by Harris Institute | Aug 5, 2020 | Climate Change, Global Public Interest Law Internships, International Law, United Nations
By: Freya Doughty, JSD Candidate, Washington University School of Law On June 23, 2020 Tijjani Muhammad-Bande announced the formal postponement of the International Law Commission’s 72nd Session, a first in the history of the ILC. It is currently unknown when this...
by Harris Institute | Oct 25, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Global Public Interest Law Internships, International Legal Education
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...
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 | Sep 26, 2017 | Comparative Law, Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Global Public Interest Law Internships, Human Rights, ICTY, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Rule of Law, The International Criminal Court
By: Olivia Youn and Emily Brewster We had the honor of attending the 11th International Humanitarian Law Dialogs in Chautauqua, New York last month. Since the first IHL Dialogs in 2007, these discussions have fostered meaningful conversations on contemporary...
by Harris Institute | Sep 19, 2017 | Comparative Law, Global Public Interest Law Internships, International Legal Education, Uncategorized
By: Anton Krayniy Humanity suffers from an ailment which individuals can rarely escape: the state of constantly overlooking the present in preparation for the future or setting it aside to brood over the past. This is even more prevalent in law school; when one is...
by Harris Institute | Sep 8, 2017 | Comparative Law, Foreign Affairs, Global Public Interest Law Internships, International Legal Education, Negotiations, Uncategorized
By: Nicole Gougeon The summer of 2017 is one I will never forget. I had the amazing opportunity to travel to and work in Seoul, Republic of Korea for eight weeks thanks to the Dagen-Legomsky International Public Interest Fellowship which I received through...
