by Harris Institute | Jan 23, 2017 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, The International Criminal Court, United Nations
By: Leila Nadya Sadat Last fall I had the opportunity to witness and celebrate forward progress in international law making. At the end of September, I attended a terrific conference on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the issuance of the judgment of the...
by Harris Institute | Oct 11, 2016 | Climate Change, Comparative Law, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Negotiations, Uncategorized, United Nations
By: Marla Borkson Thanks to the generosity of Washington University School of Law and the Harris Institute’s Dagen-Legomsky Fellowship, I was able to secure a position with the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, China this summer. First established in 1844, the U.S....
by Harris Institute | Oct 3, 2016 | Comparative Law, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Legal Education, United Nations
By: Fizza Batool This past summer I was incredibly fortunate to travel to The Hague, the Netherlands to study public international law for three weeks due to the generosity of Washington University School of Law and the Dagen-Legomsky Hague Fellowship through the...
by Harris Institute | Jun 27, 2016 | EU Law, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Rule of Law, Uncategorized
By: Leila Nadya Sadat As someone who has taught European Union law for years, it seems to me that much of the discussion about whether the United Kingdom should leave or remain in the EU, also known as “Brexit,” has missed the point. There are many...
by Harris Institute | Apr 14, 2016 | Comparative Law, Foreign Affairs, Global Public Interest Law Internships, Human Rights
By: Joshua Sills I am fortunate to be spending this semester as a Foreign Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel in Jerusalem through Washington University School of Law’s International Justice and Conflict Resolution Externship. The Israeli Supreme Court is one of...
by Harris Institute | Mar 4, 2016 | Foreign Affairs, Rule of Law, United Nations
By: Ihor Stratan The current sanctions imposed on Russia in response to the military crisis in Ukraine have an unusual legal status under international law because they were not introduced by an international organization but rather by individual countries. The...
