U.N. WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND OTHER LEADING
EXPERTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CONFERENCE ON HUMANITARIAN LAW VIOLATIONS

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 28 -- Judge Richard J. Goldstone,
chief prosecutor for the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia, and top U.S. human-rights and international-law
officials, will speak at a conference on humanitarian law violations
Nov. 4-5 at the University of Virginia School of Law.
	The conference, titled ÒDeterring Humanitarian Law
Violations:  Strengthening Enforcement,Ó will be open to the public
in the Decker Auditorium at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate GeneralÕs
School on the North Grounds.  It is sponsored by U.Va.Õs Center for
National Security Law and the Center on Law, Ethics and National
Security at Duke University.
	The conference will examine such questions as whether the
U.N. tribunal on war crimes in the former Yugoslavia should be a
model for other international conflicts, how well such tribunals
serve as deterrents to violations, and whether a permanent
international court on war crimes should be established.
Humanitarian law violations in Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and
Rwanda will also be discussed.
	Judge Goldstone, a South African appointed as chief
prosecutor for the U.N. tribunal on the former Yugoslavia last year,
will speak as part of a panel on the tribunalÕs work at 3:45 p.m.
Nov. 4.
	John H.F. Shattuck, U.S. assistant secretary of state for
human rights, will be the keynote speaker at a 7 p.m. dinner Nov. 4
at the Omni Hotel Ballroom.  [Please note this location differs from
the rest of the conference.]
	Maj. Gen. Kenneth D. Gray, the armyÕs assistant judge
advocate general, will be the speaker at a noon luncheon Nov. 5 at
the JAG school.
	For additional information or to arrange to attend meals,
contact the Center for National Security Law at (804) 924-4080.
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