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Members of the Global Studies Law Review Attend the 2019
Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law
Dagen-Legomsky Fellows
Crimes Against Humanity Student Research Project
The 113th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) was held in Washington, D.C., from March 27-30,
2019. This year's meeting featured an inaugural International Law Review Editors Roundtable. WashULaw students Rocky
Esposito, JD '20, and John Ukenye, JD '20, attended in their capacity as Editor-in-Chief and Symposium Editor, respectively,
of the Law School's Global Studies Law Review.
The Dagen-Legomsky Fellowship program provides law students
the opportunity to expand their knowledge of international law
by participating in enriching summer experiences abroad.
In summer 2018, Justin Long, JD '20, attended the Hague Academy of
International Law's International Public Law summer program and
Megan Ferguson, JD '20, attended Xiamen Academy's summer program
on international law.
In summer 2019, Rocky Esposito, JD '20, and Michael Gerber, JD '21,
attended the Hague Academy of International Law and Dylan Davis, JD
'20, attended the Xiamen Academy.
Each year, the Harris Institute engages students in an intensive
research project on crimes against humanity and the International
Criminal Court (ICC), working directly with ICC Prosecutor Fatou
Bensouda and Special Advisor on Crimes Against Humanity, Professor
Leila Sadat. In fall 2018, this team considered the situation of the
Muslim Rohingya people of Myanmar in response to the ICC Pre-
Trial Chamber ruling that the Court has jurisdiction over at least
some of the crimes allegedly committed against the Rohingya,
on account of Bangladesh’s membership as an ICC State Party.
Students in this project took up some of the legal questions related to
this decision in a four-part blog series that can be found on
Lex lata,
lex ferenda
.
Rohingya refugees walk through water as they flee
violence in Myanmar to reach Bangladesh
Xiamen Academy students visit cultural sites on
Gulangyu Island
AFP Photo