Seminar I

How to Resist Imperialist Attacks on International Law

17 March 2026

Course Description

This seminar is for lawyers and human rights activists who seek to build a peaceful and just world through the use of international law to stop the commission of atrocity crimes, ensure accountability for perpetrators and redress for victims. 

Faculty

Camilo Eduardo Umaña Hernández

Former Colombian Vice Minister of Justice

Phyllis Bennis

Fellow and Director of New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Studies; author of books on Palestine-Israel, Iran, Iraq, and the UN

Edre Olalia

National Union of People’s Lawyers – Philippines; President, International Association of Democratic Lawyers

Marjorie Cohn

Moderator, Dean of the People's Academy of International Law

Supplemental Materials

Resisting Attacks on Rights and International Law Using International Remedies and Through International Work

Powerpoint Presentation

Articles and Book by Phyllis Bennis

April 1, 2026

March 3, 2026

March 17, 2025

“With stunning clarity and an unwavering commitment to speaking truth in an age of official lies, Phyllis Bennis tears back the curtain of government and corporate disinformation to reveal the truth of a one-hundred-year history of colonization, apartheid and genocide, and a growing global movement for justice in Palestine. This point-by-point examination brings together the historical, factual, legal, and moral basis for an informed understanding of one of the great historical (and ongoing) injustices of the past hundred years.”

– Craig Mokhiber, international human rights lawyer and activist and former senior United Nations official

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