Summer Law Program in The Hague
on International Criminal Law and Legal Approaches to Terrorism
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Transitional Justice Mechanism Panel
November 13, 2025
In November, AUWCL hosted a panel on the Special Jurisidcition for Peace’s contributions to transitional justice co-moderated by WCRO Director SáCouto. The panel featured LJPC founding partners Miguel Emilio la Rota, as well as SJP Magistrate Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll and LJPC lawyer Valentina Diaz Moya. The panelists shared insights on the inner workings of the SJP as well as the tribunal’s progress on the various Macro-Cases it is trying, including recent judgments released on Macro-Cases 001 and 003.
Career Panel
October 16, 2025
On October 16th, WCRO Director SáCouto moderated a Career Panel sponsored by the WCRO and the Office of Career & Professional Development. The session featured WCRO alumni council members sharing their career journeys, valuable advice, and tips on navigating the human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law field. Panelists included: Vy Nguyen ( JD '15), Tara Vassefi (JD '16), Azma Kadri Keeler (JD '15), Mina Trudeau (JD '12), and Ben Crawford (JD ‘24). The event offered a fantastic opportunity for students to engage and hear from these esteemed professionals, learning firsthand about both their day to day operations and legal career paths.
AU International Law Review Fall 2025 symposium
October 3rd, 2025
On October 3rd, the WCRO hosted a panel discussion entitled “Mass Atrocities in Sudan: How to Give Effect to the U.S. Determination of Genocide and End the Conflict?” co-sponsored by AUWCL’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, the NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and the American Society of International Law. WCRO Director SáCouto co-moderated the panel, which offered critical insight and in depth analyses of both the responsibilities of and mechanisms of accountability available to the global community. The event explored the implications of the United States’s determination of genocide in Sudan and the strategies as well as legal and policy dimensions of ending ongoing atrocities
WCRO Director Participates in ABA Session on Women, Peace, and Security
July 16, 2025
On July 16, 2025, Professor Susana SáCouto, Director of the WCRO and faculty in the Summer Law Program in The Hague, served as a panelist alongside Patricia Elias (Former Senior Gender Advisor for the UN Women Regional Office for Arab States) and Sahana Dharmapuri (Vice President, Our Secure Future; Vice President, PAX sapiens Foundation). The discussion examined the legacy and implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, highlighting the central role of women in conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and security efforts.