Advisors & Supporters
The work of the Institute is guided by an active Faculty Advisory Board and an International Council that is comprised of respected statesmen, international jurists, and distinguished scholars. The Institute’s work is also funded by the generous donations of our financial supporters and institutional and strategic partners.
- Faculty Advisory Board
Leila Nadya Sadat, James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law and Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute
Elizabeth Borgwardt, Associate Professor, Department of History
Kevin E. Collins, Professor of Law
John Drobak, George Alexander Madill Professor of Real Property & Equity Jurisprudence and Professor of Economics
Dorsey D. Ellis, Jr., William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Dean Emeritus
Michael Koby, Professor of Practice and Director of the Trial and Advocacy Program
David S. Law, Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science
Maxine Lipeles, Director of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic and Senior Lecturer in Law
Kimberly Jade Norwood, Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law and Professor of African & African American Studies
Adam Rosenzweig, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law
Andrew Sobel, Director, MA Program in International Affairs in University College
Karen Tokarz, Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law & Public Service and Director of Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Program
Andrew Tuch, Professor of Law
Melissa Waters, Professor of Law
- International Council
Elizabeth (Betsy) Andersen
Director of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
The Honorable Louise Arbour
Counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais, Judge ad hoc at International Court of Justice
The Honorable Jorge Arrate
Former Minister of Mines and Economic Advisor to President Allende
Professor George A. Bermann
Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, Walter Gelhorn Professor of Law, and Director of the European Legal Studies Center at Columbia University
Professor Dr. Rudolf Bernhardt
Former President of the European Court of Human Rights, and Professor of Law at the University of Frankfurt
Professor Raj Bhala
Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law and Raymond F. Rice Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas School of Law
Professor Paul P. Craig
Professor of English Law at Oxford University and a Fellow at St. John’s College Oxford
The Honorable Judge Liu Daqun
Judge of the UN Residual mechanism for International Tribunals, and member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
Ambassador Francis M. Deng
Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Government of South Sudan
Mr. David W. Detjen
Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP
The Honorable Richard J. Goldstone
Former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Professor Jung-Gun Kim
Former Dean at Yonsei University Graduate School of Intellectual Property & Law in Seoul, Korea
Ambassador Aída Ivone González Martínez
Former Chairperson of the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the Coordinator of International Women’s Affairs in Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Honorable Professor Herbert H. P. Ma
The Law Foundation Professor of Law at National Taiwan University
Dr. Susan F. Martin
The Donald G. Herzberg Associate Professor of International Migration at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Steven “Cash” Nickerson
President of PDS Technical Services, Inc., in Irving, Texas
The Honorable Hisashi Owada
Former judge and President of the International Court of Justice and a member of the Institut de Droit International
The Right Honorable Sir Geoffrey Palmer
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and co-founder of Chen Palmer & Partners, Wellington, New Zealand
Ms. Asha Ramgobin
Founder and Executive Director of the Human Rights Development Initiative
The Honorable Patricia M. Wald
Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and former Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Professor Ruth Wedgwood
The Edward B. Burling Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at Johns Hopkins University and a Senior Fellow for International Organizations and Law at the Council on Foreign Relations
Professor Joseph H.H. Weiler
The European Union Jean Monnet Chair at New York University School of Law, and the President of European University Institute
In Memoriam
The Honorable John B. Anderson (1922-2017)
Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni (1937-2017)
Thomas M. Franck (1931-2009)
Whitney R. Harris (1912-2010)
Anthony Lewis (1927-2013)
- Financial Supporters
Anna and Whitney Harris
Steven “Cash” Nickerson
United States Institute of Peace
Humanity United
Margaret W. Dagen
The Planethood Foundation
Brookings Institution