Recent House Committee on Foreign Affairs Hearings

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs, particularly its Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, has held a number of international law-related hearings over the past several months. Here are the topics, prepared statements, and (when available) webcasts and transcripts.

• 3/4/2008
  Declaration and Principles: Future U.S. Commitments to Iraq
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
  The Honorable Gary L. Ackerman, The Honorable Bill Delahunt , The Honorable David Satterfield, The Honorable Mary Beth Long [no prepared statement], Oona A. Hathaway, Esq., Lawrence J. Korb, Ph.D.
  Webcast
• 2/28/2008
  Status of Forces Agreements and UN Mandates: What Authorities and Protections Do They Provide to U.S. Personnel?
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
  The Honorable Bill Delahunt , Jennifer K. Elsea, Esq., R. Chuck Mason, Esq., Michael J. Matheson, Esq., Laura Dickinson, Esq., Ruth Wedgwood, Esq.
  Webcast
• 2/8/2008
  The November 26 Declaration of Principles: Implications for UN Resolutions on Iraq and for Congressional Oversight
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
  The Honorable Bill Delahunt , Oona A. Hathaway, Esq., Michael J. Glennon, Esq., Douglas Macgregor, Ph.D., Michael J. Matheson, Esq., Ruth Wedgwood, Esq.
• 1/23/2008
  The Proposed U.S. Security Commitment to Iraq: What Will Be In It and Should It Be a Treaty?
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
  The Honorable Bill Delahunt , The Honorable Gary L. Ackerman , Kenneth Katzman, Ph.D., Michael J. Matheson, Esq., Michael Rubin, Ph.D.
  Transcript
  Webcast