Elena Baylis, International Criminal Justice and Transitional Justice: Tensions and Synergies. Presented at: International Law Weekend; New York City Bar Association; Oct. 2016.
Elena Baylis presented the results of her empirical research on post-conflict justice norms and knowledge development
at International Law Weekend on Oct. 29, 2016, for the “Empirical Research on International Legal Education” panel. Her presentation was based on the findings described in two recent publications, What Internationals Know: Improving the Effectiveness of Post-Conflict Justice Initiatives, 14
Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 243 (2015) (preliminary paper competitively selected for American Society of International Law Research Forum) and Function and Dysfunction in Post-Conflict Justice Networks and Communities, 47
Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 625 (2014).
Elena Baylis served as a discussant and moderator at the Nov. 12, 2016
American Society of International Law Research Forum for a panel on Armed Conflict and International Law. The panel featured papers on detention, hybrid warfare and Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.
Ronald Brand led a three-day training session Oct. 12-14, 2016 for professors and coaches of Vis International Arbitration Moot teams from law schools from throughout the Middle East. The program was held at the Kuwait International Law School in Kuwait.
Haider Ala Hamoudi presented a paper at a conference on Judicial Ethics held at the Doha, Qatar campus of Texas A&M on Dec. 4. Hamoudi’s paper was on the role of the judiciary in facilitating the rise of authoritarianism in the post Saddam era.
Matiangai Sirleaf, Ebola Does Not Fall from the Sky: Global Structural Violence and International Responsibility. Presented at: Mid-Year Research Forum; American Society for International Law; Nov. 2016.
Matiangai Sirleaf served as a commentator at a conference held in Dec. 2016 by Osgoode Law School, at York University in Toronto Canada. The interdisciplinary international conference was entitled: Canadian/Anglophone African Human Rights Engagements: A Critical Assessment of the Literature and a Research Agenda Conference.