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A Global Survey on the Study of International Law
By: Ryan Scoville March 5, 2015 Recently I completed a project on the geography of international legal education. The goal was to figure out whether and to what extent universities and governments around the world require law students to study public international...
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The Whitney R. Harris Institute Mourns the Passing of Thomas Schweich, former Washington University School of Law ‘Ambassador-in-Residence’
The Harris Institute and Washington University School of Law mourn the death of Thomas “Tom” Schweich, who passed away on February 26, 2015. A fifth generation Missourian, Schweich was serving at Missouri State Auditor at his death, a position to which he was elected...
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Professor Curtis Milhaupt Lectures on “Party-State Inc.: Chinese Corporate Capitalism in the 21st Century”
By: Marla Borkson Date: February 23, 2015 This Tuesday February 17, 2015 Professor Curtis Milhaupt delivered The 8th annual William C. Jones Lecture to students, faculty, and professors. The lecture was cosponsored by the Whitney R. Harris World Institute and...
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ICC Opens Preliminary Investigation in Palestine
By: Madaline George As the new year began, so did a new page in the long and storied history of Palestine’s bid for international statehood recognition. On January 16, 2015 the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened a...
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Esperanto – The Neutral Global Language
By: Marla Borkson The Harris Institute recently hosted Professor Ronald Glossop to give a presentation on Esperanto. Esperanto, created by Polish Physician Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof in the late 1800’s, was crafted as a neutral global language to facilitate...
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Steps towards Justice: The Initial Appearance of Dominic Ongwen at the ICC
By: Eleanor Gourley February 4, 2015 The afternoon of Monday January 26th, 2015, found the International Criminal Court (ICC) buzzing with visitors and journalists. The viewing gallery of Pre-Trial Chamber II was full as Dominic Ongwen appeared before the Single...
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70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
By Madaline George Today, January 27th, marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. It was designated International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust by the UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 on November 1, 2005. Some 300...
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Next Steps for a Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
By: Leila Nadya Sadat, January 26, 2015 (Originally posted on International Criminal Justice Toady, an ABA-ICC Project) Although the international community has made significant progress with respect to the prevention and prosecution of international atrocity...
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Elections of Judges at the 13th Annual ICC ASP
By: Madaline George, January 21, 2015 The 13th Meeting of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Assembly of States Parties (ASP) was held at the United Nations in New York City from December 8-17. Among the various items on the agenda was the election of six new...
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Individual criminal responsibility and the ‘control theory’: A comment on the Lubanga Appeal Judgment (Part 1 of 2)
By: Jarrod Jolly, January 2015 On 1 December 2014, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed the verdict and sentence against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (Lubanga), who was convicted in March 2012 of committing war crimes as a ‘co-perpetrator’....
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