This panel will explore contemporary developments, processes and controversies in international law-making by the United Nations. Speakers with experience in a range of U.N. bodies will share their experience and insights, including:
Mahnoush Arsanjani, who served in the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) of the United Nations for over three decades. Her last position was as Director of Codification, OLA. Also served as Secretary of the International Law Commission and Secretary of the Committee of the Whole, Rome Conference on the Establishment of the International Criminal Court.
Kristen Boon, Professor of Law Seton Hall Law School; her scholarship has focused on the legal framework applicable to the law-making activities of IOs including the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in transitional situations such as Kosovo and Iraq. Past UN experience includes International Law Commission sessions (for Codification Division of OLA), Rome Conference on the International Criminal Court, UN Mission in Kosovo, UNHCR Secretariat in Geneva, UNHCR liaison office in New York.
Pablo Castillo Díaz, UN Women’s specialist on sexual violence in conflict and gender-based violence in emergencies; work focuses on women’s rights protection in conflict and post-conflict situations, with special attention to training for UN peacekeepers and support to documentation and investigations of crimes of sexual violence.
Kimberly Prost, U.N. Security Council Ombudsperson for the Al Qaida Sanctions Committee, and Head of Legal Advisory Section, Division of Treaty Affairs, UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Previously a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.