The Valpo Core

A lecture by Graeme Mitchell, Q.C.

We are having a very important lecture tomorrow at 4:00 at the law school that you may find absorbing–imagine being picked up at age 15 on the battlefield in Afghanistan and then taken to Guantanamo. That is the plight of the detainee the law school’s Scholar-in-Residence, Graeme Mitchell, Q.C., will discuss in the Benson classroom at the law school (Wesemann Hall) tomorrow (2/18) at 4 pm. Khadr, a Canadian citizen living abroad, was only 15 years old when he was taken to Guantanamo after being captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan under suspicion of killing an American soldier. He has served more than six years in detention. His incarceration at such a young age, his treatment as a presumed terrorist, and the conditions at the Guantanamo facility have all made his case controversial. In one poll, more than 64% of Canadians supported his release. Mr. Mitchell is one of Canada’s most important humans rights lawyers and will discuss Khadr’s situation from the perspective of Canadian and American law and human rights.