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January 5th 2005 • Printer version New Voices in International Law
by Cheri Brooks, Wayne Morse Center
A free public forum at the University of Oregon School of Law will feature three
young international law scholars new voices in the debate on U.S. international
law and policy. The forum, organized by international law professor Ibrahim Gassama,
will be held Tuesday, January 11, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Room 175 of the Knight
Law Center, 1515 Agate St. in Eugene.
At the forum, titled New Voices in International Law, Hilary Charlesworth, Karen Engle, and Ileana Porras will reflect on the U.S. role in the world and challenges such as economic and social inequity, nuclear proliferation, AIDS, terrorism, and gender violence.  Ibrahim Gassama said, I felt that it was important to hear from these capable
younger international scholars at a time when many of us are deeply concerned
about the concerted efforts to undermine international law and international institutions. Hilary Charlesworth, an Australian law professor and holder of the 2005 Wayne
Morse Chair of Law andPolitics, is considered one of the world's leading feminist
international law scholars. She wrote the first book-length work to focus on the
role of womenÃs issues in that arena and co-authored one of the most widely used
international law texts.  Karen Engle writes and lectures extensively on identity politics, international
law, human rights, and employment discrimination. She is an incisive and original
thinker who holds a chair at the University of Texas School of Law.Ileana Porras is a law professor who most recently spent four years as member
of a Cistercian (Trappist) community in Northern California. She focuses on issues
of violence, colonialism, trade, and the environment. She has made important contributions
to various aspects of international law, including international environmental
law and international economic law.
The forum is part of a two-year inquiry by the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics into The Changing Geopolitical Order: Implications for Peace and Stability. INFO: (541) 346-3700 Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
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