Death Penalty Information Center
Webinar Series on
Human Rights and the U.S. Death Penalty

Registration

November 4 – December 2, 2022

Supported by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany

To attend a session, click on the session links below.

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

To access the recording of the event, click here.

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

To access the recording of Race and the U.S. Death Penalty, click here.
To see Mr. Dunham’s PowerPoint on Race, Human Rights, and the U.S. Death Penalty, click here.

Webinar: Excessive Punishment and Conditions of Confinement — 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

To access the recording of Excessive Punishment and Conditions of Confinement, click here.

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

To access the recording of Secrecy, Execution Methods, & the International Response, click here.