Beth Van Schaack, CILRAP Conversation on World Order
Speaker: Dr. Beth Van Schaack (Distinguished Fellow, Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice; formerly, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, U.S. State Department).
Topic: A CILRAP Conversation on World Order focusing on aspects of the work of the U.S. State Department Office for Global Criminal Justice during her tenures; on the value of expertise on transitional justice and international criminal law in foreign ministries; whether States Parties to, for example, the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’), should include experts on judicial and prosecutorial administration in their delegations to the supervisory body; on the limitations of diplomatic rotation in such oversight; how the ICC could perform better; whether there is a tension between accountability and peace in foreign ministries; on the 2016 FARC peace agreement in Colombia; whether underlying socio-economic injustice has been adequately addressed since the agreement was reached; the work of the JEP jurisdiction; the main contributions made by the Iraqi High Tribunal; on how there could be accountability in Syria for core international crimes committed there; her thoughts on justice initiatives in the Kurdish-controlled areas in north-eastern Syria; on the possibility of abbreviated criminal procedures for less serious core international crimes; on what made the ICTY and ICTR so successful; on the nurturing of cultures of quality-control in international criminal jurisdictions; the existing integrity standard in international courts and tribunals; and how one prepares for international criminal law service.
Date of recording: 27 March 2026
Place of recording: CILRAP Bottega, Florence
Date of release: 10 April 2026
Duration of recording: 01:15:48
PURL: https://www.cilrap.org/cilrap-film/260327-schaack
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