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UN International Law Commission Begins its Second Reading of Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity
By: Madaline George, Harris Institute Fellow May 16, 2019 A new global convention on preventing and punishing crimes against humanity is one step closer to reality. The UN International Law Commission (ILC) began its Second Reading of Draft Articles following a...
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Defining (And Defending) Values in International Arbitration – Sophie Nappert’s Keynote Address at the 2018 International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Symposium
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law’s Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Program hosted the International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Symposium: Challenges and Controversies in International Arbitration...
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International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Symposium: Challenges and Controversies in International Arbitration
On March 1, 2019, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law’s Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Program hosted the International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Symposium: Challenges and Controversies in...
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In memory of a champion, Judge Patricia McGowan Wald (1928-2019)
By Diane Marie Amann, Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law, the University of Georgia (cross-posted from Diane Marie Amann) Over the last decade it was my honor on occasion to invite Judge Pat Wald to join in a project, to contribute a...
read moreThe 17th Session of the ICC ASP and Some Reflections on the Mutual Legal Assistance Initiative
By: Madaline George [Madaline George, JD, is the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Fellow at Washington University School of Law. She recently published an article with Opinio Juris on a Side Event at the ICC ASP, which you can read here: Some Reflections on the...
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Part 4: Claiming Jurisdiction: Comparing the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber Decision Regarding Myanmar with Other Approaches
By: Josh Handelman & Christian Rose In September 2018, a Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled that the Court has jurisdiction to consider the alleged deportation of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, and potentially other...
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Part 3: Justice for the Rohingya: Issues and Possible Solutions
By: Matteo Colorio & Feyga Saksonov On September 6, 2018, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled that the Court could exercise jurisdiction over the alleged deportation (as a crime against humanity) of the Rohingya people from Myanmar...
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Part 2: Did the ICC Get it Right? A Look at the Decision to Establish ICC Jurisdiction in Myanmar
By: Claudia Magloire & Derek Van Becelaere Background On September 6, 2018, a Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its Decision on the Prosecutor’s request as to whether or not the Court has jurisdiction over the alleged deportation...
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Part 1: Pre-Trial Chamber Grant Jurisdiction over Rohingya Deportation: One Step Closer to Accountability for these Atrocities
By: Carolina Battistella & Jade Tyson Background of the Issue The Muslim Rohingya people of Myanmar have endured various human rights atrocities and violations of international humanitarian law for years resulting in systematic oppression and the ‘othering’ of the...
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Human Rights and the U.S. Gun Violence Crisis: A New Approach
By Leila Nadya Sadat With the most recent mass shootings at Thousand Oaks Bar in California and the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Americans are once more reeling from the shock and horror of seeing their compatriots mowed down while undertaking normal daily...
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