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In the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, practitioners in international conflict resolution and peacebuliding must become aware of their risk of exposure to criminal prosecution for violation of a Federal statute prohibiting the giving of “material support” to groups designated by the Department of State as “Foreign Terrorist Organizations.” What are the risks? What can be done to mitigate those risks? What are the moral choices? What is the professional responsibility of a practitioner?
Facilitators and Discussants:
Sara Cobb, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Director of the Center for the Study of Narrative and Conflict Resolution
Julian L. Shepard (M.S. graduate student)
Attorney & Counselor-at-Law
Washington, DC
Resources:
The following list of Resources is available upon request. Email [email protected] for the PDF files
18 U.S.C. Section 18 U. S. C. §2339B – the statute criminalizing the provision of material support to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)
HOLDER v. HUMANITARIAN LAW PROJECT, No. 08–1498. Argued February 23, 2010—Decided June 21, 2010¸51 U.S. _______(Slip Op.)
Transcript of Oral Argument in Holder v.Humanitarian Law Project
List of prosecutions under the material support statute in 2010