The Age of Robert H. Jackson: London, Nuremberg, Today – Live Webinar

The Age of Robert H. Jackson: London, Nuremberg, Today – Live Webinar

By: Sam Rouse, JD ’22 The Robert H. Jackson Center celebrated the 75th anniversary of the signing of the London Agreement and Charter with a global webinar on The Age of Robert H. Jackson – London, Nuremberg, Today on August 8, 2020. The webinar was co-sponsored by...
To Look Forward from Looking Back — Revisiting the Legal Heritage of the ICTY

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...
The 11th International Humanitarian Law Dialogs “Changing Times: New Opportunities For International Justice and Accountability”

The 11th International Humanitarian Law Dialogs “Changing Times: New Opportunities For International Justice and Accountability”

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...
The Legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

The Legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

By: Suhao Chen On May 25, 1993, in the midst of violent conflict in the Balkans, the UN Security Council decided (through Resolution 827) to establish the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to prosecute persons responsible for serious violations...
Lemberg – Lvov – Lviv: How a City Helped Shape Modern International Criminal Law

Lemberg – Lvov – Lviv: How a City Helped Shape Modern International Criminal Law

By: Megan Reif On Thursday, March 30th, Washington University School of Law and the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute welcomed Philippe Sands to campus as part of the Assembly Series and Public Interest Law and Policy Speaker Series. Prof. Sands gave a special...