On February 23, 2023, the Honorable J. Christopher Giancarlo, former Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), current co-head of the Digital Works Practice at Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and author of Crypto Dad: The Fight for the Future of Money, joined the Business Law Program (BLP) for a discussion on legal, policy, and regulatory issues raised by the recent “crypto winter” and the direction of digital asset activities and regulation. The conversation was moderated by Professor Gerard Comizio, Associate Director of the BLP.
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The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law was delighted to host Reed Brody on February, 28 2023 for a discussion about his recently published book “To Catch a Dictator”. Reed gave students, academics, attorneys and human rights advocates a deeper appreciation of the massive effort that it took to bring Hissène Habré, the former dictator of Chad, to justice while acknowledging the central role that Habré’s victims played in his eventual prosecution. We are incredibly grateful to have hosted Reed and are sure that his book will serve as a source of inspiration and roadmap for those seeking to hold the world’s most powerful leaders accountable for the commission of atrocity crimes.
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We are honored to share that, on February 22nd, Professor Claudia Martin, co-Director of the Academy, participated in the General Discussion organized by the 84th CEDAW Committee Session regarding its future General Recommendation.
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Inter-American Human Rights Competition 2023
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PIJIP Senior Research Analyst Andrés Izquierdo has written an account of the 45th Session of WIPO's Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore. 
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the KAS State of Law Program for Latin America will assume the registration costs of four Latin American teams of 3 people each (2 speakers and 1 coach), to participate in the Competition that will take place from 22 to May 26, 2023 in Washington D.C.
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On Wednesday, February 8th, 2023, AUWCL Re-Entry Clinic (REC) Student Attorneys Dahlia Inabinett and Sarah Farrell testified before the the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee urging for independent oversight for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (Department of Corrections). This is the third year that a bill has been introduced seeking the establishment of a Correctional Ombudsman office in the Office of the Attorney General - SB 0087.
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