International Center for
Ethics, Justice, and Public Life

Publications in International Justice

Below is an alphabetical list of the Center's publications that address international justice. You may also contact the Center to receive a hard copy of any of these publications.

BIIJ: The Brandeis Institute for International Judges - Institute Reports

• The New International Jurisprudence: Building Legitimacy for International Courts and Tribunals
  (BIIJ 2002 - 30 pages) Features the keynote address delivered by Hans Corell, former U.N. Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs
• Authority and Autonomy: Defining the Role of International and Regional Courts
  (BIIJ 2003 - 33 pages) Includes "Toward the Development of Ethics Guidelines for International Courts"
• Complementarity and Cooperation: The Challenges of International Justice
  (BIIJ 2004 - 32 pages) Includes "Topics in Ethical Practice"
• Complementarity and Cooperation: International Courts in a Diverse World
  (BIIJ 2006 - 36 pages) Includes "Justice Without Borders" by Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, retired justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and "Topics in Ethical Practice: The Judiciary as a New Moral
  Authority?"
• Independence and Interdependence: The Delicate Balance of International Justice
  (BIIJ 2007 - 36 pages) Features break-out sessions with judges from human rights, criminal, and inter-state dispute courts conferring on issues specific to their work, and "Topics in Ethical Practice: Integrity and Interdependence: the Shaping of the Judicial Persona"

Both Sides of the Bench: New Perspectives on International Law and Human Rights (84 pages)
A report highlighting the work of the 2001-03 Brandeis International Fellows (BIF) in Human Rights, Intervention, and International Law. The report also documents the themes raised in the related symposium, entitled "Both sides of the Bench," held April 1-3, 2003, at Brandeis University.

The Challenges of International Criminal Justice (34 pages)
A report summarizing the proceedings of the Colloquium for Prosecutors of International Criminal Tribunals hosted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), from November 25 to 27, 2004, in Arusha, Tanzania. Leigh Swigart, director of programs in international justice and society, served as an observer at the Colloquium, and the Center edited the subsequent report.

Justice Across Cultures
Four presentations from the March 2004 conference exploring issues that arise when systems of justice encounter cultural difference.