News and Developments in International Law and Legal Education Published as an information resource for the ASIL membership, the ASIL Academic Bulletin reports on program developments at ASIL 2008 Academic Partner institutions. January 2008
Case Western Reserve University School of Law ASIL Links Home Academic Partnership Program Academic Bulletin Archive Career Development Resouces The "Case Global" program at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the 15th best international law program in the nation, is composed of the Canada-U.S. Law Institute (est. 1976), the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center (endowed in 1991), the Cox Center War Crimes Research Office (est. 2002), the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy (est. 2004), and the Summer Institute for Global Justice in the Netherlands (est. 2005). BREAKING NEWS: Iraqi Anfal Trial Judges to Speak at Case Western Reserve University School of Law website first to post English translation of Anfal Trial Judgment Six months ago, the Iraqi High Tribunal handed down its decision in the Anfal Campaign trial, convicting "Chemical Ali" (Ali Hassan al-Majid) and five other former Iraqi military leaders of genocide and other international crimes related to their role in a 1980s crackdown against northern Iraqi Kurds. The IHT recently provided Case Western Reserve University School of Law the English Translation of the Anfal Judgment, which is now available for the first time on the award-winning "Grotian Moment" website: http://law.case.edu/grotian-moment-blog . On January 29, 2008 (4:00-5:30 pm), Case Western Reserve University will host a live presentation by the five IHT judges who presided over the Anfal Campaign trial, as well as other officers of the Tribunal, who are making their first public appearance outside Iraq. A transcript of the session will be posted on the Grotian Moment website after the event. This program is part of Case Western Reserve University School of Law's year-long series commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, which included a day-long symposium on September 28, featuring a keynote address by Robert Petit, Chief Prosecutor of the Cambodian Genocide Tribunal; the October 16 Cox Center Humanitarian Award Lecture by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court; and the January 15 Klatsky Human Rights Lecture by Yale Law Professor W. Michael Reisman. The program has been organized by Professor Henry King, one of the Nuremberg Trial prosecutors, and Professor Michael Scharf, who has trained the judges of the Iraqi High Tribunal and several other war crimes tribunals. Twelve Case Western Reserve University students have interned at the five international war crimes tribunals this past year, including one who is currently the intern-law clerk to the SCSL judges presiding over the Charles Taylor Trial in The Hague. The Cox Center War Crimes Research Office has provided more than 180 research memos to five international war crimes tribunals. These memos are available at the War Crimes Research Portal: http://law.case.edu/war-crimes-research-portal Upcoming "Case Global" Events: March 18: The Cox Center presents Larry Johnson, Deputy Legal Counsel of the United Nations. April 10-12: Institute for Global Security Law and Policy hosts the "World Conference on Combating Terrorist Financing," a preparatory colloquium of the International Association of Penal Law. April 17-19: Canada-US Law Institute hosts its annual Conference, "The World's Longest Undefended Border: Gateway or Checkpoint?"