Cox International Law Center
April 15, 2021
The Yemen Accountability Project (YAP) at ӰƵ School of Law has published its second white paper, “Starvation: Building the Case for Prosecuting Starvation Crimes in Yemen.” The 51-page document examines evidence from 2015 to 2018 that illustrates patterns of widespread…
April 12, 2021
The ӰƵ Law School Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court team has just capped off a tremendous year of competitions. From March 28 to April 4, the team competed in the annual Vis International Arbitration Moot Court competition that typically takes place in…
April 09, 2021
On March 30, 2021, the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, together with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), submitted a letter to United Nations experts concerning attacks by federal and local police on medics during the racial justice and anti-police brutality protests over the summer of…
March 28, 2021
Building upon Co-Dean Michael Scharf’s concept of “Grotian Moments” (paradigm shifts and tipping points in international law), as set out in his two recent books published by Cambridge University Press, the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg convened an international workshop on March 26-27, 2021,…
February 25, 2021
Congratulations to the ӰƵ School of Law Jessup International Law Moot Court team, which competed last weekend in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court U.S. Regional Competition. Because of the virtual format due to the pandemic, this year there were three…
February 05, 2021
While working as a visiting professional at The Hague in 2019, third-year law student Laura Graham was a participant in one of the most controversial cases to come before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in recent years. On Feb. 4, 2021, the ICC in The Hague found Dominic Ongwen guilty of 61…
February 02, 2021
For the fourth year in a row, the international law program at ӰƵ received an A+ in the latest edition of National Jurist's PreLaw Magazine—a rating achieved by only 10 law schools this year. After highlighting the program's $4 million endowment as one of the largest…
January 19, 2021
George Kamanda, a third-year law student at ӰƵ, recently published his third book, "Citizenship Reimagined: The Case for Responsible Whole Citizenry in Sierra Leone (Palmetto Publishing, Oct. 2020)." Born in Sierra Leone, Kamanda drew inspiration for his book from…
October 26, 2020
On October 24, 2020, Co-Dean Michael Scharf was voted president-elect of the American Branch of the International Law Association. Established in 1873 and headquartered in London, the 4,400-member association is the preeminent international non-governmental organization involved in developing and…
October 07, 2020
In 2018, ӰƵ School of Law launched the Yemen Accountability Project (YAP), a student initiative to document and map war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Yemeni Civil War. Following two years of research, the YAP recently reached a major milestone, publishing…