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Featured speakers at the International and Comparative Law Review (IICLR) symposium included a member of the IU McKinney faculty with international law expertise, a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court who served as a military lawyer in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, and an Australian justice known for his work in human rights.

The symposium, “International Law and Human Rights in a New Administration,” took place in a virtual format that was attended by more than 200 people on February 25.

IICLR Symposium Editor – Live Khoa D. Trinh (in the above photo at left), IICLR Editor-in-Chief Ariel L. Anderson (in the above photo at right), and IICLR Symposium Editor – Publication Zachary J. Reichle (in the photo at left) planned the successful event.

After a welcome and introduction from Professor Frank Sullivan, Justice Steven David, ’82, of the Indiana Supreme Court spoke on the topic, “Never Doubt the Oath You Have Taken. Human Rights Matter if the Rule of Law Means Anything!” Justice David is a contributor to the IICLR.

Next on the agenda was Professor Frank Emmert, who discussed “An International Law Agenda for the Biden Administration.” Professor Emmert is the John S. Grimes Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at IU McKinney.

The program concluded with a talk by Justice Michael Kirby, former justice on the High Court of Australia. He discussed “Retreat from Multilateralism: Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula.” He has served as judge of the Federal Court of Australia, president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, and on three university governing bodies. He also has been active as a member of the World Health Organization’s Global Commission on AIDS, and many other international human rights groups. He currently serves on the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights.