WCL faculty member and former WCRO faculty director Diane Orentlicher at the 10th Anniversary Symposium |
Public Education and Events
Through a carefully-selected series of public activities, the WCRO serves as an educational resource for the WCL community and the public at large. Notice of public events sponsored by the WCRO can be found on the homepage and in the Docket newsletter. For instances of the WCRO in the news and for reports on events at the Office, see below. Media inquiries may be directed to the Staff Assistant at warcrimes@wcl.american.edu or (202) 274-4067.
Co-sponsored by the WCRO and the Women and International Law Program, this two-day conference will bring together experts in international criminal law and feminist jurisprudence to examine advances and missed opportunities in the prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes before the International Criminal Court and the ad hoc and hybrid criminal tribunals. For inforamtion on how to register, please visit Special Events and Continuing Legal Education.
The WCRO 10th Anniversary Symposium
This event, held on September 30, 2005, highlighted current issues and challenges of international criminal tribunals. Transcripts and Podcasts are available at the link above.
War Crimes Speaker Series
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The WCRO continues to enhance its educational program at WCL with the War Crimes Speakers Series, an informal forum for discussion with practitioners and other experts involved in the work of the various tribunals. Recent speakers have included Christopher Staker, then-Acing Prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone; David Scheffer, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues and Richard Dicker, Director of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch.
The WCRO has in recent years begun to archive its events in Podcast form.
Archive of WCRO appearances in print and radio media.
