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Talk on legal reform in Bosnia, Afghanistan 2:40 p.m., Oct. 12, 2006--Judge Richard S. Gebelein will speak on “Law Reform in a Post-Conflict Environment: Afghanistan to Bosnia,” at 3:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 16, in 117 Gore Hall. Gebelein is currently serving as an international judge on the State Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Special Chambers for War Crimes and Organized and Economic Crime and Corruption. Gebelein served as Attorney General of Delaware from 1978-83, as chief of the criminal trial division in New Castle County and as superior court judge for Delaware from 1984-2005. He has participated in judicial and prosecutorial training in several international jurisdictions, including Russia, Lithuania, Holland, Canada and Afghanistan. In 2004, as a colonel in the Delaware National Guard, Gebelein served as the Rule of Law Officer for the Combined Forces Command in Afghanistan. He was responsible for coordinating legal and judicial reform efforts among Afghan courts, government agencies, coalition military forces, international organizations and U.S government agencies. He previously participated in training Bosnian judges and prosecutors on the principles of an adversary system for their recently enacted criminal procedure code. The talk is cosponsored by the Legal Studies Program and the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. |
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