Aggression and Ukraine: International Law and Accountability

Virtual Event

Given the tragic outbreak of war in Ukraine and Russia’s flagrant violation of the UN Charter and ongoing commission of crimes, this panel explored justice possibilities both at the level of state accountability as well as individual criminal responsibility.

Moderated by CGA’s Jennifer Trahan, this event had a keynote address by Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nation, and featured an esteemed panel: Ambassador David Scheffer, former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues; Professor emeritus, Northwestern University School of Law Lindsay Freeman, Director of Law and Policy for the Tech and Human Rights Program, UC Berkeley Human Rights Center Oona Hathaway, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School Adil Haque, Professor of Law and Judge Jon O. Newman Scholar, Rutgers Law School.

This event was Co-sponsored by the International Criminal Court Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association. Watch here.