The past year h as witnessed a series of measures by the executive branch of the U.S. gover nment that are antagonistic towards international human rights norms and in stitutions. Most notable among these are the sanctions imposed against judg es and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC). These sanctio ns have turned policy tools typically applied to the worst war criminals an d dictators against the very human rights actors whose raison d'être is to hold those exact figures accountable.
Join us for an event that will examine the U.S. sanctions on ICC personnel\, focusing primarily on their impact o n institutions\, individual officials\, and their families. The discussion will also explore potential responses available to impacted parties—as well as the broader human rights community. < /span>
Alex Whiting is a Professor at Harv ard Law School where he teaches\, writes and consults on domestic and inter national criminal prosecution issues. He recently served in the Special Cou nsel’s Office at the U.S. Department of Justice as an Assistant Special Cou nsel. Previously\, Whiting was at the Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office in The Hague\, as the Head of Investigations\, Deputy Specialist Prosecuto r\, and Acting Specialist Prosecutor. From 2010 until 2013\, he was in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague a s the Investigations Coordinator\, and then as Prosecutions Coordinator.
Andrew Loew enstein is a Partner at Foley Hoag wh ose work involves international boundary disputes\, the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea\, international invest ment law and investor-State disputes\, international environmental law\, an d international human rights and humanitarian law. Andrew frequently repres ents sovereign States before the International Court of Justice in The Hagu e\, the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disp utes (ICSID)\, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)\, and U.S. domestic courts under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA).
Naz K. Modirzadeh< /b> is a Profe ssor of Practice at Harvard Law School and the Founding Director of the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC). Modirzadeh writes and teaches primarily in the field of public international law\, with a fo cus on non-use of force\, armed conflict\, and counterterrorism issues. Mod irzadeh is on the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group and h as served on a number of advisory boards for high-level U.N. and other init iatives.
Gerald Neuman (moderat or) is the Director of the School’s Human Rights Program\, and the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International\, Foreign\, and Comparati ve Law at HLS. Neuman teaches courses in international human rights law\, i mmigration and nationality law\, and U.S. constitutional law. From 2011 to 2014\, he served as a Member of the UN Human Rights Committee. Neuman holds a JD from HLS and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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