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The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center was established in 1991 through a multimillion-dollar endowment from the George Gund Foundation. The Cox Center serves as the hub of the law school's international law program, which includes The Canada-U.S. Law Institute, Institute for Global Security, Law and Policy, Henry T. King, Jr. War Crimes Research Office, Yemen Accountability Project and Talking Foreign Policy.
Recent News From the Center
CWRU Law School Launches New International Development Law Lab
October 18, 2024Case Western Reserve University School of Law is pleased to announce the launch of its International Development Law Lab in the Fall Term 2024. Adjunct Law Professor Rumu Sarkar leads the lab and also teaches the related course on International Development Law.
CWRU Law School convenes experts to prepare report on updating the Geneva Conventions
October 17, 2024On the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, twenty-nine leading experts in the field of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) from around the world gathered at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, OH, to discuss whether there is a need to strengthen the Geneva Conventions to address the challenges of 21st century war
CWRU’s Michael Scharf leads team to prepare Ukrainian judges and prosecutors to try environmental war crimes and ecocide
October 14, 2024In the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, destruction of the environment has not just been an indirect result of the fighting; Russia has purposely targeted the environment to demoralize the Ukraine population.
CWRU Law Alum elected judge of the African Court of Human Rights
September 23, 2024CWRU Law alum Duncan Gaswaga (LAW ‘13) was elected in July 2024 as a Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights.
Lead ICC prosecutor Andrew Cayley presents Klatsky Lecture and receives Humanitarian Award
September 13, 2024The new arrivals to the Law School had an unforgettable welcome on August 28 when Andrew Cayley presented the first major lecture of the 2024-2025 academic year. The occasion was the annual Klatsky Endowed Distinguished Lecture in Human Rights Law. The Klatsky Lecture was created in 2001 by CWRU alum Bruce J.