Book Talk | To Catch a Dictator: A quest for justice in an age of impunity

Join the Program in International Relations at NYU for a book talk with Reed Brody, author of To Catch a Dictator: The Pursuit and Trial of Hissène Habré. Refreshments will be served. Registration required.

Discussant: Ruti Teitel, Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law at New York Law School and Adjunct Professor, Program in International Relations, NYU

Chair: Lara J. Nettelfield: Director and Clinical Professor, Program in International Relations

On To Catch a Dictator:

"An absorbing saga" -Washington Post

"From one of the world's great fighters for justice, a most powerful tale of true crime that is at once gripping, forensic, and human" -Philippe Sands, author of East West Street

"Brody provides fascinating insights into the nature of such an international legal coalition, the larger-than-life personalities involved, and their inevitable arguments over tactics" -Foreign Affairs

Reed Brody has been on the front lines of investigating atrocities and bringing their perpetrators to justice. He worked for 18 years alongside the victims of Chad’s dictator Hissène Habré who was convicted of crimes against humanity in Senegal, and has helped pursue despots such as Augusto Pinochet of Chile, Jean-Claude Duvalier of Haiti, and Yahya Jammeh of Gambia. He has uncovered abuses by US-backed “contras” in Nicaragua, led United Nations missions in El Salvador and Congo, and exposed Bush administration torture in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib.