What

A talk by Sharon Weill on “French Counterterrorism Practices: Criminal and Administrative Avenues”

When

April 2nd, 2018 from noon to 1:00 p.m. • Lunch will be provided

Where

Lewis 214A, HLS campus

Recordings

Audio

Video

Speaker Biography

Dr. Sharon Weill is a Senior Lecturer in International Law and an Associate Researcher at CERI, Sciences Po, Paris, where she directs a clinic course on counter-terrorism. She is an expert member of the French National Commission on Human Rights - CNCDH (Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de l’Homme) and Vice-President of the committee on international humanitarian law, development, and environment. She is the author of the book The Role of National Courts in Applying International Humanitarian Law (Oxford University Press, 2014).
 
Her particular fields of interests include the relationship between international and domestic law, the judicial enforcement mechanism of international law, counter-terrorism, and the global war on terror. Her ongoing research projects include a pluri-disciplinary research project on counter-terrorism trials in France — “Etude pluridisciplinaire de l'activité de la cour d'assises compétente pour les affaires de terrorisme (2017-2019)” — financed by the French Ministry of Justice (GIP).

Image credit: Wally Gobetz, “Paris - Île de la Cité: Palais de Justice,” Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.