Possible Interviewees

Experts on Iraq


Rosemary Hollis, former director of Chatham House, former head of Middle East Programme. Currently works at the Olive Tree. All articles by her. Article recently: "Getting out of the Iraq Trap" about how to avoid Iraq war.

Bob Lowe, head Middle Easty Programme, Chatham House. Main interest is in Kurdish issues, but would serve as a good 'in' to other people on the Middle east programme.

Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury
Liberal democrat Lord, and noted speaker on forein affairs particularly Iraq and on issues concerning liberty and human rights. Recent comments on Iraq from Hansard. Has also visited Iraq. He has a blog, and here are his posts on Iraq. Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group. Cool comment.



Dr Eric Herring
Job title Reader in International Politics
Department Department of Politics University of Bristol
Expert on Iraq, in particualr on sanctions. Also wrote Iraq in Fragments, which documents how U.S. policy in Iraq has ultimately undermined effective domestic governing, and what steps could be taken to develop a more self-sufficient Iraqi state.

Expert on anti Iraq war activism
Frank Webster, Head of Sociology Department, City University London. Author of Anti-War Activism: New Media and Protest in the Information Age, with Kevin Gillan and Jenny Pickerill (Palgrave 2008)



International Law experts
Elizabeth Wilmshurst, Chatham House, formely Foreign Office.
International Law:
* The use of force
* International criminal law including the international criminal court
* The law of the United Nations and its organs
* Consular and diplomatic law
* State and sovereign immunity
* International humanitarian law
Also involved in a discussion on regulation of private military contractors at chatham House

Joe Westby, Researcher & Operations Officer: westby@business-humanrights.org

Sif Thorgeirsson, Manager, Corporate Legal Accountability Project: thorgeirsson@business-humanrights.org

http://www.business-humanrights.org/ContactUs

Jernej L. Cernic of the University of Aberdeen - School of Law. Articles by him, Email address ernej_letnar@yahoo.com
Excellent articles reviewing Legal arguments around human rights and corporations by Legal scholar, especially about Iraq. Blog post on private military firms

Business and Human Rights Experts
Private Military Contractors
Jeremy Scahill, journalist and author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army‎" Explores the private security company Blackwater USA, including the background of its
founder; its relationship with the United States government; " No preview on google books. Worth reading his website Rebel reports

John Ruggie

Sarah Jones.
Journalism student with an interest in Iraq and corporations. Sarah.Jones.1@city.ac.uk

Expert on anti Iraq war activism
Frank Webster, Head of Sociology Department, City University London. Author of Anti-War Activism: New Media and Protest in the Information Age, with Kevin Gillan and Jenny Pickerill (Palgrave 2008)

Ruth Tanner, Director of Campaigns and Policy at War on Want,
Vidoes avaiable here, with her debating with Chris Sanderson of control risk

MoD contacts
Eric Davies
4 years armed forces experience

Mark Singer
4 years armed forces experience

Homeless guy on my street
Was stationed in Basra

Report authors
Authors of Human Rights Watch Report on business and human rights
Authors of Amnesty International report on corporations in Iraq. Link to contacts

Caroline Holmqvist, author of Private Security Companies: The Case for Regulation, Research Assisiatant at the Stockholm International Research Insitute. Not sure if she still works there. Possibly email her or contact her through facebook.

Human Rights experts and first hand accounts
Erika Voegeli, author of “Private Military Companies – Mercenaries of the Present”, a meeting of the Forum Humanitäre Schweiz

Marwan Mawiri
Former Titian Translator in Iraq
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
There was no training before we got to our assignment or even after we arrived. The communications between Titan and its employees were horrible. The site managers were incompetent and unskilled to deal with the linguists- many hires were unprofessional and unqualified translators. There was no supervision on the ground or evaluations and follow-up plans to ensure the U.S. Military the most accurate translations."

Richard Keeble Professor of Journalism
Main interests are in the coverage by the mainstream press of US/UK military adventures. In addition he has written extensively on practical newspaper reporting skills. rkeeble@lincoln.ac.uk Tel: 01522 886940

Seja Majeed
A 22 year old British Iraqi living in North London. She is a Law graduate from Brunel University and also has a diploma in screenwriting from the London Academy of Radio, Film and TV. She is currently undertaking her Legal Practice Course and Masters at City University. Seja.Majeed.1@city.ac.uk

John Owen
is Professor of International Journalism at City University in London. He has played a leading role in international journalism for more than two decades. As the head of TV News for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, John Owen made CBC a respected news organisation around the world and was instrumental in the successful launch of one of the first 24-hour news networks after CNN and Sky News. Author of a book on The Iraq War And The Media. book link emaill@ jwowenuk@gmail.com
Owen , J (2007) 'Dying To Tell The Story — The Iraq War And The Media: A Tribute' International News Safety Institute, Brussels