Professor Harold Hongju Koh: “International Law & The Ukraine-Russia Crisis”

Professor Harold Hongju Koh — former Dean of Yale Law School and former Assistant Secretary of State — is coming to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a campus visit next Thursday, Oct 5, and for his talk on “International Law and the Ukraine-Russia Crisis.”

Professor Koh’s in-person talk on October 5 is Free and Open to the Public, UNC Global Affairs, Nelson Mandela Auditorium; or register in advance to attend virtually via Zoom:
https://lnkd.in/grbc2nx6

Professor Koh has recently been working on behalf of Ukraine at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and he has agreed to take time from his transatlantic travels to spend several days at UNC providing updates on his work with the team of lawyers who successfully sued Russia on behalf of Ukraine at the World Court in The Hague. Yale Law School underscored the importance of Koh’s work in an article published last year: “Professor Koh Helps Win World Court Ruling Ordering Russia to Halt Ukraine Invasion.” https://lnkd.in/gi4qwQmR

And, in an article published just yesterday, Yale Law School headlined Koh’s most recent work: “Professor Koh Asks International Court of Justice to Decide Ukraine’s Suit Against Russia.” https://lnkd.in/gc47tykN

As noted in the article, “Koh opened Ukraine’s closing round on Sept. 27, arguing that the sole question before the Court at the jurisdictional stage was “may a powerful State falsely accuse its neighbor of genocide, then use illegal force to kill its citizens, devastate their homeland, and destabilize the global legal order on the pretext of preventing and punishing genocide? “Koh argued that the Court’s decision of that question “will help define the scope of this Court’s power to stop the flagrant abuse of the world’s most important human rights treaty.” A ruling is expected in early 2024.”