by Harris Institute | Jun 12, 2018 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Global Public Interest Law Internships, Human Rights, Rule of Law
By Leila Nadya Sadat (originally posted on EJIL: Talk!) On March 21, 2016, after a 4-1/2 year-long trial that heard the testimony of 77 witnesses, the introduction of 773 items of evidence, and gave rise to a transcript that was thousands of pages long, a unanimous...
by Harris Institute | Mar 16, 2018 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, International Criminal Law, United Nations
March 16, 2018 On Friday, March 9th, a diverse group of participants gathered at Matrix Chambers in London to discuss the International Law Commission’s 2017 Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity. These Draft Articles, which were submitted to the General Assembly...
by Harris Institute | Dec 22, 2017 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, International Criminal Law, Rule of Law, United Nations
By: Leila Nadya Sadat and Fizza Batool On December 11, 2017, the Harris Institute hosted a well-attended Side Event entitled “Progress in Drafting a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity” at the Sixteenth Session of the Assembly of...
by Harris Institute | Dec 15, 2017 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, Rule of Law, The International Criminal Court, United Nations
By: Fizza Batool This year I had the privilege of attending the 16th Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties (ICC-ASP) at the UN Headquarters in New York. This annual meeting took place from December 4-14, 2017 and covered a broad...
by Harris Institute | Nov 30, 2017 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, International Criminal Law, The International Criminal Court, United Nations
By: Fizza Batool A new global convention on preventing and punishing crimes against humanity is gaining increasing momentum in the international community. A few weeks ago, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) concluded its 72nd session during which the Legal...
by Harris Institute | Oct 2, 2017 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Uncategorized
By: Fizza Batool The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law is proud to announce that the film Never Again: Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity has been accepted to the 26th Annual St. Louis International Film...
