03 September 2012, Center for Law and Policy hosted a round-table with Ehsan Zafar on U.S. security policies and international law. Mr. Zaffar is Policy Advisor at Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C. He advises on civil rights and civil liberties; and implications of existing and proposed national security policies, programs, and procedures. He also heads the Department’s civil rights engagement initiatives with Pakistani-American community; and leads the Department’s efforts in implementing UN Human Rights Council Resolution 16/18, which seeks to eliminate discrimination in member countries on the basis of religion or belief. He is also an adjunct professor at George Mason University and State University of New York where he teaches courses on civil rights, privacy and national security law and policy.
Mr. Zafar briefed the small group of participants about the DHS setup and how the United States ensures its observance of international law while implementing its security policies. This was followed by an open discussion which ranged from the ongoing drone attacks by the United States to the mechanism of coordination between various security agencies in the U.S.A.
In the end, Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad [Founder and Director, CLP] thanked Mr. Zafar for sharing his views with the participants.
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