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The Right to Live Free from Gun Violence: A Declaration
By: Thomas Gabor, formerly a Professor of Criminology, is the author of Confronting Gun Violence in America (2016) and Enough! Solving America’s Gun Violence Crisis (2019). This blog is part of a special series by the Harris Institute's Gun Violence and Human...
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Immigrants and Refugees During COVID-19, State Responses and Responsibilities – Live Webinar
By Ke Xu, LLM 2020 The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute recently launched a new webinar series on COVID19 and International law. The first, COVID-19 and International Law: A Snapshot, was held on April 28, 2020. The second webinar, Immigrants & Refugees...
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COVID-19 and International Law: A Snapshot Webinar
By: Ke Xu, LLM 2020 The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute recently launched a new webinar series on COVID19 and International law in response to a call from students and the broader community for reliable and informative programming on an evolving global issue....
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Center for Human Rights, Gender and Migration Spotlight: Leila Nadya Sadat, JD, LLM, DEA
Originally published at https://publichealth.wustl.edu. James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law, School of Law, Washington University in St. Louis; Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute; Special Adviser on Crimes Against Humanity to the...
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Joint Report on Gun Violence Makes an Impact at the UN Human Rights Council
By Madaline M. George, J.D., Fellow, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law A joint report on gun violence by Washington University’s Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and the Institute for Public Health has been...
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International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Symposium
By: Ivan-Axel Doubrava, LL.M. Candidate Washington University School of Law, Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Madaline George, JD ’14, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Fellow, Washington University School of Law On February 21, 2020, Washington University in...
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The Harris Institute is Dismayed by U.S. Threats Made Against ICC Officials and Their Families
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute is dismayed by the threats leveled against two members of the International Criminal Court’s professional staff–and their families – by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his Press Briefing of March 17, 2020. In his remarks,...
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Soleimani killing likely unlawful
January 7, 2020 This story was originally posted in The Source at https://source.wustl.edu/2020/01/washu-expert-soleimani-killing-not-legal/. View of Tehran, Iran. (Shutterstock) Thousands of mourners have taken to the streets in Iran following the Jan. 3 death of...
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The Harris Institute Fellow Madaline George Presents Testimony on Gun Violence Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Speakers at the IACHR Hearing with IACHR President Margarette May Macaulay (center) Madaline George, Harris Institute Fellow and lead researcher at the Institute’s Gun Violence and Human Rights Project, testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...
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The case for the International Criminal Court: Why it deserves our support
By Kristin J. Smith [This article originally appeared on November 27, 2019 in the ABA Journal and is available online here. Kristin Smith was the 2016/17 Harris Institute Fellow. ] The International Criminal Court building. Photos from Shutterstock Like many...
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