Reminiscences of Steven Watt : oral history, 2002.

Biographical Note

Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights.

Scope and Contents

Born in Scotland; education: law master's from Notre Dame University; humanitarian work: Africa, Australia, Concern Worldwide, representative of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; September 11th: day in Liberia; Return to New York: work with Center for Constitutional Rights, professional involvement with pending cases regarding alleged United States human rights violations against prisoners and detainees in Guantanamo Bay, government response to allegations, references to individual cases, Inter-American Commission, International Committee of the Red Cross, responses to Center for Constitutional Rights; Personal opinion: speculation on Guantanamo Bay cases, future of Center for Constitutional Right's role in pending cases.

Subjects

• Albarelli, Gerry, interviewer.
• Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.)--Employees--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Prisoners of war--Abuse of--Cuba--Guantánamo Bay Naval Base.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Watt, Steven, 1967---Interviews.

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