EVENT CANCELLED
New York University’s Center on Law and Security will host a conversation with Ambassador Said Jawad of Afghanistan on Tues., June 19, 12-1:30 p.m. at NYU Law School’s Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street (between Sullivan and Macdougal Sts.). The event is free and open to the public. Please call 212.992.8854 or email cls@juris.law.nyu.edu for more information.
Jawad has worked closely with Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai in formulating strategies, implementing policies, building national institutions, and prioritizing reforms in the country. He also worked with the U.S. and Afghan military experts to help reform the Ministry of Defense and rebuild the Afghan National Army. Jawad was instrumental in drafting Afghanistan’s foreign investment laws and also served as Karzai’s principal liaison with the constitutional commission during the process of the drafting of Afghanistan’s new constitution.
- WHO: Ambassador Said Jawad, Afghan Ambassador to the United States
- WHEN: Tues., June 19, 12-1:30 p.m.
- WHERE: NYU Law School’s Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street (between Sullivan and Macdougal Sts.) [Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street)]
EDITOR’S NOTE
The Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law is a bipartisan research and policy institute that is committed to examining the legal dimensions of counterterrorism and national security in the age of terror. The Center brings together national and international experts including policymakers, law enforcement officials, legal scholars, journalists, and others in an arena that generates local, national, and international awareness of security issues.