Organized by the Harris Institute’s Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, in conjunction with the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, the Latin American Workshop on a Global Convention for Crimes Against Humanity will be held in Lima, Peru, on September 28, 2018. The workshop will provide an opportunity for experts in the field of international criminal law and […]
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CUNY and MADRE Host Experts’ Meeting to Discuss Gender and the ILC Convention on Crimes Against Humanity
On March 12th, the experts’ meeting Re-imagining Justice: Ending Impunity for Gender-Based Crimes was convened at CUNY School of Law to discuss the International Law Commission’s 2017 Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity, with a focus on women’s rights and gender persecution. The meeting brought together over 30 international and regional experts and scholars in […]
Civil Society Begins Consideration of the ILC 2017 Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity
On Friday, March 9th, a diverse group of participants gathered at Matrix Chambers in London to discuss the International Law Commission’s 2017 Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity. These Draft Articles, which were submitted to the General Assembly in fall 2017, mark an important step towards achieving a new global convention on preventing and punishing […]
Updated Compilation of Government Reactions to the International Law Commission’s Project on Crimes Against Humanity
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute has updated the compilation report of government reactions on the International Law Commission’s Project on crimes against humanity, which now includes the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee. Read more.
ICC ASP Side Event on the Progress in Drafting a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
On Monday, 11 December 2017, the Harris Institute will host a Side Event “Progress in Drafting a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity” at the Sixteenth Session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court. The side event is co-sponsored by the Republic of Chile, Federal Republic of Germany, […]
Film Screening Brings Human Rights Discussion to Brandeis University
[Originally published on Brandeis News.] On Oct. 4, the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University hosted a film screening of Never Again: Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity. The 45 minute documentary paints a stark picture of an international criminal legal system unable to fully deliver justice to war-torn […]
In Memoriam: Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni (1937-2017)
On September 25, 2017, the world lost a great soul, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni. Cherif was a friend, a colleague, a mentor and an inspiration to me personally, and to many like me. He was also an active supporter and friend of Washington University School of Law, and especially the Whitney R. Harris World Law […]
UN International Law Commission Submits Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity Convention to the General Assembly
This summer, at its sixty-ninth session, the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) completed a first reading of the draft articles on a global convention for crimes against humanity. The Commission considered Special Rapporteur Sean Murphy’s third report, taking into account the views expressed during the summer session on this topic. The Chairperson of the […]
“Never Again” to be screened at the St. Louis International Film Festival
In August 2017, the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law launched a documentary film Never Again: Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity, which was screened at the 11th annual International Humanitarian Law Dialogs in Chautauqua, New York. Directed by Professor Leila Nadya Sadat, the James Carr Professor of […]
ILC Drafting Committee Considers a Full Set of Draft Articles for a Crimes Against Humanity Convention
During the first half of its sixty-ninth session, the International Law Commission’s Drafting Committee considered and provisionally adopted five additional draft articles, as well as a corresponding annex and a draft preamble, completing the Commission’s consideration of draft articles on a future convention for crimes against humanity. The new draft articles were proposed in the […]