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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s newest series\, Law in World Affairs\,
  with the Maxwell African Scholars Union and the Political Science Departm
 ent presents&nbsp\;Oumar Ba from Cornell University.The International Crim
 inal Court (ICC) celebrated this year its 25th anniversary. At its creatio
 n\, the Court was supposed to usher in an era of personal accountability f
 or atrocity crimes\, namely\, genocide\, war crimes\, and crimes against h
 umanity. Yet\, the international legal system is still failing at deterrin
 g would-be perpetrators of atrocity crimes and delivering justice to victi
 ms of such crimes. This talk explores the political dimensions of the inte
 rnational legal system\, while paying special attention to the hierarchica
 l nature of international law and the legacy of colonialism.This event is 
 open to Syracuse University faculty\, students and staff.&nbsp\;Please use
  your syr.edu email when registering.&nbsp\;Oumar Ba is an assistant profe
 ssor in the Department of Government at Cornell. His primary areas of rese
 arch focus on law\, violence\, race\, humanity and world order(s) in globa
 l politics. He is the author of "States of Justice: The Politics of the In
 ternational Criminal Court"&nbsp\;(Cambridge\, 2020). His writings have ap
 peared in Global Studies Quarterly\, Human Rights Quarterly\,&nbsp\;Cambri
 dge Review of International Affairs\,&nbsp\;PS: Political Science &amp\; P
 olitics\,&nbsp\;Journal of Narrative Politics\,&nbsp\;African Studies Revi
 ew\,&nbsp\;Africa Today\,&nbsp\;Foreign Affairs\,&nbsp\;The New York Revie
 w of Books\,&nbsp\;Foreign Affairs\, The Washington Post\, among others.&n
 bsp\;
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SUMMARY:International Law in a World of States: The Politics of the Interna
 tional Criminal Court
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute’s newest series\, La
 w in World Affairs\, with the Maxwell African Scholars Union and the Polit
 ical Science Department presents&nbsp\;Oumar Ba from Cornell University.</
 p><p><strong></strong>The International Criminal Court (ICC) celebrated th
 is year its 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary. At its creation\, the Court was s
 upposed to usher in an era of personal accountability for atrocity crimes\
 , namely\, genocide\, war crimes\, and crimes against humanity. Yet\, the 
 international legal system is still failing at deterring would-be perpetra
 tors of atrocity crimes and delivering justice to victims of such crimes. 
 This talk explores the political dimensions of the international legal sys
 tem\, while paying special attention to the hierarchical nature of interna
 tional law and the legacy of colonialism.</p><p>This event is open to Syra
 cuse University faculty\, students and staff.&nbsp\;</p><p>Please use your
  syr.edu email when registering.&nbsp\;</p><div><br></div><p><span style="
 background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; font-family: inhe
 rit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\;
  word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">Oumar Ba
  is an assistant professor in the Department of Government at Cornell. His
  primary areas of research focus on law\, violence\, race\, humanity and w
 orld order(s) in global politics. He is the author of "</span>States of Ju
 stice: The Politics of the International Criminal Court"<span style="backg
 round-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; font-family: inherit\;
  font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word
 -spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">&nbsp\;(Cambr
 idge\, 2020). His writings have appeared in </span>Global Studies Quarterl
 y<span style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; fon
 t-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transf
 orm: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inh
 erit">\, </span>Human Rights Quarterly<span style="background-color: rgba(
 0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inheri
 t\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\;
  caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">\,&nbsp\;</span>Cambridge Revie
 w of International Affairs<span style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 
 0)\; color: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-ali
 gn: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color
 : auto\; white-space: inherit">\,&nbsp\;</span>PS: Political Science &amp\
 ; Politics<span style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inhe
 rit\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; te
 xt-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-s
 pace: inherit">\,&nbsp\;</span>Journal of Narrative Politics<span style="b
 ackground-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; font-family: inher
 it\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; 
 word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">\,&nbsp\;
 </span>African Studies Review<span style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0
 \, 0)\; color: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-
 align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-co
 lor: auto\; white-space: inherit">\,&nbsp\;</span>Africa Today<span style=
 "background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; font-family: inh
 erit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\
 ; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">\,&nbsp
 \;</span>Foreign Affairs<span style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)
 \; color: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align
 : inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: 
 auto\; white-space: inherit">\,&nbsp\;</span>The New York Review of Books<
 span style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; font-
 family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transfor
 m: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inher
 it">\,&nbsp\;</span>Foreign Affairs<span style="background-color: rgba(0\,
  0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\;
  text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; ca
 ret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">\, </span>The Washington Post<span
  style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; font-fami
 ly: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: i
 nherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">
 \, among others.&nbsp\;</span><br></p>
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