Oral history interview with Julia Hall, 2011.

Biographical Note

Senior Researcher, Amnesty International.

Scope and Contents

Born 1963, Buffalo, NY; education: B.A., Fordham University, 1985; Fulbright scholar, American University of Cairo, 1986; J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1996; career: Senior Legal Counsel, Human Rights Watch, 1996-2009; Consultant, Open Society Institute, Senior Researcher on counter-terrorism and human rights in Europe, Amnesty International, 2009-present; career focus: human rights, migrant rights, non-refoulement, governmental misconduct, U.S. and European accountability; discussions: Egyptian politics, Northern Ireland police violence, diplomatic assurances, military commissions, executive order for Guantánamo closure, Oybek Jabbarov, U.K. Gibson Inquiry; attitude towards Guantánamo in US and Europe; reminiscences: growing up in Buffalo, decision to move to Cairo, human rights work and study, rebuilding rule of law in U.S., hopes for Obama presidency.

Subjects

• Civil rights.
• Egypt--Politics and government.
• Grefrath, Elizabeth C., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Guantánamo Bay oral history project.
• Hall, Julia A.--Interviews.
• Human rights.
• Interviews.
• Misconduct in office--United States.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Police brutality--Northern Ireland.
• Rule of law.
• Terrorism--Prevention.

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