When: Monday August 3rd, 2015 at 6.00pm Finger snacks and drinks will be available from 6pm and the lecture will start at 6.30pm. Prof Sarkin will start with the talk, which will be followed by time for questions, discussion and networking.
Catering: The Stanford Program will provide finger food and drinks. Most dietary requirements will be catered to. If you have any very specific requirements, please indicate when you RSVP.
Professor Jeremy Sarkin will be giving a guest lecture at the Stanford University Bing Overseas Study Program Cape Town. The title of the lecture is: “Walking the tightrope, tap dancing and quick sand: South Africa, the International Criminal Court and President Al-Bashir of Sudan”
Abstract:
President al-Bashir’s arrival at the AU Summit in South Africa on Saturday 13 June 2015 put South Africa’s obligations and commitment to international justice firmly into focus. As a state party to the Rome Statute of 1998, South Africa is obliged to cooperate with the ICC, which has previously issued an arrest warrant for alBashir. South Africa has domesticated the ICC Treaty and thus its law ensures the case against al-Bashir at the ICC is within the purview of the South African legal system. This talk evaluates where South Africa stands today on international justice, the status of the ICC around the world, and what the Bashir matters means for South Africa, Africa and the international community.
Summary of Professor Jeremy Sarkin’s Background:
Jeremy Sarkin is a Professor of Law in the Department of Public, Constitutional and International Law at the University of South Africa. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and an Attorney in the State of New York, in the United States of America. He is a former chairperson of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. Jeremy is a prolific scholar and is a Research Associate with the Harvard Law School Project on Disability. He is a Distinguished Scholar – affiliate with the University of California, Berkeley. Prof Sarkin is a welcome addition to our local faculty here at the Stanford University Bing Overseas Study Program in Cape Town. We hope you will be able to join us for this very topical lecture and what we are sure will be a lively discussion.
