2015 Speakers

 

Keynote Address: The Honorable Francis Jardeleza, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (12:00 pm)

Introductory remarks by Vice Dean William Alford - Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law SChool

 

Panel 1: Drawing New Borders? Self-Determination and Independence Movements (1:00 pm)

 

• Hurst Hannum - Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Diplomacy, Tufts University

• Hon. David J. Scheffer - Director, Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of law; former US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues

• Jure Vidmar - Professor of Public International Law, Maastricht University

• Moderator: Gabriella Blum - Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Harvard Law School

 

Panel 2: Conflicting Claims: Maritime Disputes and the South China Sea (2:45 pm)

 

• Kuen-chen Fu - Director, Center for Oceans Law and Policy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Law; arbitrator for CMAC, CIETAC

• Hon. Francis Jardeleza, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; former Solicitor General of the Philippines

• James Kraska - Professor in the Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, US Naval War College

• Harry Roque - Director, University of the Philippines Law Center Institute of International Legal Studies; Associate Professor at the University of Philippines College of Law

• Stefan Talmon - Professor of Public International Law, University of Bonn; Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s College Oxford

• Moderator: Alexis Dudden - Professor of History, University of Connecticut

 

Panel 3: Economic Sanctions: Implementation, Effectiveness, and Ethics (4:30 pm)

 

• Joy Gordon - Senior Global Justice Fellow, Yale MacMillan Center; Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J. Professor of Social Ethics, Loyola University Chicago

• Bijan Ganji - Associate, Milbank

• Jennifer Hershfang - Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), US Department of the Treasury

• Sean Thornton - Legal Counsel, BNP Paribas; former Chief Counsel, OFAC

• Alex Willscher - Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell; former Assistant United States Attorney, SDNY

• Moderator: Maggie Gardner - Climenko Fellow and Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School