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International Programs Whitney R Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Report of Activities | 2013-2016 International Programs Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Washington University School of Law Report of Activities | 2013-2016 Contents Leadership 1 Dean Nancy Staudt 2 Professor Leila Nadya Sadat 3 International Council 4 MISSION: Faculty Advisory Board 6 Through a combination of education and research, the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute contributes to the betterment of global Research Activities 8 society. It does this by increasing global knowledge and understand- Overview 10 ing, promoting the rule of law, and addressing problems that require Crimes Against Humanity Initiative 11 international cooperation and international solutions. Other Conferences 14 Selected Lectures 18 The Institute enhances the intellectual vibrancy of the Law School Workshops & Roundtables 22 and the University, provides advice and assistance to other University departments and transnational components of the Law School, and Outreach & Publications 24 fosters collaboration among colleagues at home and abroad who are Overview 26 engaged in international or comparative work. Books & Journals 27 Washington University Global Studies Law Review 28 Blog: Lex lata, lex ferenda 28 Documentary Film 29 Never Again: Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity International Programs & Global Learning Opportunities 30 Overview 32 JD Students 33 LLM & JSD Students 36 International Programs & Student Opportunities 39 Faculty & Staff 42 Overview 44 Faculty 45 Selected Visiting Faculty & Scholars 47 Staff 47 Looking Forward 48 Fall 2016 Events 50 Spring 2017 Events 51 LEADERSHIP Do not go where the path may lead, go “instead where“ there is no path and leave a trail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Leadership Leila Nadya Sadat Nancy Staudt James Carr Professor of International Dean and Howard & Caroline Cayne Criminal Law and Director, Professor of Law Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute A great law school is a global law school. Washington Over the past three years, the Institute has hosted University School of Law has emerged as a leader in more than 100 speakers, events and conferences “global education, producing compassionate, disci- “ “in the United States and abroad, launched a series plined and highly-skilled lawyers that can address of exciting new programs“ and expanded its out- 21st Century problems. The Harris Institute is an reach and publications. Our work is animated and integral component of the law school’s success. inspired by our commitment to a more just and peaceful world. 2 | Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Report of Activities 2013-2016 | 3 International Council International Council (continued) Ms. Elizabeth Andersen The Honorable Professor Rudolf Bernhardt Director, American Bar Association Rule Former President, European Court of Human Rights of Law Initiative Professor Raj Bhala The Honorable John B. Anderson Associate Dean for International and Comparative Professor Emeritus of Law, Shepard Broad College Law and Raymond F. Rice Distinguished Professor, of Law at Nova Southeastern University University of Kansas School of Law Professor Paul P. Craig Professor of English Law, University of Oxford Ambassador Francis Mading Deng Former Special Adviser to the U.N. Secretary- General on the Prevention of Genocide, former Ambassador to the United Nations, South Sudan Mr. David W. Detjen, JD ’73 Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP The Honorable Richard J. Goldstone Former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, former Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda Elizabeth Andersen Ambassador Aída Ivone González Martínez Former Chairperson, U.N. Committee for the The Honorable Louise Arbour Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Counsel, Borden Ladner Gervais, Judge ad hoc, International Court of Justice Richard Goldstone, Whitney and Anna Harris The Honorable Jorge Arrate Former Chilean Cabinet Minister and Ambassador to Argentina No State can prosper in isolation without the Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor of Law and President Emeritus of the International cooperation of other States and respect for Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University “international law. College of Law Professor George A. Bermann Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law and Walter Gell- horn Professor of Law, Columbia University Ruth Wedgwood I continue to appreciate and admire the role of the Law School Professor Jung-Gun Kim Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute in advanc- Former Dean, Yonsei University Graduate School ing international law and highlighting the respect of Intellectual Property & Law The Honorable Professor Herbert H.P. Ma it deserves from all