Towards a Cosmopolitan War Crimes Theory

Speakers: Dr. Song Tianying (CILRAP Fellow for Global Values, CILRAP; Member, CICJ Steering Group); Dr. Rod Rastan (Chief, Judicial Cooperation Support Section, ICC); Mr. Wolfgang Kaleck (General Secretary, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights); Adjunct Professor Gunnar M. Ekeløve-Slydal (Deputy Secretary-General, NHC; Director, CICJ); Professor Claus Kreß (University of Cologne; ICJ Judge Ad Hoc); chaired by Professor and Head of School Olympia Bekou (University of Nottingham).
Topic: This film contains five statements in connection with the launch of two new TOAEP books: the monograph Legal Construction of Common Humanity: Human Agency in a Cosmopolitan War Crimes Law (216 pp.) by Dr. Song Tianying (recipient of the Antonio Cassese Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis in International Law) and the essay collection Norm Efficacy and Justification in International Criminal Law (271 pp.) by Gunnar M. Ekeløve-Slydal (recipient of the 2024 M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award).
Date of recording: 1 December 2025
Place of recording: Conference room Europe 1-2, World Forum, The Hague
Duration of recording: 40:42
PURL: https://www.cilrap.org/cilrap-film/251201-cosmopolitan-law/
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