The School of Law has become the first law school in the United States to enter into a cooperation agreement with the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a partner in the ICC’s Legal Tools Project.
Through the partnership, law students will work directly in helping the ICC to build the most comprehensive and complete database within the field of international criminal law.
Under the direction of Leila Sadat, J.D., the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law and director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, and B. Don Taylor III, J.D., executive director of the Harris Institute and Cash Nickerson Fellow, students will conduct research on national jurisdictions and national cases involving core international crimes from a group of African states.
The Legal Tools Project of the ICC has created a comprehensive collection of resources relevant to the theory and practice of international criminal law and brings modern technologies into the investigation, prosecution and defense of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
More information about the work of the Harris Institute can be found by visiting the institute’s Web site, law.wustl.edu/higls/.