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Amnesty International Calls Upon the UN to turn the Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity into a UN Convention
Amnesty International issued a press release on September 30, 2020, calling upon the United Nations to turn the Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity into a UN Convention. You can read the full statement here.
read moreUpdated Compilation of Government Reactions to the International Law Commission’s Project on Crimes Against Humanity
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute has updated the compilation report of government reactions on the International Law Commission’s Project on crimes against humanity, which now includes the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Sixth...
read moreVirtual Event on Crimes Against Humanity
On July 24, 2020, an Inter-sessional Dialogue on the Way Forward on a Global Convention on Crimes Against Humanity was hosted virtually by the Permanent Missions of Sierra Leone, Austria, Czech Republic, Mexico, and New Zealand to the United Nations, in collaboration...
read moreU.N. Sixth Committee and General Assembly Adopt Resolutions on Crimes Against Humanity
On November 10, 2019, the U.N. Sixth Committee adopted Draft Resolution II on Crimes against Humanity which took note of the International Law Commission's Draft Articles and decided “to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session an item entitled...
read moreSide Event on Crimes Against Humanity During the U.N. Sixth Committee
On October 29, 2019, the Harris Institute, along with the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Sierra Leone, and the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, hosted a panel discussion and interactive dialogue on crimes against...
read moreInternational Law Weekend (ILW) 2019 Panel on Crimes Against Humanity
On October 11, 2019, the Harris Institute organized a panel on crimes against humanity during the premier international law event of the American Branch of the International Law Association - International Law Weekend in New York City. The panel, entitled Forging a...
read moreProspects for a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
More than 70 years after crimes against humanity were defined in Article 6(c) of the London Charter and prosecuted at Nuremberg, the international community may soon have a global convention on crimes against humanity. In Chapter IV of the Report of the International...
read moreThe U.N. Sixth Committee to Discuss Draft Articles for a Crimes Against Humanity Convention
Building on the work of the Harris Institute's Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, a new global treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity is gaining momentum. In summer 2017, the International Law Commission (ILC) completed Draft Articles for...
read moreA Discussion on the Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity
On 3 May 2019, the War Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association hosted a Discussion on the Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity at the Palais des Nations, home of the United Nations Office in Geneva. Co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the...
read moreSouth Africa Policy Seminar on Crimes Against Humanity
On 21 February 2019, the Human Science Research Council and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa will host a Policy Seminar on Crimes Against Humanity. In conjunction with the seminar, the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Center will host a film screening of Never Again: Forging a Convention on Crimes Against Humanity.
read moreComments and Observations on the 2017 Draft Articles for a new global convention on crimes against humanity
The United Nations International Law Commission has been receiving comments from governments and other interested actors on the 2017 Draft Articles for a new global convention on crimes against humanity. On November 30, 2018, the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative...
read moreUpdated Compilation of Government Reactions to the International Law Commission’s Project on Crimes Against Humanity
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute has updated the compilation report of government reactions on the International Law Commission’s Project on crimes against humanity, which now includes the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly Sixth...
read moreConference and workshop on the Draft Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
[Originally published by the Coalition for the International Criminal Court.] The Draft Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity has been in the agenda of the International Law Commission since 2014, and,following the presentation...
read moreLatin America and the Caribbean Regional Workshop on Crimes Against Humanity – September 28, 2018
Organized by the Harris Institute’s Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, in conjunction with the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, the Latin American Workshop on a Global Convention for Crimes Against Humanity will be held in Lima, Peru, on September 28, 2018....
read moreCUNY and MADRE Host Experts’ Meeting to Discuss Gender and the ILC Convention on Crimes Against Humanity
On March 12th, the experts’ meeting Re-imagining Justice: Ending Impunity for Gender-Based Crimes was convened at CUNY School of Law to discuss the International Law Commission’s 2017 Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity, with a focus on women’s rights and gender...
read moreCivil Society Begins Consideration of the ILC 2017 Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity
On Friday, March 9th, a diverse group of participants gathered at Matrix Chambers in London to discuss the International Law Commission’s 2017 Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity. These Draft Articles, which were submitted to the General Assembly in fall 2017,...
read moreUpdated Compilation of Government Reactions to the International Law Commission’s Project on Crimes Against Humanity
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute has updated the compilation report of government reactions on the International Law Commission’s Project on crimes against humanity, which now includes the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee....
read moreICC ASP Side Event on the Progress in Drafting a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
On Monday, 11 December 2017, the Harris Institute will host a Side Event “Progress in Drafting a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity” at the Sixteenth Session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court. The...
read moreFilm Screening Brings Human Rights Discussion to Brandeis University
[Originally published on Brandeis News.] On Oct. 4, the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University hosted a film screening of Never Again: Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity. The 45 minute documentary paints a stark...
read moreIn Memoriam: Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni (1937-2017)
On September 25, 2017, the world lost a great soul, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni. Cherif was a friend, a colleague, a mentor and an inspiration to me personally, and to many like me. He was also an active supporter and friend of Washington University School of Law,...
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