governments. Its imaginative Former Grand Justice, Taiwan Judicial Yuan “ Dr. Susan F. Martin project on an International Convention for Crimes Donald G. Herzberg Professor of International Migration, Georgetown University School of against Humanity demonstrates the importance of Foreign Service Mr. Steven Cash Nickerson, JD ’85 the role being played by this excellent Institute. President of PDS Tech, Inc. The Honorable H.E. Hisashi Owada — The Honorable Justice Richard J. Goldstone Judge and former President, International Court of Justice The Right Honorable Sir Geoffrey Palmer Former Prime Minister, New Zealand Cherif Bassiouni 4 | Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Report of Activities 2013-2016 | 5 International Council (continued) Faculty Advisory Board Professor Asha Ramgobin David S. Law Executive Director, Human Rights Charles Nagel Chair of Constitutional Law Development Initiative & Political Science Ambassador Louis B. Susman, JD ’62 Maxine Lipeles Former U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s Senior Lecturer in Law The Honorable Patricia M. Wald Kimberly Jade Norwood Former Judge, U.N. International Criminal Tribunal Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law for the former Yugoslavia, former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Adam Rosenzweig Vice Dean, Professor of Law Professor Ruth Wedgwood Edward B. Burling Professor of International Andrew Sobel Law and Diplomacy, Johns Hopkins University Professor of International & Area Studies Professor Joseph H.H. Weiler Peggie Smith European Union Jean Monnet Chair at New York Charles F. Nagel Professor of Employment University School of Law, President, European & Labor Law University Institute Judge Hishashi Owada Karen L. Tokarz Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law IN MEMORIAM & Public Service Thomas M. Franck (1931-2009) Whitney R. Harris (1912-2010) Melissa A. Waters Anthony Lewis (1927-2013) Professor of Law Karen Tokarz Faculty Advisory Board David Law Melissa Waters Kimberly Jade Norwood Leila Nadya Sadat, Chair Gerrit De Geest James Carr Professor of International Vice Dean, Charles F. Nagel Professor Criminal Law, Director, Whitney R. Harris of International & Comparative Law World Law Institute John N. Drobak Elizabeth Borgwardt George Alexander Madill Professor of Real Property Associate Professor of History & Equity Jurisprudence Kevin E. Collins Dorsey D. Ellis, Jr. Professor of Law Dean Emeritus, William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus Peter Cramer Assistant Dean for International Michael Koby & Graduate Programs Associate Dean for International & Graduate Programs Michael Koby Adam Rosenzweig 6 | Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Report of Activities 2013-2016 | 7 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES One’s mind, once stretched by a “new idea, never “ regains its original dimensions. —Oliver Wendell Holmes Research Activities Overview Crimes Against Humanity Initiative The Harris Institute sponsors In 2008, the Institute launched a global initiative for a new treaty on crimes against over 35 events per academic humanity. Following the Institute’s lead, in 2013 the UN International Law Commission year including: took up the topic and in 2014 moved it to its active agenda following an Experts’ Meeting » The Ambassador-in- convened by the Institute at the Geneva Academy. The ILC has provisionally adopted ten Residence program articles of a possible draft convention on crimes against humanity based upon the work » Assembly Series Lectures of Special Rapporteur Sean Murphy. » Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Calls » Crimes Against Humanity Initiative activities » Holocaust Memorial Lectures » Human rights documentaries and films brought to campus by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting » Informal coffee and Q&A sessions with guest speakers and visiting scholars » Language Conversation Tables » Midwest LGBTQ Law Conferences » Public Interest Law and Policy Speakers 35 43 Number of Events Number of Students Participating in Harris Sponsored by Institute Research the Harris Institute Projects or Serving as Dagen-Legomsky Fellows Peace cannot per Academic Year (AY 2013-2016) be kept by force; “ it can only be (Above left) Fiona Lloyd-Davies, award-winning “ filmmaker and photojournalist achieved by (Left) 2013 Dagen-Legomsky Fellows Madaline George, Adam Trombly, and Aayah El-Naggar understanding. — Albert Einstein 10 | Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Report of Activities 2013-2016 | 11 Crimes Against Humanity Initiative (continued) Crimes Against Humanity Initiative (continued) In November 2015, Members of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative’s Steering Commit- tee participated in an Experts’ Meeting on the Drafting of a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity, convened by the
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