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Seeking Justice the Day After SCOTUS Killed the Alien Tort Statute
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to quash the modern use of the ATS is a travesty. But here, I look at the legal landscape going forward, and the many other options still available for holding those who commit and enable atrocities to account. Read here.
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Corporate Enablers
Thanks to Julian Morrow at ABC’s Radio National for interviewing me about the trials for corporate complicity in mass atrocities underway in Europe. You can listen here.
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A Stunning New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality
Much gratitude to M. Gessen for writing about my work on the corporate enablers of atrocities, in light of the hard-won legal victory against LaFarge for atrocities in Syria. (Stay tuned for my forthcoming book project, White Collar War Criminals). You can read the column …
About Bec
Rebecca Hamilton is a Professor of Law at American University, Washington College of Law, where her teaching & scholarship focus on national security law, international law, and human rights law. She is the 2025 Scholar/Teacher of the Year at American University. She was a 2024 U.S. Fulbright Scholar, and a 2023 Visiting Professor of Law at UCLA Law.
She is an Executive Editor at Just Security, and is an internationally recognized expert on atrocity prevention. Her research explores the structural factors underlying international crimes, including the role of new technologies and the impact of climate change.
Her work draws on her experience in the prosecution of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, as well as her work in conflict zones as a foreign correspondent.
