On May 18, 2017, Alberto Mora will speak to the club (and all others interested in human rights, public policy and effective strategy) about "Torture, US Foreign Policy
and Beyond".

Alberto Mora is Senior Fellow at Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. A former General Counsel to the US Navy, he led an effort within the Defense
Department to end coercive and unlawful interrogation tactics at Guantanamo. Countering those who call for harsh approaches, he continues as a leader against
the use of torture as reprehensible, ineffective and illegal. 

With U.S. President Trump threatening to re-instate "water-boarding and worse", U.S. experience with torture remains very relevant to the conduct of foreign policy today.
For background, please see the October 2016 article in Foreign Affairs: The Strategic Costs of Torture. 

To register for the event, please go to Eventbrite.

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Event Schedule:

6:00pm: Registration and Light Refreshments.  

6:45pm: Introduction (including welcome by John Packer, Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa.
Alberto Mora will be introduced by his former classmate, Margaret Huber, Harvard Club of Ottawa President).

Talk by Alberto Mora, followed by Question and Answer period.

Thank you remarks by Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada.