In this session\, we explore initiatives d eveloped within international criminal law to promote “local ownership” amo ng affected communities\, including the ICC Trust Fund for Victims\, field offices\, and community surveys. We will consider whether such practices me aningfully respond to critiques of the Court’s interventionist posture\, an d what may be obscured when conflict\, violence\, and justice are approache d through a local lens.
We will focus on the landmark case concerning the attack on the Timbuktu shrines and the post-conflict reconstruction ef forts involving the ICC\, UNESCO\, and the World Bank. Through this case\, we will examine how international institutions define and engage local comm unities\, and the tensions that arise in the process.
Suggested readi ngs are available on Canvas.
LOCATION:Hauser Hall\; 104 Lumbard Classroom GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Kathryn Rose Weaver":MAILTO:kweaver@law.harvard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://hls.harvard.edu/events/byse-workshop-2026-the-turn-to -the-local-in-international-law-and-development/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260130T1804Z-1769796293.5614-EO-738875-1@10.73.6.187 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260504T205948Z CREATED:20260130T145838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T195242Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T171500 EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T154500,20260305T154500,20260319T154500,20260409T154500,20260226T154500 RDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T154500 SUMMARY: Byse Workshop Session 2: The Local Community in International Crim inal Law DESCRIPTION: In this session\, we explore initiatives developed within inte rnational criminal law to promote “local ownership” among affected communit ies\, including the ICC Trust Fund for Victims\, field offices\, and commun ity surveys. We will consider whether such practices meaningfully respond t o critiques of the Court’s interventionist posture\, and what may be obscur ed when conflict\, violence\, and justice […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In this session\, we explore initiatives d eveloped within international criminal law to promote “local ownership” amo ng affected communities\, including the ICC Trust Fund for Victims\, field offices\, and community surveys. We will consider whether such practices me aningfully respond to critiques of the Court’s interventionist posture\, an d what may be obscured when conflict\, violence\, and justice are approache d through a local lens.
We will focus on the landmark case concerning the attack on the Timbuktu shrines and the post-conflict reconstruction ef forts involving the ICC\, UNESCO\, and the World Bank. Through this case\, we will examine how international institutions define and engage local comm unities\, and the tensions that arise in the process.
Suggested readi ngs are available on Canvas.
LOCATION:Hauser Hall\; 104 Lumbard Classroom GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Kathryn Rose Weaver":MAILTO:kweaver@law.harvard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://hls.harvard.edu/events/byse-workshop-2026-the-turn-to -the-local-in-international-law-and-development/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR