Book Launch - "End of Immunity" with Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji
- Date
- October 30, 2024
- Time
- 5:00 PM EDT - 7:00 PM EDT
- Location
- Law Library, Podium Building - 4th Floor, POD-484
- Open To
- Lincoln Alexander School of Law Community
Join us for a special evening in conversation with Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji.
In End of Immunity, the former International Criminal Court President and Judge unpacks the history and theory of the concept of immunity, and engages the timely and urgent issue of holding heads of state accountable for war crimes, genocide, and other crimes against humanity.
By delving into its historical evolution, from pre-World War I practices to the landmark Nuremberg trials, Judge Eboe-Osuji explains how the new rule of international law now precludes immunity even for heads of state, underscores its achievements and gaps, exposes the hypocrisies that perpetuate impunity, and offers workable solutions to close the deliberate loopholes used by government leaders to try and escape accountability for their atrocities. This insightful work is a crucial examination of the principles shaping international relations and the fight for global justice.
PLEASE NOTE: Space is limited - so register today!
Chile Eboe-Osuji is a leading and world-renowned jurist in international law. A former judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Dr. Eboe-Osuji served as the President of the ICC from 2018 to 2021, as well as a judge in both the trial and the appellate Divisions of the Court during a tenure that lasted nine years. Before his elevation to the ICC judiciary, he served as the legal advisor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, following his role as a senior prosecutor at two international tribunals (the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone). Since completing his term at the ICC, Dr. Eboe-Osuji has served as a Senior Fellow of the Carr Center at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Herman Phlegar Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford University, a Distinguished Visitor at the University of Toronto Law School, and currently serves as a Distinguished International Jurist at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University.
