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In Memoriam: Robert Cryer

by Harris Institute | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized

The world lost a true warrior in the field of international law and justice with the untimely passing of Professor Robert Cryer at the start of the new year. Professor Robert Cryer at the 2010 Washington Capstone Conference Rob was a Professor of International and...

Non-Governmental Organizations, Faith-Based Groups, Legal Professionals, Experts, and Former Government Officials Unequivocally Oppose U.S. Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court (ICC)

by Harris Institute | Sep 23, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, The International Criminal Court

The undersigned organizations and individuals write to express grave concerns and unequivocally oppose the Trump administration’s use of the sanctions authority of the United States to attack the International Criminal Court (ICC), an independent judicial institution...

The Age of Robert H. Jackson: London, Nuremberg, Today – Live Webinar

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...

Sanctions against the ICC: Product of Isolationism or Defense of Sovereignty – Live Webinar

by Harris Institute | Aug 24, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, International Criminal Law, International Law, National Security, The International Criminal Court

By: Sam Rouse, JD ’22 The American Bar Association hosted a live webinar on Sanctions against the ICC: Product of Isolationism or Defense of Sovereignty on August 7, 2020. The webinar was moderated by Agnieszka Gaertner and featured three experts in international law:...

Atmospheric Protection and the International Law Commission

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...

First They Came For Me and My Colleagues: The U.S. Attack on the International Criminal Court

by Harris Institute | Jul 1, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, International Criminal Law, National Security, The International Criminal Court

By Leila Nadya Sadat [This article was originally posted on June 29, 2020 on Just Security. It was published in conjunction with an article by Diane Marie Amann, “I help children in armed conflict. The President is forcing me to stop.”] President Donald Trump has...

Partnerships for Violence Prevention in St. Louis: A Way Forward?

by Harris Institute | Jun 30, 2020 | Gun Violence, Human Rights, Public Health

By Matt Vogel, Associate Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York; and Anne Trolard, MPH, Manager, Public Health Data & Training Center at the Institute for Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis This...

Gun Violence and Trauma in St. Louis – A Human Rights Crisis

by Harris Institute | Jun 29, 2020 | Gun Violence, Human Rights, Public Health

By: Kevin Drollinger, President and Executive Director of Provident Behavioral Health; Julie McDowell, Director of Advancement, Provident Behavioral Health; and Amanda Galloway, Principal, AGency Communications This blog is part of a special series by the Harris...

Hope in the Hands of the People – Gun Violence, Human Rights, and Life Outside of Violence (LOV)

by Harris Institute | Jun 26, 2020 | Gun Violence, Human Rights, Public Health

By: Stephanie Harris, MA, MSW, LMSW, Life Outside of Violence (LOV) Clinical Case Manager, Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis This blog is part of a special series by the Harris Institute’s Gun Violence and Human Rights...

Protect our human rights, not gun rights

by Harris Institute | Jun 25, 2020 | Gun Violence, Human Rights, Public Health

This article was originally posted in the St. Louis Post Dispatch in August 2019 following the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. It is re-shared here as part of a special series by the Harris Institute’s Gun Violence and Human Rights Initiative and the Institute...

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