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<div><font size="-2">The Hampshire College Law Program Invites you to
join us in considering our collective future:</font><br>
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<font size="+3">"National Security<br>
within a Human Rights Framework"</font><br>
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<font size="+1">Banafsheh Akhlaghi, Esq.</font><br>
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Founder and President<br>
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National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement<br>
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Ms. Akhlaghi will explore how national security objectives can be
achieved through a human rights framework, and how human security as
the genesis of the dialogue can lead to effective national and
international security policies. In her talk, she will look at
successful models in Northern Ireland, truth and reconciliation
commission of South Africa and the redress movement in the United
States can aid in providing a new perspective in our approach
today.<br>
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<font size="+1">Tuesday, April 8, 2008<br>
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5 pm<br>
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West Lecture Hall<br>
Franklin Patterson Hall<br>
Hampshire Campus<br>
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Banafsheh Akhlaghi, an attorney of Iranian descent, is the Founder and
President of the National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement
(NLSCA), a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the human
rights and dignity of Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (MEMSA)
peoples.<br>
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Since September 11, 2001, she has represented 2700 individuals of
Muslim, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, who have been
detained or questioned by the FBI and the Dep't. of Homeland
Security.<br>
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Prior to practicing law, Ms. Akhlaghi was a professor of
Constitutional Law at the John F. Kennedy University School of Law, in
California. In 2001, Ms. Akhlaghi gave up her teaching position
to create Akhlaghi & Associates, a private practice specializing
in immigration and civil rights post 9/11. In May of 2005, NLSCA
broadened its focus to human rights at the international level, when
Ms. Akhlaghi was retained as a consultant to the United Nations
Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). She has testified before Congress
on numerous occasions, including the 2003 Amnesty International Racial
Profiling Hearings, and she regularly conducts cultural Sensitivity
Trainings with branches of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC). <br>
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She has won numerous awards from the media, legal associations, and
the U.S. Congress.<br>
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She has been featured on<br>
Democracy Now with Amy Goodman<br>
Her clients have been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, New York
Times, CNN, and other major media. <br>
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Sponsored by the Hampshire College Law Program</div>
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