Immediately following the announcement of Saddam Hussein's capture by the U.S. military, many nongovernmental organizations and international institutions decried the idea of a trial by Iraqis. More importantly, they opposed the possibility of the death penalty as punishment for his crimes. Does international law preclude an eventual Hussein execution? Is it possible that Saddam will be adopted as the poster child of the human rights/anti-capital punishment movement?

Please join NGOWatch, a project of AEI and the Federalist Society, for a panel discussion on international law, NGOs, and the death penalty. CSIS fellow Larry Rothenberg will present a new NGOWatch paper on "International Law, American Sovereignty, and the Death Penalty." A panel discussion will follow.