The Center for International and Comparative Law will present the annual David J. Bederman Lecture. This year's lecture will be delivered by The Honorable Rosalie Silberman Abella on the topic "International Law and Prospects for Justice."
Laurie Blank, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the International Humanitarian Law Clinic, will lead Emory Law's Center for International and Comparative Law.
Emory Law faculty members will participate in the Poland-US Conference on the Rule of Law on June 26 in Warsaw.
The two speakers are linked by their important roles in the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Emory Law's International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Clinic helps start an international exchange program with other humanitarian law clinics to help build the next generation of international lawyers.
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, a leading scholar in immigration and refugee law, will give the annual David J. Bederman Lecture on Wednesday, April 6 at 12 noon in Emory Law's Tull Auditorium.
Ten students from the International Humanitarian Law Clinic and Professor Laurie Blank left for Israel as part of an international IHL clinic exchange.
Ideas, frustrations, inspiration, and understanding were exchanged when four Supreme Court justices from the Republic of Mozambique visited Emory Law on June 11.
At least two surveys gathering information about "public perceptions" of proportionality and collateral damage are making their way around the international arena by way of blogs, social media and email. What qualifies as excessive civilian risk in the context of a military operational attack decision remains one of the most elusive questions in international law, which is the ostensible motive for these surveys.
Last week, the director of National Intelligence (DNI) announced that 116 of the 647 Guantanamo detainees that have been released had returned to terrorist or insurgent activities. When critics call detainee releases reckless because there are still individuals and groups out there posing a threat to the United States, they once again bury the hard questions under rhetoric and hype. In effect, they once again merely kick the proverbial can--how to make the necessary distinctions for principled application of the law and address the concomitant uncertainties--down the road.
General John F. Kelly, Commander of the U. S. Southern Command, visited Emory University School of Law to offer insight on the role of law in military and security operations.
In a lecture on international criminal justice, Ben Ferencz recounted his part in what he called the biggest murder trial in history.
Torture is illegal during wartime, peacetime, counterterrorism operations and any other circumstances.
Emory Law Vice Dean Robert Ahdieh was interviewed by CNN on how China will react to the ongoing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, and how the current situation differs from the 1989 student protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Edan Landau discusses international law in a new urban war zone with Professor Laurie Blank and her frequent co-author Geoffrey Corn, professor of law and presidential research scholar at South Texas College of Law.
Daphne Richemond-Barak heads the International Law Desk of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). She led a panel titled, "New Battlefields/Old Laws: The Next Steps in Counterterrorism: Adapting to an Evolving Threat and an Expanding Battlefield," with guests Laurie Blank, Professor William C. Banks, Professor Jennifer Daskal, and Professor Nathan Sales.
In an age when both real and perceived violations of international law have a substantial effect on the legitimacy of state action, getting it wrong is way more than just bad journalism.
Professor Laurie Blank discusses transparency in drone strikes, and what the law of war demands.
Emory Law professor An-Na'im publishes book, What Is an American Muslim?
Emory Law's Abdullahi An-Na'im has been named the 2014 recipient of the University Scholar Teacher Award.
Emory Law students dominated at regional and national tourneys.
Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, will speak at Emory Law on April 9, 2014.
Laurie Blank, director of the International Humanitarian Law Clinic, testified on armed drones before the Dutch Parliament.
Chinese judges participated in a new partnership between Emory Law, City University of Hong Kong, and Supreme People's Court.
Laurie Blank on how to define the battlefield in the age of armed drones
In any conflict, all parties ¿ states, rebel groups and terrorist organizations ¿ must protect civilians from the ravages of war and take steps to minimize harm to civilians. For each party, these obligations take two primary forms: protecting civilians in the areas where it is attacking, and protecting its own civilians from the consequences of attacks by the enemy party.