American University Washington College of Law will host “Exploring Intersections of Religion & Governance: Past, Present & Future” on Oct. 10 – 11. The conference will examine the contributions global religious traditions make to governance. Issues addressed include the relationship of the state to religion from historical and comparative perspectives; disestablishment and theocracy; and the role of religion in democracy. Featuring Keynote Speaker Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law, Emory School of Law. Full agenda.

American University Washington College of Law will host this full-day conference, bringing together experts in international criminal law and feminist jurisprudence to examine advances and missed opportunities in the prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the ad hoc and hybrid criminal tribunals. Featuring Keynote Speaker Patricia Viseur Sellers, former legal advisor for gender and trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. More information.

American University Washington College of Law Professor Ira Robbins has been appointed to the ABA Task Force on Post-Conviction Remedies.  Its goal is to propose revisions to the ABA Criminal Justice Standards on Post-Conviction Remedies, last revised in 1978.  The ABA Standards for Criminal Justice have guided state and federal legislators, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and other criminal justice practitioners through all stages of the criminal process, from pretrial release to appellate review of sentences.