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Lt. Col. Dan Mori Visits Professor Edwards' Classes
10/22/2019
A longtime friend of the Program in International Human Rights Law and co-teacher with Professor George Edwards visited IU McKinney on October 18. Lieutenant Colonel Dan Mori, U.S. Marine Corps retired, spoke to Professor Edwards' International Criminal Law and International Law classes.
Lt. Col. Mori was the U.S. detailed military defense counsel for Australian David Hicks who was held at Guantanamo Bay and convicted in 2007 in the first completed U.S. Military Commission since World War II. Students from IU McKinney began working on Guantanamo Bay matters in 2003, and Lt. Col. Mori asked if McKinney students would work on Hicks' case from 2004 until 2007. Professor Edwards and his students worked on the Hicks case. During this time, Professor Edwards was tendered as an expert witness in the case and made his first trip to Guantanamo Bay as one of the first two expert witnesses to be permitted to travel there.
Lt. Col. Mori hosted IU McKinney J.D. and LL.M. students as interns at an organization he founded, Australians Detained Abroad. Lt. Col. Mori moved to Australia and worked for a law firm's public interest program after he retired from the military.
In the photo, Professor Edwards is seated at the far right. Lt. Col. Mori is standing in the second row at the center of the photo.
