News and Events

On April 15, the International Justice Lab had the distinct pleasure of hosting a book talk and signing for Decolonizing Politics: An Introduction, with the author Dr. Robbie Shilliam from the Johns Hopkins University. Published by Polity Press, the book is available now wherever you buy books. #IJLNexus

On April 6, the International Justice Lab had the honor of hosting a book launch and signing for Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions for Human Rights, with the author Dr. Nina Reiners from the Free University Berlin and the Geneva Graduate Institute. Published by Cambridge University Press, the book is available now at tinyurl.com/ReinersBook2021. #IJLNexus

On March 23, the International Justice Lab had the pleasure of hosting a book talk and signing for A Seat at the Table: Women, Diplomacy, and Lessons for the World, with the author Susan Sloan. Published by New Degree Press, the book is available now wherever you buy books. #IJLNexus

We would like to thank Daniel Solomon, Ph.D. candidate in government at Georgetown University and Associate Research Fellow at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, for sharing his research on atrocity prevention, joint with the Center. Despite a large tool kit, systematic empirical research on the effects of different atrocity prevention tools is scant. Thank you, Prof. Solomon for visiting IJL, the Global Research Institute

We would like to thank Dr. Debbie Sharnak, assistant professor of History at Rowan University, for a thought-provoking discussion of human rights paradoxes in Uruguay, including support for the 1986 amnesty law in public referenda in 1989 and 2009, and the law's ultimate repeal by Parliament in 2011, following the pivotal Gelman v. Uruguay trial. Judges in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights determined that the amnesty law violated Uruguay’s legal obligations arising und

We would like to thank Dr. Carla Winston, lecturer in International Relations at the University of Melbourne, for a lively discussion of evolving norms in international relations, with a substantive focus on transitional justice. It was a pleasure to learn about her ongoing research agenda and her book project. We look forward to our next meeting! #IJLNexus

On November 12, the International Justice Lab had the unique privilege of hosting a book launch and signing for Saving the International Justice Regime: Beyond Backlash against International Courts, with the author Dr. Courtney Hillebrecht from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Published by Cambridge University Press, the book is available now wherever you buy books. #IJLNexus

Many thanks to Dr. Emily Hencken Ritter, associate professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University, for presenting research in progress with Chara Lynn and Jennifer Barnes, "Protest, Threat Dimensions, and the Repression of Women’s Rights." We are excited to read the published version one day soon! #IJLNexus

Hearty thanks to Dr. Monika Nalepa, associate professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, for speaking with us about her unfolding research agenda on transitional justice and democratic stability and her lab's novel Global Transitional Justice Dataset (GTJD). We look forward to using the data and reading related research coming out of her lab at UChicago! #IJLNexus

We would like to thank Dr. Francesca Parente, assistant professor of Political Science at Christopher Newport University and director of the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, for an engaging discussion of compliance with international human rights, with a focus on Latin America. We enjoyed learning about her growing research agenda and her book project, The Promise and Peril of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. We look forward to seeing it in prin

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 March 10, 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