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The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Republic of Hungary v. Simon, a case on whether a group of Hungarian Holocaust survivors can sue Hungary in U.S. courts for compensation over claims…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Nestle USA, Inc. v. Doe I, a consolidated case concerning the 1789 Alien Tort Statue (ATS) and U.S. corporations' liabilities for alleged child…

Rebecca Lissner and Mira Rapp-Hooper discussed U.S. global leadership in the 21st century. This virtual event was hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

U.S Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella, and retired Israeli Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch discussed their lives and career accomplishments…

Legal scholars and a Mississippi state government official testified before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on China’s role and culpability in the global pandemic response. Committee Chair Lindsey…

Attorney Martin Garbus talked about the case of the Cuban Five, who were charged by the U.S. government with espionage and conspiracy to commit murder in the 1990s.

Harold Hongju Koh delivered keynote remarks on international law, cybersecurity, and counterterrorism. Mr. Koh also criticized presidential candidates for suggesting the use of waterboarding and…

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer talked about his book, The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities, about the challenges facing the judiciary and the application…

Ambassador Valentin Zellweger and a group of experts talked about war and the challenges of international law. The panelists focused on how the challenges posed by modern technology, such as cyber…

Corbin Hiar reported by telephone about the U.S. role in the investigation into the death of Cecil the lion, who was killed in Zimbabwe by an American dentist in July 2015. He talked about…

Justice Stephen Breyer spoke with David Rubenstein about the importance of Magna Carta on its 800th anniversary. They also talked about the document’s influence on American law. The two men…

Panelists talked about the status of international efforts to return stolen assets to owners, particularly those affected by turmoil in the Middle East and North African Countries, similar…

John Yoo talked about his book, Point of Attack: Preventive War, International Law, and Global Welfare, in which he argues that international law has little effect on the behavior of…

Ben Fitzgerald talked about the Justice Department’s indictment of five Chinese military officers for allegedly hacking and stealing trade secrets from five U.S. companies and a trade union.…

Michael Scharf, who served as an advisor to several war crime and genocide tribunals, talked about his book, Customary International Law in Times of Fundamental Change, in which he looks at…

Law and disabilities experts testified before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Secretary of State John Kerry testified about the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He urged senators to ratify the treaty and pledged to work with lawmakers who…

Witnesses testified on the Disability Treaty, a law that, if ratified, would extend Americans' disability rights to disabled people in foreign countries.

Eric Buehlmann talked about the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a treaty which aims to establish minimum international standards for people with disabilities. The…

Professor Ruth Wedgwood talked about the International Criminal Court and the chance Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be charged with war crimes. She spoke about the history and…