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To Look Forward from Looking Back — Revisiting the Legal Heritage of the ICTY
By: Yuan Fang The symposium on the Role of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in Understanding the War and Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina was held on Friday, October 4, 2019 at Washington University School of Law. This event was...
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ILW 2019: The United States and the International Criminal Court: Challenging Times
By: Lola Awobokun I had the pleasure of attending International Law Weekend (ILW) 2019 in New York, October 10-12, as a student ambassador of the Harris Institute. The event was jointly sponsored by the International Law Association American Branch (“ABILA”) and...
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To Boldly Go: ILW 2019 Panels on Space Law
By: Joshua Handelman (JD 2021) Space Law has existed as a distinct area of international principles since at least the Cold War era’s Outer Space Treaty. However, notwithstanding the mid-80s “Star Wars” fears of orbital conflict, there just hasn’t been that much human...
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The EU’s Role in Shaping the Future of Investor-State Arbitration
By: Ivan-Axel Doubrava, LL.M Candidate Washington University School of Law, Negotiation & Dispute Resolution November 6, 2019 I attended International Law Weekend (ILW) 2019 as a Harris Institute Ambassador from October 10-12th in New York City. ILW is hosted...
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Summer at the Xiamen Academy of International Law
By: Dylan Davis, JD 2020 This summer I had the privilege of attending the Xiamen Academy of International Law in Xiamen, China. I would like to thank the Whitney R. Harris Institute for this opportunity, from whom I had the fortune to be granted the 2019...
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Prospects for a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
[Madaline George is the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Fellow at Washington University School of Law.] This post originally appeared on OpinioJuris. More than 70 years after crimes against humanity were defined in Article 6(c) of the London Charter and...
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The 13th International Humanitarian Law Roundtable: The Third Wave – Adapting Modern ICL to 21st Century Realities
By: Megan Ferguson & Madaline George The 13th International Humanitarian Law Roundtable (previously Dialogs) was held in Chautauqua, New York, from Sunday, August 25, through Tuesday, August 27. This year’s theme was The Third Wave – Adapting Modern ICL to 21st...
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By: Michael Gerber This summer, I traveled to The Hague to spend three weeks studying public international law. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience and am grateful for the generous support of Washington University’s Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, whose...
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Why the ICC’s Judgment in the al-Bashir Case Wasn’t So Surprising
By Professor Leila Nadya Sadat This article was originally posted on JustSecurity at: https://www.justsecurity.org/64896/why-the-iccs-judgment-in-the-al-bashir-case-wasnt-so-surprising/. In May, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled that...
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Alumni of Washington University in St. Louis Deliver Great Performances in Mediation & Negotiation Competitions in Rome and Paris
By: Rachele Beretta, LL.M. in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution, Washington University School of Law '16 Washington University School of Law alumni currently enrolled at the University of Trento (Italy) are off to a great start this year with high finishes in two...
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