Frederick K. Cox International Law Center

Frederick K. Cox International Law Center

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row1 = Prof. Michael P. Scharf (professor), Director
row2 = Prof. Jacqueline Lipton, Associate Director
row3 = Prof. Robert Strassfeld, Associate Director
row4 = Alice Simon, Manager for External Relations
row5 = Nancy Pratt, Manager for Programming

The [http://law.case.edu/centers/cox/ Frederick K. Cox International Law Center] is a research center founded at Case Western Reserve University School of Law that focuses on the legal study of international law. The Center sponsors conferences, visiting lecturers, the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, the Case Western Reserve team for the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the Summer Institute for Global Justice, and the War Crimes Research Office. Members of the Center do research and write books, articles, and weblogs, for which the Center holds the specification.

The Cox Center was established in 1991 with a multi-million dollar special endowment by the George Gund Foundation. The Cox Center has also received endowment money and grants from Bruce J. Klatsky, the Wolf Family Foundation, the Yanowitz Family Foundation, and the Open Society Institute.

War Crimes Research Office

Founded in 2002, the [http://law.case.edu/centers/cox/war-crimes War Crimes Research Office] undertakes research projects for five war crimes tribunals and other international organizations, hosts a war crimes trial blog and e-newsletter, and sponsors an annual war crimes research symposium.

Research Projects

The [http://law.case.edu/war-crimes-research-portal War Crimes Research Portal] “contains over a thousand links to websites related to international humanitarian law which are arranged alphabetically by subject area including a summary of each site. Keyword searching is available. A very special feature is the access it provides to … research memoranda on issues pending before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, [the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia,] and the International Criminal Court. Analysis articles and a bibliography are also provided.” [ [http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/international/web_resources/terrorism.php Harvard Law School Library “Research Relating to Terrorism.”] ]

Blog

The [http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial Grotian Moment] blog, established in September 2005, is a source of expert advice on war crimes trials such as the trial of Saddam Hussein. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4676484.stm Dymond, J. (February 3, 2006.) “New dynamic to Saddam’s trial.” BBC News.] ] It features essays by a panel of experts on developments related to major war crimes trials, as well as newspaper articles, and documents related to the tribunals.

Newsletter

“The [http://www.publicinternationallaw.org/warcrimeswatch/index.html War Crimes Prosecution Watch] , a bi-weekly e-newsletter was launched on 20 February [2006] . It is published by the [Cox Center for International Law] of Case Western Reserve University School of Law. The newsletter collects official documents and articles from major news sources ‘detailing and analyzing salient issues pertaining to the investigation and prosecution of war crimes throughout the world.’ The March 20 edition included reports on cases in Indonesia regarding East Timor, the Saddam Hussein trial in Iraq and the situation in Darfur, Sudan.” [ [http://www.ngo-monitor.org/digest_info.php?id=1208 NGO Monitor, April 2006 Digest (Vol. 4 No.8), 2006-04-12] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.publicinternationallaw.org The Public International Law and Policy Group]
* [http://www.law.case.edu/War-Crimes-Research-Portal/ War Crimes Research Portal]
* [http://www.law.case.edu/saddamtrial/ Grotian Moment Blog]
* [http://law.case.edu/centers/cox/content.asp?content_id=81 Lectures and Conferences 1998-2007]


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