by Harris Institute | Sep 12, 2018 | International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law
By: Madaline M. George The 12th International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Dialogs recently drew to a close in Chautauqua, NY. This annual gathering, which the Harris Institute has supported since its inception, took place August 26-28 and brought together prosecutors of...
by Harris Institute | Aug 16, 2018 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, International Criminal Law, United Nations
By: Jing Geng 2018 is a year of important milestones in international law and politics. For instance, this November 11 will mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. During the deadly conflict, over 30 nations declared war and over 16 million people lost...
by Harris Institute | Jul 17, 2018 | Human Rights, International Criminal Law, The International Criminal Court
By: Professor Leila Nadya Sadat Twenty years ago today the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted by a vote of 120-7 after five weeks of grueling negotiations. I went to Rome to attend the conference on the advice of my late mentor, Professor M....
by Harris Institute | Jul 16, 2018 | Foreign Affairs, International Criminal Law, The International Criminal Court, United Nations
By: Leila Nadya Sadat This piece was originally posted on The International Criminal Court Forum, a project run by the UCLA School of Law’s Human Rights Project, as part of a series celebrating the ICC’s 20th anniversary. It is re-posted here in honor of International...
by Harris Institute | Jun 12, 2018 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Global Public Interest Law Internships, Human Rights, Rule of Law
By Leila Nadya Sadat (originally posted on EJIL: Talk!) On March 21, 2016, after a 4-1/2 year-long trial that heard the testimony of 77 witnesses, the introduction of 773 items of evidence, and gave rise to a transcript that was thousands of pages long, a unanimous...
