30May04.


Radio Nizkor has interviewed Benjamin Ferencz on a number of issues which concern the developments and current situation with regard to international law. Benjamin Ferencz is a former Nuremberg Prosecutor and a peace advocate. He is Adjunct Professor of International Law at Pace University and founder of the Pace Peace Center.

We have asked Benjamin Ferencz to tell us about the following:

  • His indictment in the Einsatzgruppen case and the "criminal organization" nature of these extermination units.
  • His analysis on the current situation surrounding the Internacional Criminal Court.
  • About the supreme crime of all international crimes, that is to say, the crime of aggression.
  • The US performance of going into war in Iraq leaving aside the UN.
  • The problems arising from the deterioration of civil liberties after 9/11, specially in the US.
  • Torture in Iraq.

This interview was recorded on May 24, 2004 using a Telos communication system between Radio Nizkor's studios in Madrid and New Rochelle, NY.

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File name Real Player format Mp3 format Time (minutes) Language
ferencz Click on icon REAL PLAYER Click on icon MP3 00:44:56 ENG


February 2004

Fichero AudioHuman Rights and Peace Negotiations: The Filipino Peace Negotiation Model.
Prof. Richard Wilson interviews Rey Claro Casambre, Executive Director of the Philippine Peace Center, Convenor of Pilgrims for Peace. Radio Nizkor, 25Feb04


During the seminar on "States of Exception and Strategies for Peace and for the Defence of Civil Rights", held in Brussels between the 27th. and the 29th. of March 2003, Richard Wilson- Professor of Law and Director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington, D.C.- took the opportunity to interview Rey Claro Casambre about the Filipino Peace Negociations Model.

The importance of this interview relies on the fact that there is a lack of concrete information about the Filipino peace process. Also, in these peace negotiations International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law are clearly used, which promotes a better comprehension of the important role of these two elements in any peace negotiation process.

This interview was first recorded in Brussels (Belgium) on March 28, 2003; its digitization, production and online posting have been carried out by Radio Nizkor on February 22, 2004.

File name Real Player format Mp3 format Time (minutes) Language
phl1 Click on icon REAL PLAYER Click on icon MP3 01h06m25ss ENG


Fichero AudioUS policy after 9/11: The situation of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission Response.
By Richard Wilson, Professor of Law and Director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington, D.C. Radio Nizkor, 13Feb04


This speech by Prof. Richard Wilson was delivered at the seminar on "States of Exception and Strategies for Peace and for the Defence of Civil Rights", organized by Equipo Nizkor and held in Brussels between the 27th. and the 29th. of March 2003.

Richard Wilson analyses the "legal black hole" surrounding the status of the Guantanamo detainees, as well as the question of precautionary measures that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has asked the US government to adopt.

The Commission decided during its 114th regular period of sessions to adopt precautionary measures on behalf of the Guantanamo detainees. The Commission asserted that:

    "....where persons find themselves within the authority and control of a state and where a circumstance of armed conflict may be involved, their fundamental rights may be determined in part by reference to international humanitarian law as well as international human rights law. Where it may be considered that the protections of international humanitarian law do not apply, however, such persons remain the beneficiaries at least of the non-derogable protections under international human rights law. In short, no person under the authority and control of a state, regardless of his or her circumstances, is devoid of legal protection for his or her fundamental and non-derogable human rights".

What is this "Legal Black Hole" and what is the executive branch's theory as to why these individuals are caught there?

"The US applies a perverse logic to conclude that all the individuals detained in Guantamo are 'unlawful combatants' ".

This is what Richard Wilson clearly explains us.

This speech was first recorded in Brussels (Belgium) on March 27, 2003; its digitization, production and online posting have been carried out by Radio Nizkor on February 22, 2004.

File name Real Player format Mp3 format Time (minutes) Language
Part I: gtmo1 Click on icon REAL PLAYER Click on icon MP3 00:29:19 ENG
Part II: gtmo2 Click on icon REAL PLAYERClick on icon MP3 00:31:52 ENG

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