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Teaching IHL

January 07, 2009 17:47

This week, my institution, Santa Clara University School of Law, is hosting our third International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Workshop with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Details here. The workshop, which is open to second- and third-year law students, features lectures and hands-on...

The Gravity of International Crimes

December 22, 2008 11:02

As we’ve discussed before (see here and here), one of the primary justifications for the international or extraterritorial prosecution of international crimes is that grave crimes should not go unpunished. The international criminal law tribunals are specifically charged in their founding documents ...

A new blog for EJIL aficionados ...

December 20, 2008 11:03

The European Journal of International Law has just launched a new blog, entitled EJIL: Talk!For the first few months, it will be edited by Dapo Akande (right), a Visiting Associate Professor and Robina Foundation International Scholar at the Yale Law School. Dapo, originally from Nigeria, is also a...

Who Next?

December 18, 2008 00:21

After being stymied by an entrenched culture of impunity and vacillating political will at home and abroad, Cambodia’s international criminal tribunal—officially named the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (right)—is up and running. As we've blogged before, the tribunal was estab...

Go On! Northern California intlaw roundtable

December 06, 2008 07:58

(Go on! is an occasional item on symposia of interest) A new West Coast legal academic institution will soon make its début. It's the Northern California International Law Scholars Roundtable, to be held 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Monday, December 15, 2008 at St. Joseph's Hall, Executive Conference ...