Inside U.S. Foreign Policy Leading Voices: Perspectives on Transnational Crime and Global Criminal Justice

USA Study Abroad, part of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), and its Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program are pleased to invite current recipients and alumni of the Gilman Program, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, ECA exchange alumni, all interested U.S. undergraduate and graduate students, and U.S. higher education faculty and administrators to attend the “Inside U.S. Foreign Policy Leading Voices: Perspectives on Transnational Crime and Global Criminal Justice” on April 16, 2024 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern.

This 1-hour seminar will explore the subject of transnational crime and global criminal justice with one of the world’s foremost experts on international criminal law and human rights, Dr. Beth Van Schaack, the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice (GCJ) in the Office of Global Criminal Justice. As a leading voice on this topic, Ambassador Van Schaack, will address how the State Department works closely with other governments, international institutions, and nongovernmental organizations to establish and assist international and domestic commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions, and tribunals to investigate, document, and prosecute atrocities in every region of the globe. She will be joined by Samuel Downing, Senior Country Officer for France and Monaco in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.

The seminar will highlight how the State Department advances U.S. foreign policy interests through its work on advising the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights on issues related to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The seminar will also shed light on the inner workings of American diplomacy connecting the State Department’s mission to the lives of the American people.

Register today: https://iie-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eYBhXyMNRnSf7wCQ4E0iwQ#/registration