by Harris Institute | Oct 15, 2015 | International Criminal Law, The International Criminal Court, Uncategorized
By: Héctor Olasolo (Originally posted on Debate Global) On 23 September 2015, the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – Popular Army (‘FARC-EP’), issued a joint communique, in which they made public the core aspects of their agreement...
by Harris Institute | Sep 10, 2015 | Global Public Interest Law Internships, International Criminal Law, Uncategorized
By: Olivia Espy Due the continuing generosity of Washington University School of Law and the Dagen-Legomsky Fellowship, I attended the Hague Academy of International Law on Public International Law this summer in The Netherlands. It was an experience I will never...
by Harris Institute | Jul 27, 2015 | Global Public Interest Law Internships, Human Rights, LGBT, Uncategorized
By: Zachary Smith Zachary Smith, 2L, is an intern at Legal Resources Centre in Accra, Ghana for the Summer of 2015 as part of Washington University School of Law’s Global Public Interest Law Internships. As one of the most developed democratic nations in Africa, Ghana...
by Harris Institute | Jul 21, 2015 | Foreign Affairs, Global Public Interest Law Internships, Uncategorized
By: Marla Borkson Nepal always has and always be a fascinating place for me. I lived here for five months last year with an INGO focused on education and the Nepal government’s new curriculum for early childhood development. So when I heard about the April 25...
by Harris Institute | Jun 24, 2015 | Foreign Affairs, Refugee and Asylum Law, Uncategorized
By: Donato Guido Loforese Donato follows the journey of an asylum seeker who travels from his home in Eritrea to Libya and across the Mediterranean Sea into Italy. His journey highlights many of the issues the international community is facing in dealing with the...
by Harris Institute | Jun 19, 2015 | Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Uncategorized, United Nations
By: Madaline George I recently spent two weeks in Geneva, Switzerland to observe the United Nations International Law Commission discuss the first report on crimes against humanity. This was a milestone moment, as the Harris Institute has been working on the drafting...