News and Events

We would like to thank Kiela Crabtree, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of Michigan, for sharing her research in progress on racial violence in the United States. She presented a new dataset, the Bridging Racial Violence Dataset (1970-1990) – a rich resource that begins to fill the gap between systematic data on lynchings (1880s-1930s) and hate crimes (1992-present) in the United States. The talk rounded out the spring 2021 virtual edition of the IJL N

We would like to thank Dr. Andrea Vilán, postdoctoral research associate in the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, for presenting a chapter from her book project, The Domestic Incorporation of Human Rights Treaties. We can't wait to see it in print! #IJLNexus

On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, the International Justice Lab had the distinct pleasure of hosting a virtual book launch event for The Coming Good Society: Why New Realities Demand New Rights, with the authors Bill Schulz and Sushma Raman from the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Published by Harvard University Press, the book is available now wherever you buy books. #IJLNexus

We would like to thank Taylor Dalton, a Ph.D. candidate in political science and international relations at the University of Southern California, for an interesting talk on his research in progress, “Appeals to Fairness: Appellate Procedure's Role in Promoting Legitimacy at the ICC,” the second event in the spring 2021 virtual edition of the IJL Nexus Series. We look forward to reading the next iteration of the project, Prof. Dalton! #IJLNexus

We would like to thank Dr. Rochelle Terman, assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago, for an engaging discussion of her current book project, Backlash: Defiance, Human Rights, and the Politics of Shame, which kicked off the spring 2021 virtual edition of the IJL Nexus Series. We look forward to welcoming you back to W&M after the pandemic, Dr. Terman! #IJLNexus

We were pleased to welcome for our first IJL Nexus Series event, war crimes prosecutor, Arthur Traldi. An alum of William & Mary, Traldi has spent more than a decade working on some of the most serious international criminal trials in recent history, including on mass atrocities in the former Yugoslavia & Rwanda. Most recently, Traldi led the prosecution of Ratko Mladić—the Main Staff Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army (1992-1996)—for crimes committed during the ethnic cleans