Critical Response Event: International Prosecution of Genocide
Back by popular demand! The Cohen Institute is pleased to be hosting a follow-up session with legal expert, Mariana Salazar Albornoz, one of our most popular speakers from the fall semester. This next conversation will walk attendees through the ways in which the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court pursue justice in the aftermath of atrocities, including discussion of current cases before both courts. Q&A will be moderated by Cohen Institute Specialist, Prof. Phil Barker.
The webinar is free and open to everyone, but advanced registration is required.
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Speaker Bio:
Mariana Salazar Albornoz is an international lawyer with 20+ years of experience in the fields of Public International Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law & Atrocity Prevention, International Human Rights Law and Cyberoperations. She is a Member of the Board of the United Nations’ Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a Member of the Editorial Board of the ICRC’s International Review of the Red Cross, and Coordinator of the Unit of Study and Reflection on International Law of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations. She is an Adjunct Professor at IE Law School in Madrid and at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
Among her previous roles, Mariana was a Member of the InterAmerican Juridical Committee of the Organization of American States (2019-2022), where she served as Special Rapporteur on International Law applicable to Cyberspace and as Special Rapporteur on Privacy and Data Protection. She was also Academic Programs Associate for the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (2019-2023), and prior to that she served for 13 years (2005-2018) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, where she was Coordinator of International Law, Director for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law and Director for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
A former practitioner in law firms in Mexico City, Mariana holds a Law Degree from Universidad Iberoamericana and a Master’s Degree (DEA) in International Relations specialized in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.
This event is hosted by the Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College as part of our ongoing series of Critical Response Events. These events are meant to spotlight ongoing or emerging crises across the globe. Speakers in this series represent a wide range of scholarly research and views; our guests' perspectives should not be taken as representative of the Cohen Institute or Keene State College as a whole.
This event is part of the Cohen Institute calendar.
To request accommodations for a disability, please contact the coordinator at least two weeks prior to the event.
