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An international human rights conference marked the 40th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. This collection of papers and proceedings invites the reader to share in discussions by leading human rights scholars and advocates. The collection includes speeches by Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel and Chilean human rights activist Carmen Quintana. Also included is the free speech/group libel/pornography debate between lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Judge Maxwell Cohen, lawyer Arthur Jethmalani, and legal theorist Kathleen Mahoney. Other papers include those of South African human rights lawyer Arthur Chaskalson and US Member of Parliament Paul Boateng; and war crimes specialists Irwin Citler, litigator David Matas, Australian Chief Justice Michael Kirby, and Alan Ryan Jr, former head of the US Office of Special Investigations

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It is not often that one can say of a book containing the papers and proceedings of a human rights conference - even a major international one such as this - that it is a significant and historical document. Well this is one. Alan M. Dershowitz, Harvard Law School, civil liberties lawyer and commentator. A truly stimulating intellectual discussion. M.K. Schumaker, Department of Religion, Queen's University.

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