Upcoming Events
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
"Film Screening and Discussion of 'Baseball in the Time of Cholera'"
Film Screening and Discussion of "Baseball in the Time of Cholera," 5:00pm, Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. Panelists include: Jonathan M. Katz, Journalist and Author; Professor Ruth Wedgwood, Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Director of the International Law and Organizations Program, Johns Hopkins SAIS; and Brian Concannon, Jr, Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti.
Past Events
Monday, March 2, 2009
"What Can We Do? - Development in Conflict - Examples from Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq"
Joseph Saba, World Bank Group, Director, Strategic Cooperation and Technical Assistance, Middle East and North Africa Region, 4:30pm, Room 812, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, March 9, 2009
"Practical Lessons of Development in El Salvador"
Dr. Steven Romanoff, DAI, Chief of Party, Improved Management and Conservation of Critical Watersheds, El Salvador, 4:30pm - 6:00pm, Room 812, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
"US and the UN in the 21st Century"
Gillian Sorensen, United Nations Foundation, Senior Advisor/National Advocate and former UN Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, 12:30pm - 2:00pm, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Dr. Kelly Dawn Askin, International Justice, Open Society Justice Initiative, Senior Legal Officer, 4:30pm, Room 812, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, April 13, 2009
"International Presence in Kosovo after Independence"
Nexhmi Rexhepi, Johns Hopkins University - SAIS, Visiting Scholar, Junior Faculty Development Program Fellow and University of Pristina, Assistant Lecturer, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Room 812, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Professor Orde Kittrie, Arizona State University - Sandra Day O' Connor School of Law, Professor of Law; Director of Washington Legal Externship Program and Johns Hopkins University - SAIS, International Law & Organizations Program, Visiting Scholar, 4:30pm R812, Rome Building 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Laura M. Olson, Senior Council, The Constitution Project and former ICRC Legal Advisor, 4:30pm, Room 812, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, September 28, 2009
Professor Marcia Wiss, Hogan & Hartson, Partner and Johns Hopkins University - SAIS, International Law & Organizations Program, Adjunct Professor, 12:30pm, Room 533, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Friday, October 2, 2009
"Opportunities and Challenges in the Inter-American System"
Professor Dinah Shelton, The George Washington University Law School, Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law and member-elect of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, 12:30pm, Room 812, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, October 12, 2009
"Unlawful Combatants and ICRC's Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities"
Professor Gary Solis, Georgetown University Law Center, Adjunct Professor of Law, 4:30pm, Room 812, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, October 19, 2009
"Song as Crime: The Prosecution of a Rwandan Pop Star"
Professor Susan Benesch, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, 4:30pm, Room 812, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, October 26, 2009
"A Comprehensive Convention on Terrorism - Current Negotiating Issues”
Dr. A. Rohan Perera, Senior Advisor on International Affairs of the Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Member of the International Law Commission; Chairman of the UN Ad-Hoc Committee on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, 9:30 am, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
"The Resurgence of Piracy - a Phenomenon of Modern Times"
Ambassador Helmut Türk, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), Vice-President, 4:30pm, Room 806, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Thursday, November 5, 2009
"America's Role in Kashmir: Past and Future"
Ambassador Howard Schaffer, Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service - Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Deputy Director and Director of Studies
Friday, November 13, 2009
"Ending the 'Scold Wars': How Congress Constrains U.S. Human Rights Policy"
Professor Margaret E. McGuinness, University of Missouri - School of Law, Associate Professor of Law, 12:30pm, Room 812, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, November 16, 2009
"The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court"
Screening excerpt of the film followed by panel discussion, 4:30pm, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. Panelists include: Kenneth Anderson, Professor of Law, American University; John B. Bellinger, Partner, Arnold & Porter, Former State Department Legal Adviser; Gary D. Solis, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University; and Jane E. Stromseth, Professor of Law, Georgetown University. The panel will be moderated by Professor Ruth Wedgwood, Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Director of the International Law and Organizations Program, Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
