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title: 'Human Rights and the U.S. Death Penalty Webinar Series — Agenda'
description: 'Launch Event: Human Rights and the U.S. Death Penalty — Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Deputy Head of Mission Axel Dittmann, Federal Republic of…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/announcements/human-rights-and-the-u-s-death-penalty-webinar-series-agenda'
section: announcements
date: '2022-11-01T17:11:00-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T15:21:39-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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### Death Penalty Information Center   
Webinar Series on *Human Rights and the U.S. Death Penalty*

### Agenda

#### November 4 – December 2, 2022

#### *Supported by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany*

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**Launch Event: Human Rights and the U.S. Death Penalty — Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, 2:00 p.m. Eastern**

- **Deputy Head of Mission Axel Dittmann**, Federal Republic of Germany
- **Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis**, European Union Delegation to the U.S
- **John Bessler, Esq.**, Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law. Author of *The Death Penalty’s Denial of Fundamental Human Rights*.
- **Nathalie Greenfield, Esq.**, Fellow, Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
- **Diann Rust-Tierney, Esq.**, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center. Author of *Race, the Death Penalty, and the Foundations of American Democracy*.
- **Robert Dunham, Esq.**, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center

[Click here](https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/AMRIF_xUlDz9t3DGa-2EROaOTdSRL_Ugrm_n_4MQ0GE7fM_iYgCBp-6uh2KTJj_J.MRWooaQEvhYyyDdi) to view a recording of the event.

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**Webinar: Race, Human Rights, and the U.S. Death Penalty — Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, 11:00 a.m. Eastern**

- **Kristina Roth**, Senior Policy Associate, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- **Olivia Ensign**, Senior Advocate, Human Rights Watch
- **Robert Dunham**, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center, moderator

[Click here](https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/7tnhfHTmM9uAWyOVEKpPl3tsyhzbQ9vjb93_SkBenDe3aF6_1ph87PXmlYf66kGP3V7wrGqGjQRcHHeG.yPTO5gw4S7VVzNvH?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=V2-WBZp9RregMriAhyPK5A.1667845829265.8057f009e1796bef2ef442302a69de48&_x_zm_rhtaid=978) to view a recording of the webinar.  
To view Mr. Dunham’s PowerPoint on *Race, Human Rights, and the U.S. Death Penalty*, [click here](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/Race-and-Human-Rights-PowerPoint.pdf).

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**Webinar: Human Rights, Excessive Punishment, and Conditions of Death-Row Confinement in the U.S. — Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, 1:00 p.m. Eastern**

- **Amy Fettig**, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
- **David Fathi**, Director, ACLU National Prison Project
- **Robert Dunham**, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center, moderator

[Click here](https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/SoJVqyoy7vvkOpilVeYiwBJMUgy8afkCVSglkN5ckcbqJnpcNIqu7DXZgMuhpqpE.SPEr6vea3VsszSck) to view a recording of the webinar.

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**Webinar: Secrecy, Execution Methods, & the International Response — Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, 10:30 a.m. Eastern**

- **Austin Sarat**, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
- **Maya Foa**, Joint Executive Director, Reprieve US
- **Robert Dunham**, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center, moderator

[Click here](https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/dy7KoXcq5NIN66TCtHSozC-5BHZ2Cu3kgufpUoaf6hYwm4Km6BlaVlhmOHoS_aHO.fvceeL1VqhqQb6NT) to view a recording of the webinar.

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