The Synthesis of Law and Politics and the Evolution of International Justice
Ambassador David Scheffer and former State Department legal adviser John Bellinger discuss how international justice over the last two...
Speakers: John B. Bellinger III, Adjunct Senior Fellow, International and National Security Law, Council on Foreign Relations; Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP; Former Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State
David J. Scheffer, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law, and Director, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law; Former U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State; Author, All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals
Presider: Jeffrey Toobin, Senior Legal Analyst, CNN; Staff Writer, New Yorker
January 30, 2012
Ambassador David Scheffer and former State Department legal adviser John Bellinger discuss how international justice over the last two decades has affected international politics, including the U.S. role in assisting local war crimes prosecutions in Libya and elsewhere.
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