Latest news and events
The Challenge of the UN Gaza Report
Justice Richard Goldstone, head of a controversial UN fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip and chair of the Ethics Center's Advisory Board and Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the UN, visited Brandeis to discuss assertions that Israel and Palestinian fighters committed war crimes during fighting last winter. Hosted by the Ethics Center and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Read coverage of the event and watch the video.
Lecture by Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - 11/30
Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will deliver the inaugural Distinguished Lecture in International Justice and Human Rights: "International Criminal Justice: Developments and Reflections on the Future." More details. Part of the Social Justice Leadership Series.
Brandeis Takes its Judicial Colloquium Program to South America
The Ethics Center, with the International Judicial Academy, held its fourth judicial colloquium, “The Value of International Law for National Legal Systems” ("El Valor del Derecho Internacional respecto de los Sistemas Legales Nacionales"), in Buenos Aires, Argentina from November 4-7, 2009. More about the colloquium.
Focus on West Africa
Click here to download the new Coexistence International paper Focus on Coexistence and Democracy-building in West Africa.
Justice Sotomayor and The International Judge
Recently confirmed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the foreword to the book by Center authors. Click here for details.
Latest news and events
The Challenge of the UN Gaza Report
Justice Richard Goldstone, head of a controversial UN fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip and chair of the Ethics Center's Advisory Board and Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the UN, visited Brandeis to discuss assertions that Israel and Palestinian fighters committed war crimes during fighting last winter. Hosted by the Ethics Center and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Read coverage of the event and watch the video.
Justice Sotomayor and The International Judge
Recently confirmed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the foreword to the book by Center authors. Click here for details.
Ethics Center Director Dan Terris writes about the Brandeis and Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings
In the Fall '09 issue of the Brandeis University Magazine Dan Terris disusses the similarities between the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Louis Brandeis and Sonia Sotomayor, and the value of these hearings. Read "Confirmation and Controversy: Do you hear an echo in the halls of justice?"
Latest news and events
The Challenge of the UN Gaza Report
Justice Richard Goldstone, head of a controversial UN fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip and chair of the Ethics Center's Advisory Board and Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the UN, visited Brandeis to discuss assertions that Israel and Palestinian fighters committed war crimes during fighting last winter. Hosted by the Ethics Center and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Read coverage of the event and watch the video.
Lecture by Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - 11/30
Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will deliver the inaugural Distinguished Lecture in International Justice and Human Rights: "International Criminal Justice: Developments and Reflections on the Future." More details. Part of the Social Justice Leadership Series.
Brandeis Takes its Judicial Colloquium Program to South America
The Ethics Center, with the International Judicial Academy, held its fourth judicial colloquium, “The Value of International Law for National Legal Systems” ("El Valor del Derecho Internacional respecto de los Sistemas Legales Nacionales"), in Buenos Aires, Argentina from November 4-7, 2009. More about the colloquium.
Ethics Center Director Dan Terris writes about the Brandeis and Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings
In the Fall '09 issue of the Brandeis University Magazine Dan Terris disusses the similarities between the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Louis Brandeis and Sonia Sotomayor, and the value of these hearings. Read "Confirmation and Controversy: Do you hear an echo in the halls of justice?"
Latest news and events
The Challenge of the UN Gaza Report
Justice Richard Goldstone, head of a controversial UN fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip and chair of the Ethics Center's Advisory Board and Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the UN, visited Brandeis to discuss assertions that Israel and Palestinian fighters committed war crimes during fighting last winter. Hosted by the Ethics Center and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Read coverage of the event and watch the video.
Lecture by Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - 11/30
Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will deliver the inaugural Distinguished Lecture in International Justice and Human Rights: "International Criminal Justice: Developments and Reflections on the Future." More details. Part of the Social Justice Leadership Series.
Brandeis Takes its Judicial Colloquium Program to South America
The Ethics Center, with the International Judicial Academy, held its fourth judicial colloquium, “The Value of International Law for National Legal Systems” ("El Valor del Derecho Internacional respecto de los Sistemas Legales Nacionales"), in Buenos Aires, Argentina from November 4-7, 2009. More about the colloquium.
Justice Sotomayor and The International Judge
Recently confirmed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the foreword to the book by Center authors. Click here for details.
Sorensen Fellows 2009
Meet the 2009 Sorensen Fellows, whose yearlong fellowship includes a summer internship.
Latest news and events
The Challenge of the UN Gaza Report
Justice Richard Goldstone, head of a controversial UN fact-finding mission to the Gaza Strip and chair of the Ethics Center's Advisory Board and Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the UN, visited Brandeis to discuss assertions that Israel and Palestinian fighters committed war crimes during fighting last winter. Hosted by the Ethics Center and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Read coverage of the event and watch the video.
Lecture by Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - 11/30
Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will deliver the inaugural Distinguished Lecture in International Justice and Human Rights: "International Criminal Justice: Developments and Reflections on the Future." More details. Part of the Social Justice Leadership Series.
Brandeis Takes its Judicial Colloquium Program to South America
The Ethics Center, with the International Judicial Academy, held its fourth judicial colloquium, “The Value of International Law for National Legal Systems” ("El Valor del Derecho Internacional respecto de los Sistemas Legales Nacionales"), in Buenos Aires, Argentina from November 4-7, 2009. More about the colloquium.
Ethics Center Director Dan Terris writes about the Brandeis and Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings
In the Fall '09 issue of the Brandeis University Magazine Dan Terris disusses the similarities between the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Louis Brandeis and Sonia Sotomayor, and the value of these hearings. Read "Confirmation and Controversy: Do you hear an echo in the halls of justice?"
The Imam and the Pastor
Religious leaders from Nigeria screened a documentary on their work in interfaith peacebuilding. Click here for the story.
International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life
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