Major General (US Army, Retired) Antonio ‘Tony’ M. Taguba served 34 years on active duty until his retirement on January 1, 2007. He has served in numerous senior leadership and staff positions most recently as Deputy Commanding General, Combined Forces Land Component Command during Operations Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait and Iraq, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, and as Deputy Commanding General for Transformation, US Army Reserve Command. He is a member of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Mi‐ nority Veterans and serve as Chairman of the Pan Pacific American Leaders and Mentors (PPALM) group—an advocacy group committed toward increasing and maintaining representation of Asian American military and civilian leaders in the US Army. He is also an advocate and ardent supporter of Veterans and their fami‐ lies with regards to benefits and compensation related issues. Born in Manila, Philippines in 1950, he graduated from Idaho State University in 1972 with a BA degree in History. He holds MA degrees from Webster University in Public Administration, Salve Regina University in International Relations, and US Naval War College in National Security and Strategic Studies.
Torture, Conscience and the Catholic Moral Tradition March 19, 2009 · 19pm
Special Thanks To:
Tom Haederle, Public Affairs Director, Columbus School of Law Greg Stack, Media Services Director, Columbus School of Law Joan Vorrasi, Director of Student Life & Special Events, Columbus School of Law Aramark Catering for this evening's dinner and service
Moot Court Room Columbus School of Law Catholic University Washington, D.C.
Sponsoring Organizations • • •
The Catholic Leadership Council of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture The Life Cycle Institute, the Catholic University of America Center for International Social Development, the Catholic University of America
Acknowledgements The sponsoring organizations acknowledge and thank the following individuals for their generous help with planning the conference. Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., Editor in Chief, America Magazine Marie Dennis, Director, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Virginia Farris, Policy Advisor, Eurasia/Human Rights United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Walter Grazer, Chair of NRCAT’s Catholic Leadership Council and Special Advisor, National Religious Partnership on the Environment Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love, Associate Professor of International Politics at Catholic University Sr. Marie Lucey OSF, Associate Director for Social Mission Leadership Conference of Women Religious T. Michael McNulty, S.J., the Justice and Peace Director, Conference of Major Supe‐ riors of Men Gerald Powers, Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame Dr. Stephen Schneck, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Politics, Life Cycle Institute Dr. Karla Simon, J.D., LL.M. Co‐Director, CISD Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law Jean Stokan, Policy Director, Pax Christi USA Russ Testa, Director of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC), Franciscan Friars – Holy Name Province
Panel Discussion #3: Responsibilities of Catholics in the Public Square: The Question of Accountability in the Use of Torture Bill Barbieri is Associate Professor of Ethics in the School of Theology and Reli‐ gious Studies and director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program at the Catholic University of America. He is an associate member of the Life Cycle Institute and a founding member of the Center for International Social Development at CUA, and serves on the boards of the Peace and Justice Studies Association (U.S.) and the In‐ stitute for Theology and Peace (Germany). His chief research interests are in com‐ parative religious ethics and the relations between ethics and political theory, and he has written on topics including human rights, multicultural citizenship, capital punishment, and the theory of justice. Joshua Casteel served as a US Army interrogator and Arabic linguist at Abu Ghraib prison from June 2004 to January 2005. Shortly thereafter he was discharged from service as a conscientious objector. June 19th 2006 Joshua appeared alongside Va‐ clav Havel, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, and Jeremy Irons on the stage of the Royal Court Theatre for Human Rights Watch’s Cries From the Heart performing a mono‐ logue from his play, Returns, directed by David Gothard of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. Joshua was featured in Gary Younge’s Guardian article, “We Shall Not Be Moved” (26 August 2006), has published a book, Letters From Abu Ghraib, and cur‐ rently lives in Iowa City where he is at work on a memoir. Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love is an award winning international educator, New York Times Best Selling author, and tenured associate professor of international politics at Catholic University. Dr. Cusimano Love’s academic focus is in the areas of globalization, terrorism, security, non‐state actors, ethics and U.S. foreign policy. She has taught military officers through Catholic University's Pentagon pro‐ gram. Dr. Cusimano Love serves on the International Policy Committee, advising the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops on international affairs. She serves on the Board for the Jesuit Refugee Service, the Advisory Board for the University of Notre Dame Kroc Institute Catholic Peacebuilding Network, the Advisory Board for Georgetown University’s Project on Globalization and Culture, and is a Fellow of the Catholic University Life Cycle Institute. Dr. Cusimano Love served on the Council on Foreign Relations Terrorism and Homeland Security project, in which she advised Canadian, Caribbean, and U.S. government and private sector leaders on globaliza‐ tion, terrorism, and homeland security. Dr. Cusimano Love is columnist for America magazine, where she writes on ethics and public affairs. Recent publications include "Beyond Sovereignty: Issues for a Global Agenda," and forthcoming "Morality Matters: Ethics and the war on terror."