"Microtrade: Combining Volunteerism with International Trade towards Poverty Elimination"
Professor Y.S. Lee, University of Sydney Faculty of Law, Associate Professor of Law and the Director of the Law and Development Institute, 4:30pm, Room 812, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Thursday, February 4, 2010
"Human Rights in Post-Election Iran"
Renee C. Redman, Esq., Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, Executive Director, 4:30pm, Room 806, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, February 22, 2010
"Current Trends in International Development Law"
Professor Rumu Sarkar, Georgetown University Law Center, Adjunct Professor; Millennium International Consulting, Senior Legal Consultant, 12:30pm, Room 806, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Thursday, April 22, 2010
"Implications of the Russian Anti-Corruption Campaign"
Ethan S. Burger, Esq., Georgetown University Law Center, Adjunct Professor; Center for Transnational Crime Prevention, University of Wollongong (Australia), Fellow and Dr. Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia, 12:30pm, Room 736, BOB Building, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Conversation with Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, 2:00pm, BOB 500, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. Participants include: Speaker, Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Interviewer, Diana Villiers Negroponte, Non-resident Scholar, Brookings Institute; and Moderator, Asa Hutchinson, Founding Partner and CEO, Hutchinson Group, LLC.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
"After the Meltdown - The Future of Capitalism and Globalization in the Age of the Twin Crises"
Panel discussion on the findings of Marc De Vos' new book, "After the Meltdown - The Future of Capitalism and Globalization in the Age of the Twin Crises," 5:00pm, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. Panelists include: Marc De Vos, Professor Ghent University Law School and General Director, Itinera Institute; Stephen J. Rose, nationally recognized labor economist; author of "Rebound: Why America Will Emerge Stronger from the Financial Crisis." The panel will be moderated by Professor Ruth Wedgwood, Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Director of the International Law and Organizations Program, Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Monday, October 11, 2010
"Managing Development in a Politically Complex Environment: UNDP and its Challenges"
Fred Tipson, UNDP, Director, Washington Office of the United Nations Development Programme, 4:30pm, Room 812, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
"Kosovo: Current Challenges and the Role of the UN"
Amb. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), 4:30pm, Room 806, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Thursday, November 11, 2010
James Kofi Annan, Founder and Executive Director of Challenging Heights, 12:30pm, Room 500, BOB Building, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
"New Frontiers in Human Rights and Health Policy"
Leonard Rubenstein, Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 12:30pm, Room 806, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, January 24, 2011
"The Way Forward in Haiti"
Panel Discussion with Tamara Kreinin, UN Foundation; Amy Coughenour, Pan American Development Foundation; David Meltzer, American Red Cross; and Dr. Paulo Lyra, Pan American Health Organization; moderated by Andrea Koppel, 12:30pm, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, February 7, 2011
"Skating on Stilts -- Thinking Seriously about Cyberwar"
Stewart A. Baker, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson; former Assistant Secretary for Policy, US Dep't of Homeland Security; former General Counsel, National Security Agency, 4:30pm, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, February 6, 2012
"Protecting Human Rights through the Mechanism of UN Special Rapporteurs"
Professor Surya Subedi, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, 4:30pm, Room 812, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Monday, February 27, 2012
"Five Things Everyone Knows About Drugs and Why They are Not True"
Professor Mark Kleiman, Professor of Public Policy, UCLA - Luskin School of Public Affairs; Co-author of the new book Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know, 4:30pm, Room 812, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Friday, March 30, 2012
"Current International River Disputes and the Role of Law"
Professor Daniel Magraw, Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins - SAIS; President Emeritus, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL); and Professor Stephen McCaffrey, Distinguished Professor and Scholar, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law; Legal Adviser, Nile River Basin Negotiation Committee; Former Member, UN International Law Commission, 12:30pm, Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW