by Harris Institute | Mar 16, 2018 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, International Criminal Law, United Nations
March 16, 2018 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...
by Harris Institute | Mar 1, 2018 | Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Rule of Law, The International Criminal Court
By: Fizza Batool The Harris Institute is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of Seeking Accountability for the Unlawful Use of Force, edited by Professor Leila Nadya Sadat (Cambridge University Press, May 2018). The book evaluates historic and modern-day...
by Harris Institute | Dec 22, 2017 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, International Criminal Law, Rule of Law, United Nations
By: Leila Nadya Sadat and Fizza Batool On December 11, 2017, the Harris Institute hosted a well-attended Side Event entitled “Progress in Drafting a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity” at the Sixteenth Session of the Assembly of...
by Harris Institute | Dec 15, 2017 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, Rule of Law, The International Criminal Court, United Nations
By: Fizza Batool This year I had the privilege of attending the 16th Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties (ICC-ASP) at the UN Headquarters in New York. This annual meeting took place from December 4-14, 2017 and covered a broad...
by Harris Institute | Jul 25, 2014 | Global Public Interest Law Internships
For rising second-year law student Abadir Barre, spending the summer working for the Puntland Legal Aid Center (PLAC) in northern Somalia is more than a calling—it’s a homecoming. Barre is from Somalia. In fact, his father was the minister of foreign affairs there,...
