Archives - HIGLS
In recent years, the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute has hosted a number of conferences, lectures and other events. Streaming videos are placed on this page after the lecture. Videos are presented in either Windows Media Player or RealPlayer. In the absence of a link below, there is currently no information available online. Links open in new browser windows.
Lectures
2009-2010
- Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp - Can International Justice Meet the Demand for Accountability? - [more] View Video
- Jonathan Hafetz -Guantanamo: Learning from the Past to Confront the Future - [more] View Video
- Amnon Rubinstein -The Partial Constitutional Legal System in Israel
- Ambassador Charles Stith Lecture -The Obama "Affect" on Africa [more] View Video
- Dr. Guénaël Mettraux Lecture -International Criminal Justice: A Defense Perspective [more] View Video
2008-2009
- Ambassador Feisal Amin Rasoul al-Istrabadi Lecture [more] View Video
- Julia Preston Lecture -Immigration: Enought Enforcement? The Crackdown and the Policy Options for the New Administration [more]
- Lucy Reed Lecture -The Visible and Invisible World of International Claims Tribunals [more] View video
- Charles Freeman Lecture -Trading Places? U.S. Economic Engagement with China and Its Implications for U.S. Power, Competitiveness, and Global Prestige, William C. Jones Lecture Series [more] View Video
- Philippe Sands -Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values [more] View Video
- Betty Oyella Bigombe -The Challenges of Mediation: Peace Negotiations with the Lord's Resistance Army and Other Conflicts in Uganda [more] View Video
- Juan Mendez Lecture -Contributions of the Inter-American System of Human Rights on Transitional Justice [more
- Robert Peroni Lecture -Better Than Exemption: Worldwide v. Territorial Tax Regimes [more]
- Catherine Amirfar - LaGrand, Avena, Sanchez-Llamas, and Medellin – U.S. Law in International Courts, International Law in U.S. Courts [more] View Video
2007-2008
- Susan Whiting - William Catron Jones Lecture [more] View Video
- Dinah Shelton - The Right to a Remedy Under International Law [more] View Video
- Edward Vulliamy - Journalism, Law and War: Should Reporters Testify [more] View Video
- Justice Richard Goldstone - A Conversation with Justice Goldstone [more]
- Ambassador Carla A. Hills - Trade and the 2008 Elections [more] View Video
- Larry Johnson - UN War Crimes Tribunals: Do They Help or Hinder Achieving Peace and Justice? [more] View Video
- William Kirby - American and Chinese Universities in the 21st Century [View flyer] View Video
- Zeidan Atashi - Druze and Jews: Arab & Other Minority Rights in Israel [more]
- Qiu Xiaolong lecture and book signing - A Case of Two Cities [more] View Video
- Jianli Song - China’s Judiciary: Current Issues [more]
- Alumni CLE Lectures: Tokyo - [more]
2005-2006
- Walter Slocombe - Pre-Emptive Use of Force: Legalities and Realities in Today's World [more] - William Catron Jones Lecture Series - View Video
- Thomas D. Grant - Legitimacy, Efficacy, and University in International Organization: What the First Fifty Years of the United Nations Tells Us About the Future [more] - View Video
- Justice Herbert Haller - On the Interplay of the European Court of Human Rights with the Austrian Constitutional Court and with the Legislator Amending the Constitution [more] - View Video
- Dr. Xiaoye Wang - The New Development of Chinese Antitrust Legislation [more]
- Andrew Walder [more]
- Amos Guiora - Global Perspectives on Counter-Terrorism[more]
- Jacqueline Bhabha - International Women's Day
- Jerry Fowler - Genocide Emergency: Darfur, Sudan - Who Will Survive Today? [more]
- John Stoessinger - Odyssey to America: Reflections of a Holocaust Survivor [more]
- Dale Furnish - Another Look at Judicial Reform in Mexico - View Video
- David Crane - I'll Be Back - Charles Taylor, Terrorists, Warlords, and Thugs: International Criminal Law in the 21st Century - View Video
2004-2005
- Ahmed Kathrada - Our Struggle and Our Reward: Our New South Africa - View Video
- Hidehiko Adachi and Shiu-Mi Li - Japan's New Law Schools - [more]
- Michael Rühle - America and Europe: Mars vs. Venus? - [more]
- Panel Discussion on Gender, Human Rights, and Islam Featuring Shaheen Ali, Visiting Professor, Washington University School of Law - [more]
- Nepal Today: Coping with the Maoist Threat: A Conversation with Narayan Khadka, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, and Sangbu Sherpa - [more]
- A Conversation with William C. Jones - View Video
- Judge Lech Garlicki - The Constitutional Court in Poland - View Video
- Harold Hongju Koh - The Supreme Court Meets International Law - View Video
- Justice John Major- View Video
- Michael Olivas - [more] - View Video
- Adam Hochschild - The Holocaust in the Congo - Then and Today - Q & A Session - View Video
2003-2004
- Justice John Major - A Conversation with the Canadian Supreme Court - View Video
- Jerome A. Cohen - Criminal Justice and U.S.-China Relations - View Video
- Justice Manuel Jose Cepeda - The Role and Impact of the Constitutional Court in Columbia - View Video
- Vojtech Cepl - Lessons for Iraq from the Czech Transition - [more]
- Mitts Across the Pacific: Baseball in Japan and the United States - [more]
- Hon. Irving Cotler - The New Anti-Semitism: An International Human Rights Challenge - [more]
- Dale Beck Furnish - Judicial Reform in Mexico - View Video
- The People Speak: American Debates Its Role in the World - info
2002-2003
- Michael Hoffman - International Humanitarian Law - View Video
- John Braithwaite - On Restorative Justice - View Video
- A Conversation with Whitney Harris (by John O. Haley) - View Video
Conferences
Please click on the conference for more information including links to videos. In the absence of a link below, there is currently no information available online.
2008-2009
- Crimes Against Humanity Initiative - Hague Intersessional Experts' Meeting [more]
- Crimes Against Humanity Initiative - St. Louis Experts' Panel [more]
- International Climate Change: Post-Kyoto Challenges [more]
[view videos part 1; part 2; part 3]
2007-2008
- 2nd Annual International Humanitarian Dialogs [more]
- Law in Japan: A Celebration of the Works of John Owen Haley [more]
- The Globalization of Law and the Future of Legal Education Roundtable [more]
2006-2007
2005-2006
- Promoting U.S. - China Business Relations - [more ]
- Rethinking the Kyoto Protocol - [more] - View Video
- Commercializing Innovation Conference - [more]
2004-2005
- Future of Social Sciences Workshop – [more] (opens in new window)
- Comparative Approaches to Regulating Religion and Belief: State Authority and the Rule of Law
- Centennial Universal Congress of Lawyers Conference - Lawyers and Jurists in the 21st Century – [more]
- A Program on the Crisis in Darfur – [more]
2003-2004
- Imperialism, Art & Restitution Conference – [more]
2002-2003
- Biodiversity and Biotechnology – [more] (opens in new window)
- Paradigms of International Justice – [more]
- Competition Policy and Economic Development Conference – [more]
2001-2002
- Conference on Constitutional Courts – [more]
- International Debate Series: International Criminal Court - [more]
2000-2001
- Grand Inaugural Event – [more]
Miscellaneous Events
2008-2009
- Hiroshima Survivor/Nuclear Proliferation Dialog [more]
