CISS Annual Conference – Accountability at a Crossroads: International Law in a Time of Atrocities
March 27th - March 28th, 2025
Princeton University, Robertson Hall (Thursday) and JRR (Friday)
About the Conference
The Princeton University’s Center for International Security Studies (CISS) cordially invites members of the academic and policy community as well as the public to its 2025 Annual Conference “Accountability at a Crossroads: International Law in a Time of Atrocities.”
Schedule
Thursday Location: Robertson Hall 100
Opening Remarks: Prof. John Ikenberry (3/27 2:30 - 3:00 pm)
Keynote: Ambassador David Scheffer (3/27 3:00 - 3:50 pm)
Panel I: Evidentiary Challenges: War Crimes Investigations & New Technologies (3/27 4:00 - 5:20 pm)
Federica D’Alessandra — British Academy Global Innovation Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Deputy Director of the Institute for Ethics, Law & Armed Conflict; Director of the Program on International Peace & Security, University of Oxford
Caitlin Howarth — Director of Operations at the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab
Nicholas Koumjian — UN Assistant Secretary General & Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
Reception: Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall (3/27 5:30 - 6:30 pm)
Friday Location: JRR 399
Panel II: The International Criminal Court: Failed Experiment or Best Last Hope? (3/28 9:00 - 10:20 am) (Moderated by Dr. Barbara Buckinx)
Prof. David Bosco — Executive Associate Dean & Professor at Indiana University Bloomington
Prof. Rebecca Hamilton — Professor of Law at American University, Washington College of Law; former ICC Trial Lawyer
Prof. Leila Sadat — James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law, Washington University School of Law; former Special Advisor on Crimes Against Humanity to the ICC Prosecutor
Panel III: Domestic Courts & Universal Jurisdiction: The Future of Accountability? (3/28 10:30 - 11:50 am) (Moderated by Prof. Deb Amos)
Dr. Anya Neistat — Legal Director at the Clooney Foundation for Justice
Matevz Pezdirc — Head of Secretariat of the European Genocide Network
Alain Werner — Director of Civitas Maxima
Panel IV: A Just Peace: Accountability in Transitional Contexts (3/28 1:30 - 2:50 pm) (Moderated by Prof. Martin Flaherty)
Magistrate Roberto Carlos Vidal López — President of Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace
Prof. Michael Scharf — Associate Dean & Joseph C. Hostetler-BakerHostetler Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law; Co-Founder of the Public International Law & Policy Group
Prof. Diane Orentlicher — Professor of International Law at American University, Washington College of Law; former Deputy US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues
Closing Remarks (3/28 2:50 - 3:00 pm)
Registration here
