Terrorism on Trial: Insights from the French Bataclan Trial and Beyond

This seminar will explore how justice has been mobilized to combat terrorism from a national and global perspective.
Dr Sharon Weill will discuss the Bataclan trial, which is currently taking place in Paris in the wake of the major terrorist attack of November 2015, considering what lessons can be learned for the prosecution of mass crimes. She has been observing French terrorism trials since 2017 as part of a research group financed by the French Ministry of Justice (Mission droit et Justice).
Dr Anne Charbord will situate this trial within the global legal architecture developed since 9/11. She will present the mandate of the Rapporteur and address the main concerns to human rights with reference to her own professional experience.
Speakers:

• Sharon Weill, Associate Professor of international law at the American University of Paris; Research Associate at CERI-Sciences Po; Faculty member at PSIA-Sciences Po
• Anne Charbord, Senior legal advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism; Faculty member at PSIA-Sciences Po.

More information and registration: www.sciencespo.fr/psia
©Police officer stands guard outside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, France on Nov. 13, 2016 – Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis