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Biden reversed Trump’s sanctions on International Criminal Court officials. What happens now?

Dr. Zvobgo coauthored an article in The Washington Post with USC colleague Kyle Rapp on President Joe Biden's reversal of Trump-era...

Getting creative during the pandemic

The covid-19 pandemic has meant that the IJL team hasn't been able to meet in person for more than a year. But, with the warm spring...

Dr. Andrea Vilán presents: "Rival Networks in Human Rights: The Domestic Politics of Child Marriage"

We would like to thank Dr. Andrea Vilán, postdoctoral research associate in the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton...

As America Seeks Racial Justice, It Can Learn From Abroad

Renowned truth commission practitioner, Eduardo González and Dr. Zvobgo published an op-ed in Foreign Policy, "As America Seeks Racial...

Book Launch: The Coming Good Society: Why New Realities Demand New Rights, by B. Schulz and S. Raman

On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, the International Justice Lab had the distinct pleasure of hosting a virtual book launch event for The...

Taylor Dalton presents: "Appeals to Fairness"

We would like to thank Taylor Dalton, a Ph.D. candidate in political science and international relations at the University of Southern...

The International Criminal Court just elected a new chief prosecutor. Here’s what you need to know.

Dr. Zvobgo and IJL external fellows, Nastaran Far and Hailey Robertson, coauthored an article in The Washington Post on the International...

The ICC says it can investigate Israel’s alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories.

Dr. Zvobgo coauthored an article in The Washington Post with Dr. M.P. Broache on the International Criminal Court's investigation into...

Dr. Rochelle Terman presents: "Backlash: Defiance, Human Rights, and the Politics of Shame"

We would like to thank Dr. Rochelle Terman, assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago, for an engaging...

U.S. Foreign Policy Needs to Begin at Home: IJL's Zvobgo

Dr. Zvobgo recently gave a televised interview on human rights, race, and U.S. foreign policy under the Biden-Harris administration with...

Put Racial Justice at Center of the Biden-Harris Transition Plan

Congratulations to IJL Fellows, Alexandra Byrne and Bilen Zerie, and Dr. Zvobgo for their new op-ed, "Put Racial Justice at Center of the...

Achieving Post-Conflict Justice through Strategic Litigation and Reparations: The Sepur Zarco Trial

Congratulations to IJL Fellow, Zoha Siddiqui for her new article, "Achieving Post-Conflict Justice through Strategic Litigation and...

Adequate, Effective, and Prompt: Analyzing the Right to Reparations in Transitional Justice

Congratulations to IJL Fellow, Alexandra Byrne for her new article, "Adequate, Effective, and Prompt: Analyzing the Right to Reparations...

Don’t Move On Just Yet

Prof. Zvobgo was recently interviewed by Quinta Jurecic and quoted in "Don't Move on Just Yet" in The Atlantic on prospects for truth...

US Movement for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation

On January 19, Prof. Zvobgo presented her research findings at a leadership meeting of the US Movement for Truth, Racial Healing, and...

Foreign Policy Begins At Home

Dr. Zvobgo penned an essay in the 50th anniversary special issue of Foreign Policy Magazine on how domestic transitional justice in a...

'This Is Not Who We Are' Is a Great American Myth

Lab Director, Kelebogile Zvobgo published an article in Foreign Policy on why the United States needs transitional justice, especially...

#GRI2020ResearchHighlights

From December 7 to 23, W&M's Global Research Institute shared 12 research highlights from 2020, including from IJL on day 4. Day 1: The...

Not a Moment but a Movement: The Case for Transitional Justice in the U.S.

Lab Director, Kelebogile Zvobgo co-authored an article in Ms. Magazine on the necessity of transitional justice in the United States....

Some people want a U.S. truth commission. But truth commissions have limits.

Lab Director, Kelebogile Zvobgo co-authored an article in The Washington Post on truth commissions in the United States and what many...

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