Panelists Doug Cassel is Professor of Law, Notre Dame Presidential Fellow and Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School, where he teaches courses on international human rights law, including torture. He was Legal Adviser to the United Nations Commission on the Truth for El Salvador, and has advised governments and non‐governmental organizations on transitional justice issues in Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, Northern Ireland, Panama and Peru. He co‐chairs the International Committee of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, and serves on the Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Center of the American Bar Association. Professor Cassel is a graduate of Yale Col‐ lege and Harvard Law School. Dr. Mary Fabri is the Senior Director of Torture Treatment Services and Interna‐ tional Training at Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center in Chicago, IL. Dr. Fabri has devoted her career to working in the public sector, including previous positions as a staff psychologist at Cook County Hospital and as Program Director for the Bosnian Mental Health Program and the Refugee Mental Health Training Program, both at Heartland Alliance. She provides national and international train‐ ing and consultation on issues of torture and severe trauma. She is currently work‐ ing in East Africa (Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo), training health providers on the long‐term consequences of trauma and implications for treatment. Dr. Fabri is also training Kurdish and Arab health care providers at Heartland Alliance’s Torture Rehabilitation & Training Center in northern Iraq. She has worked as a consultant and trainer in Guatemala and Haiti. She has published and presented internation‐ ally on the psychological consequences of torture, refugee mental health, cross‐ cultural psychotherapy, and the dilemma of revictimization, among other pertinent topics. Dr. Fabri served on the Executive Committee for the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs for seven years (2002 – 2009) and five of those seven years as president. George A. Lopez is a founding faculty of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, having come to Notre Dame in 1986. His research focuses on the problems of state violence and coercion, especially economic sanctions, gross violations of human rights, terrorism and ethics and the use of force. He has published in a wide range of social science and policy journals on these themes. Lopez has been a fre‐ quent commentator “in the public square” on ethical issues regarding the use of force and the war on terror, especially on radio and television. He has written nu‐ merous articles for Commonweal, America,and Sojourner’s and more than a dozen major newspapers.
Schedule of Events Thursday March 19, 2009 1:00pm Conference Welcome 1:15‐3:15pm Panel Discussion #1: Catholic Social Teaching and the Use of Torture Moderator: Rev. Drew Christiansen , S.J., America Magazine
Panelists: Margaret O’Brien Steinfels, Fordham Center on Religion and Culture; Dr. Stephen Colecchi, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; Colonel W. Patrick Lang, Retired U.S. Military Intelligence and U.S. Army Special Forces
Panelists: Doug Cassel, Notre Dame Law School; Dr. Mary Fabri, Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center; George A. Lopez, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame
Moderator: Bill Barbieri, Catholic University of America Panelists: Gen. Anthony Taguba, Retired U.S. Army; Maryann Cusimano Love, the Catholic University of America; Joshua Casteel, Former U.S. Army Interrogator
3:15‐3:30pm Break 3:30:5:30pm Panel Discussion #2: Peacebuilding and Torture: How Can We Build a Just Peace in Light of the Use of Torture in Conflict Situations? Moderator: Marie Dennis, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
5:45‐7:00pm Dinner 7:00‐9:00pm Panel Discussion #3: Responsibilities of Catholics in the Public Square: The Question of Accountability in the Use of Torture.
