March 2017
Community Event: Making Practical Progress on Human Rights: An Essential Element of Sustainable Business
Case Western Reserve University School of Law presents this year's Klatsky Endowed Lecture, featuring former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Michael Posner, who will provide a modern prescription for resolving the tension between human rights and globalization. According to Posner, three decades of economic globalization have generated significant growth and job creation in less developed Asian, African and Latin American countries, helping lift more than two billion people out of extreme poverty. Yet these gains are being undermined…
Find out more »Community Event: STATE OF OUR NATIONS: CANADA-UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVES ON LAW, POLICY AND POLITICS IN TUMULTUOUS TIMES
Canada-U.S. Law Institute will hold its annual conference on March 30 and 31, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio at Case Western Reserve University Law School about the “State of Our Nations: The Canada–United States Relationship - Canada-United States Perspectives on Law, Policy and Politics in Tumultuous Times.” The event will have expert panels presenting the Canadian and US views on (1) turmoil in international trade, (2) management and development of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway, (3) energy and…
Find out more »July 2017
Community Event: Corporations on Trial- International Criminal and Civil Liability for Corporations for Human Rights Violations
The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court recently announced that she is interested in pursuing cases involving corporations that commit crimes against humanity, and the U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments this fall on whether corporations can be sued for human rights violations. To address these groundbreaking developments, and in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, CWRU School of Law is pleased to be hosting a major international conference at which…
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