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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’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.
On Aug. 26, CWRU’s “Talking Foreign Policy” radio show/podcast will examine how foreign policy will impact the 2024 election
August 23, 2024Conventional wisdom says that foreign policy doesn’t matter in U.S. Presidential elections. But this election is shaping up to be different. In the August 26, 2024 broadcast (9 a.m.
CWRU’s Talking Foreign Policy Radio Program examines need to update the Geneva Conventions
May 24, 2024This August, the world will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on the Law of War. In conflict after conflict, they have successfully limited the savagery of warfare.