Panel Discussion #1: Catholic Social Teaching and the Use of Torture Moderator Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J. has been editor‐in‐chief of the national Jesuit weekly America since 2005. From 1991 to 1998, he headed the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Office of International Justice and Peace, and from 1998‐2004 he continued to serve as counselor for international affairs to the USCCB with special responsibility for the Middle East. From 1998 to 2002, at the request of the Holy See, he organized and staffed a coalition of bishops’ conferences working in support of the church in the Holy Land. Father Christiansen served as the lead staff person in the drafting of the bishops’ 1993 peace pastoral, The Harvest of Justice Is Sown In Peace, which provided the basis for USCCB’s post‐Cold War policy and for Renewing the Earth (1991), the bishops’ first environmental pastoral. He is co‐author of Forgiveness in Conflict Resolution (2004) and co‐editor of Peacemaking: Moral and Policy Challenges for the 90s (1994) and Michel Sabbah: Faithful Witness (2008). Panelists Dr. Stephen Colecchi is the Director of the Office of International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Dr. Colecchi holds a B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Philosophy and Religious Studies from Holy Cross College, an M.A. in Re‐ ligion from Yale University, and a Doctor of Ministry from St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore. He has written numerous articles on Catholic social teach‐ ing, social justice, political responsibility, jubilee, and the infusion of Catholic social teaching into Christian education programs. Dr. Colecchi authored a Leader’s Guide to Sharing Catholic Social Teaching and In the Footsteps of Jesus Parish Resource Manual, both published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Colonel W. Patrick Lang is a retired senior officer of U.S. Military Intelligence and U.S. Army Special Forces (The Green Berets). He served in the Department of De‐ fense both as a serving officer and then as a member of the Defense Senior Execu‐ tive for many years. He is a highly decorated veteran of several of America’s over‐ seas conflicts including the war in Vietnam. He was trained and educated as a spe‐ cialist in the Middle East by the U.S. Army and served in that region for many years. He was the first Professor of the Arabic Language at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. In the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) he was the “Defense Intelligence Officer for the Middle East, South Asia and Terrorism,”
and later the first “Director of the Defense Humint Service.” For his service in DIA, he was awarded the “Presidential Rank of Distinguished Executive,” the equivalent of a British knighthood. He is an analyst consultant for many television and radio broadcasts, among them the Jim Lehrer “Newshour.” Margaret O’Brien Steinfels, Co‐Director of the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture, is an editor, writer, and commentator. Before going to Fordham she served from 1988 to 2002 as the editor of Commonweal. She co‐directed “American Catho‐ lics in the Public Square,” a Commonweal Foundation project funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, and edited two volumes of essays from the project: American Catholics & Civic Engagement: A Distinctive Voice; American Catholics & American Culture: Tradition and Resistance. She has written for a variety of publications, including, America, Beliefnet.com, Christianity and Crisis, Church, Dissent, Hastings Center Report, Jewish Forward, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, National Catholic Reporter, New Republic, New York Teacher, New York Times Book Review, Origins, Psychology Today, and Slate.com. She has also served as a commentator on a variety of television and radio news programs. She is the author of Who’s Minding the Children? The History and Politics of Day Care in America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. She was editor of the Hastings Center Report from 1974 to1980; served as executive editor of Christianity and Crisis (1981‐84); and was founding editor of Church magazine (1984‐88).
Panel Discussion #2: Peacebuilding and Torture: How Can We Build a Just Peace in Light of the Use of Torture in Conflict Situations? Moderator Marie Dennis is director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns and co‐ president of Pax Christi International, the first woman and the first lay person to be elected to that position since Pax Christi was founded in 1945. She is also a Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace. Marie holds a masters degree in moral theology and is co‐author or author of seven books. She has traveled extensively in Latin America, Africa and Asia for Maryknoll and Pax Christi and is an active participant in international movements for peace and social justice, including as a founder of the Jubilee movement in the U.S. She has worked for Maryknoll for 20 years.
