Join us for an engaging conversation between CCR Senior Staff Attorney Pam Spees, Kiobel lead counsel Paul Hoffman, and others on the intersection of human rights and LGBTIQ rights, moderated by Professor Aslı Ü. Bâli.

The event will focus on SMUG v. Lively, a federal lawsuit on behalf of a non-profit umbrella organization for LGBTI advocacy groups in Uganda against Scott Lively, a U.S.-based anti-gay extremist, for his role in the persecution of LGBTI people in Uganda, in particular his active participation in the conspiracy to strip away their fundamental rights. Pam Spees, lead counsel in the case, will deliver a keynote address discussing the case, human rights lawyering, lawyering for the rights of sexual minorities, and the future of the Alien Tort Statute. A panel including Pam, Paul Hoffman, and Jesse Bernstein will follow the keynote address to discuss various approaches to achieving LGBTI rights around the globe, including but not limited to the use of the Alien Tort Statute.

Click here to RSVP online. The event will be followed by a courtyard dinner reception and cocktail hour, with networking opportunities for students.

Pam Spees is a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Paul Hoffman is a partner at Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP and was the lead counsel for the petitioners on the Alien Tort Statute case Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum.

Jesse Bernstein is the Team Lead in the Department of State's Office of Global Programs, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

Professor Aslı Ü. Bâli (moderator) is Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law.

Sponsored by OUTLaw, IHRLA, ICLP, The Williams Institute, Epstein Public Interest Law and Policy Program, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP