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Wednesday, September 27, 2023


Members of the delegation of Ukraine seated in court

Members of the delegation of Ukraine, on the opening day of the hearings on Sept. 18, 2023, including Professor Harold Hongju Koh (center, in red tie).

Tuesday, September 12, 2023


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members of the Ukrainian delegation seated at a table

Members of the Ukrainian delegation, including Professor Harold Hongju Koh (center) on the second day of the hearings. U.N. Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Wiebe Kiestra. Courtesy of the ICJ.

Tuesday, June 6, 2023


A group of people stand in a line before a doorway, some holding blue plates of food. From inside the building, a hand holding an empty blue plate reaches out.

Tigrayans stand in line to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on May 9, 2021. Photo: AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Wednesday, March 22, 2023


Five students Yale Law School’s 2023 Jessup International Law Moot Court CompFive students — Ali Hakim ’24, Thomas Poston ’24, Alaa Hachem ’24, Justin Cole ’23 and Matei Alexianu ’23 — smile and stand shoulder to shoulder before a gray marble-patterned wall.

Yale Law School’s 2023 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition team, from left: Ali Hakim ’24, Thomas Poston ’24, Alaa Hachem ’24, Justin Cole ’23 and Matei Alexianu ’23. The team goes to the international rounds in April.

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Monday, September 18, 2023


In The Press

How the Expansion of ‘Self-Defense’ Has Undermined Constraints on the Use of Force — A Commentary by Oona A. Hathaway ’97

Just Security

Oona A. Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.

Monday, September 11, 2023


In The Press

Finally Ending America’s Forever War, Part I: Diagnosis — A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh

Just Security

Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. 

Tuesday, July 11, 2023


In The Press

Is It Ethical to Supply Cluster Bomb Munitions to Ukraine?

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence Samuel Moyn discusses the ethics of using cluster bomb munitions, which have been banned by 123 countries and which the U.S. has agreed to supply to Ukraine.

Tuesday, June 6, 2023


In The Press

Ukraine Brands Russia ‘Terrorist State’ in Opening Statement at International Court

The Associated Press

Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh represents Ukraine in its new case against Russia before the International Court of Justice.

Wednesday, May 31, 2023


In The Press

“Words and Policies: ‘De-Risking’ and China Policy — A Commentary by Paul Gewirtz

Brookings

Paul Gewirtz is the Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law and the Director of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School.

Friday, May 5, 2023


In The Press

The Legal Authority to Create a Special Tribunal — A Commentary by Oona Hathaway ’97 et al.

Just Security

Oona A. Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. Maggie Mills ’24 and Heather Zimmerman ’23 are students at Yale Law School.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023


In The Press

State Dept. Proposes Joint Tribunal to Try Russian Leaders

The New York Times

Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh comments on a proposal for the creation of a joint tribunal in which Ukraine and international allies would try Russian leaders for crimes of aggression.

Sunday, December 11, 2022


In The Press

Calls for a Special Tribunal To Prosecute Russia Gains Steam

MSNBC

Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 discusses calls to establish a special tribunal to prosecute Russia’s top leadership.

Monday, December 5, 2022


In The Press

The Chinese Dream, Denied

The New York Times

Professor of Law Taisu Zhang ’08 comments on the expanding presence of state officials to enforce China’s “zero COVID” policy.

Monday, September 26, 2022


In The Press

What Meaningful Action Could the United Nations Take To Help Ukraine?

NPR

Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona A. Hathaway ’97 discusses how nations can unite in responding to Russia for its war against Ukraine.