The Weaving a Web of Accountability conference held in April 2010 explored achieving accountability for extraordinary rendition in North Carolina and at the regional level. The conference featured excellent program of speakers.

Going forward, the Accoutability for Torture NC web site will detail our efforts to hold accountable those responsible for the use fo tirture, and more specifically those using North Carolina as an anchor point in the international web of torture.

Sponsored by:

• Duke Human Rights Center
• North Carolina Stop Torture Now
• Immigration & Human Rights Policy Clinic at The University of North Carolina School of Law
• The International Human Rights Law Society at Duke University Law School

This conference was made possible through the generous support of the Duke Human Rights Center, North Carolina Stop Torture Now, the University of North Carolina School of Law Immigration & Human Rights Policy Clinic, the Karl von der Heyden Endowment at Duke University, the Trent Foundation, the UNC Office of International Affairs and the UNC Center for Global Initiatives, Robert Seymour of Chapel Hill, T. D. Poole of Clayton, several anonymous donors, and co-sponsors.

Background

These sites contain additional background information and news.

• The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle in Harper's magazine, by keynote speaker, Scott Horton
• Extraordinary rendition and a missing speaker, a Raleigh News & Observer op-ed about Edward Horgan's revoked visa, written by Christina Cowger.

For more information or to R.S.V.P (so we have an accurate count for lunch), please contact NC Stop Torture Now at contact@ncstoptorturenow.org, or Duke Human Rights Center at rights@duke.edu or (919) 668-6511.