by Harris Institute | Aug 26, 2020 | Human Rights, ICTY, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Rule of Law, The International Criminal Court, United Nations
By: Sam Rouse, JD ’22 The Robert H. Jackson Center celebrated the 75th anniversary of the signing of the London Agreement and Charter with a global webinar on The Age of Robert H. Jackson – London, Nuremberg, Today on August 8, 2020. The webinar was co-sponsored by...
by Harris Institute | Aug 5, 2020 | Climate Change, Global Public Interest Law Internships, International Law, United Nations
By: Freya Doughty, JSD Candidate, Washington University School of Law On June 23, 2020 Tijjani Muhammad-Bande announced the formal postponement of the International Law Commission’s 72nd Session, a first in the history of the ILC. It is currently unknown when this...
by Harris Institute | May 5, 2020 | Commercial Law, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, International Law, Public Health, United Nations
By: Ke Xu, LLM 2020 The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute recently launched a new webinar series on COVID19 and International law in response to a call from students and the broader community for reliable and informative programming on an evolving global issue....
by Harris Institute | Apr 30, 2020 | Gun Violence, Human Rights, Public Health, United Nations
By Madaline M. George, J.D., Fellow, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law A joint report on gun violence by Washington University’s Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and the Institute for Public Health has been...
by Harris Institute | Nov 14, 2019 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Human Rights, ICTY, International Criminal Law, The International Criminal Court, United Nations
By: Yuan Fang The symposium on the Role of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in Understanding the War and Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina was held on Friday, October 4, 2019 at Washington University School of Law. This event was...
by Harris Institute | Nov 6, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, space law, United Nations
By: Joshua Handelman (JD 2021) Space Law has existed as a distinct area of international principles since at least the Cold War era’s Outer Space Treaty. However, notwithstanding the mid-80s “Star Wars” fears of orbital conflict, there just hasn’t been that much human...
