International Conference: Toward A Human Right to Claim Innocence

As the innocence movement expands beyond national boundaries and the number of exonerations increases worldwide, scholars and advocates have identified an “innocence gap” in international law. International law should play a bigger role in pushing nation states to ensure fair opportunities for wrongfully convicted people to have their cases reviewed for factual innocence. Speakers at the conference will analyze how to move towards recognition of an international right to assert a claim of factual innocence. International law experts who have played a role in gaining recognition for other “new rights” will share their insights into how it can be achieved.

This conference features three panels held on three consecutive days (Nov. 2, 3 and 4):

Panel One (Nov. 2, 10:30 AM-noon) features research on the “innocence gap” and preliminary ideas for closing the gap;

Panel Two (Nov. 3, 10:00-11:30 AM) discusses lessons learned from the creation of other “new rights” and the controversy this has sparked;

Panel Three (Nov. 4, 9:00-10:30 AM) focuses on how the new right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment was established.

This conference will be held in English on Zoom

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