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Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor General of Ukraine

Georgetown Law Hosts Prosecutor General of Ukraine

February 3, 2023 Campus News Human Rights & Immigration Impacting Change International & Comparative Law National Security Law

While visiting Washington this week, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Andriy Kostin, stopped at Georgetown Law to take part in an event highlighting the efforts of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine (ACA), an international justice initiative established last year by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom to support Ukraine’s efforts to document and prosecute war crimes and other atrocities perpetrated against its citizens.

Burned-out cars in Irpin, Ukraine (Photo courtesy of Anna Cave)

Georgetown Law Center on National Security to Support War Crimes Investigations in Ukraine

November 16, 2022 Military National Security Law Press Releases

The Georgetown Law Center on National Security (CNS) has been selected to coordinate international efforts to support the Ukrainian government in its investigation and prosecution of war crimes committed during the Russian invasion of their country. With…

Ukrainian prosecutor for human rights violations Yuriy Belousov joined the event from Kyiv.

Reclaiming the Rule of Law: Georgetown Law, UPenn Co-Host Symposium on the Legacy of the U.S. Torture Regime

May 11, 2022 Human Rights & Immigration International & Comparative Law Military National Security Law

The 9/11 terrorist attacks – and how the U.S. government responded to them at the time – continue to affect this country and the world in ways we are only beginning to comprehend two decades later.

Georgetown Law’s Center on National Security and the Law Takes a 360 Degree View of the Field

December 1, 2020 National Security Law

Georgetown Law’s Center on National Security and the Law recently announced it had received a grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) that will support one of the first pilot projects in the Center’s new NatSec 360 Innovation Incubator.

Avril Haines speaking at the 2017 Georgetown Law Women’s Forum

Avril Haines (L’01) Tapped to Serve as Director of National Intelligence in the Biden Administration

November 24, 2020 National Security Law Our Alumni

This week, the Biden-Harris presidential transition team announced its plans to nominate Georgetown Law alumna Avril Haines (L’01) as Director of National Intelligence when the new administration takes office early next year.

Professor M. Gregg Bloche on New Revelations about U.S. Torture Programs and the Ethics of Interrogation

March 17, 2020 Faculty National Security Law

On March 5, top experts on torture and interrogation programs came together at Georgetown Law to discuss new revelations about U.S. actions after 9/11. In remarks, followed by a panel discussion, organized by Georgetown Law Professor M. Gregg Bloche,…

Avril Haines (L’01), former Deputy Director of the CIA and Legal Advisor, National Security Counsel, appeared at “Intelligence Operations in Liberal Democracies” co-hosted by Georgetown Law's Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession on November 7.

Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession Co-Hosts “Intelligence Operations in Liberal Democracies”

November 13, 2019 Military National Security Law

“The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father CIA Spymaster William Colby,” is a 2011 film by Carl Colby (C’72) about the former CIA director.

Cyber Law Expert Todd Huntley to Lead Georgetown Law’s National Security Law Program

September 4, 2019 National Security Law

WASHINGTON - Georgetown University Law Center is pleased to announce that longtime Navy Judge Advocate Capt. Todd Huntley has joined the Law Center as the National Security Law Program Director and Lecturer in Law. “I am delighted to welcome Professor…

Thursday: Georgetown Law Launches Searchable Foreign Intelligence Law Collection

May 20, 2019 National Security Law

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, May 23, Georgetown Law’s Center on National Security and the Law will host a breakfast briefing to launch the Foreign Intelligence Law Collection. WHAT In an effort to increase transparency and understanding of the U.S…

President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

As Leaders Prepare to Meet in Hanoi, Experts at Georgetown Law Discuss "The Continuing Threat of Nuclear Weapons"

February 27, 2019 Human Rights & Immigration International & Comparative Law National Security Law

Just before U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Vietnam for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un — the second such summit since June 2018 — the experts came to Georgetown Law for a conference on “The Continuing Threat of Nuclear Weapons.”

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