by Harris Institute | Aug 31, 2017 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, The International Criminal Court, Uncategorized
By: Milena Sterio In my capacity as an academic and representative of Intlawgrrls, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the 11th International Humanitarian Law Dialogs in Chautauqua, New York from August 27th-29th. The Dialogs’ theme for this year was...
by Harris Institute | May 19, 2017 | Commercial Law, International Commercial Arbitration, International Legal Education, Uncategorized
By: Lei (Iris) Yu On April 12-15, 2017, I had the wonderful opportunity to take part in the American Society of International Law (ASIL) 2017 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, thanks to the support of the Harris Institute. Attending the meeting was an inspiring...
by Harris Institute | May 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
By: Jing Geng The Trump administration has now surpassed 100 days in office. The UK has triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, thereby formalizing the procedure for Brexit. Turkey is increasingly sliding towards dictatorship. In France, despite ultimately...
by Harris Institute | Apr 11, 2017 | Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Negotiations, Uncategorized, United Nations
By: Leila Sadat Although one can fault the Obama administration for its tepid policy towards Syria, Trump’s airstrikes against a Syrian military base on Thursday, April 6th take the U.S. policy towards Syria in a dangerous new direction. Although it’s tempting to...
by Harris Institute | Apr 7, 2017 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Human Rights, ICTY, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Rule of Law, The International Criminal Court, Uncategorized
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...
by Harris Institute | Mar 24, 2017 | Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Human Rights, Refugee and Asylum Law, Rule of Law, Uncategorized
By: Leila Sadat The United States has always been proud of its status as a democracy with a commitment to human rights, even though it has often kept its distance from human rights treaty regimes by either refusing to ratify important legal instruments (like the...
