The Symposium

1355784523513We are delighted to dedicate this issue of the Temple International and Comparative Law Journal to a festschrift celebrating the life and work of Henry J. Richardson III. We come together to honor Professor Richardson for his many contributions to the field of international law, and in particular his analysis of the relationship between international law and African-Americans and Africans, including the anti-apartheid movement, development, and self-determination, as well as the international protection of human rights.  He was a pioneer in the interpretation of international law through critical race theory, has played an important role in developing Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) theory, and has been a leader in opening the American Society of International Law to equity for people and issues of color.

It is particularly fitting that this festschrift should be hosted by the Temple International and Comparative Law Journal. In 1985, four years after Professor Richardson joined the Temple faculty, he co-founded the Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, and remains a faculty advisor to the journal to this day. He has demonstrated his support for the journal in a variety of ways, including publishing eleven articles in its pages. Introducing the TICLJ’s inaugural edition, Professor Richardson elaborated his hope that the journal play a role in improving international law in order “to more effectively preserve international peace and security, support and enhance the earth/space environment, expand and protect international human rights, and foster development for all the world’s peoples, which goals we all share.” (1 TEMP. INT’L & COMP. L.J. 1, 5 (1985)). We look forward to engaging with symposium participants around these themes, and celebrating Professor Richardson’s impact on the development of international law in these directions.

Agenda

10:30 a.m.    Welcome
Gregory Mandel, Interim Dean and Peter J. Liacouras Professor of Law
Editor-in-Chief Anu Thomas and Symposium Editor Sela Cowger, Temple International and Comparative Law Journal

10:45 a.m.    International and Transnational Criminal Law
Karen Bravo, Interrogating Everyperson’s Roles in Today’s Slaveries
Bartram Brown, The International Criminal Court in Africa: Impartiality, Politics, Complementarity, and Brexit
George Edwards, From Nuremberg to Guantanamo Bay – Stakeholder Rights in High Stakes Criminal Proceedings
Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Between Tunnel Vision and a Sliding Scale: Power, Normativity and Justice in the Praxis of the International Criminal Court
Jaya Ramji-Nogales, moderator

12:15 p.m.     Lunch

1:15 p.m.     Self-Determination, Development, and Human Security
Maxwell Chibundu, International Law and the Legitimation of External Coercive Measures in Aid of Internal Change
Ruth Gordon, Development 2.0 The Global South in the 21st Century
Ziyad Motala, International Law and Human Empowerment: Moving Beyond a Paradigm of Subordination
Catherine Powell, How Women Could Save the World, If Only We Would Let Them: From Gender Essentialism to Inclusive Security
Natsu Taylor Saito, All Peoples Have a Right to Self-Determination: Henry J. Richardson III’s Liberatory Perspective on Racial Justice
Margaret deGuzman, moderator

3:00 p.m.     Coffee Break

3:15 p.m.     The Scholarship of Professor Henry J. Richardson III
Jeffrey L. Dunoff, Fanfare for the Common Man: An Appreciation of Prof. Henry Richardson’s Scholarship
James T. Gathii, Henry J. Richardson III: The Father of Black Traditions of International Law
Jeremy Levitt, Henry J. Richardson III on Martin Luther King Jr.: Was King a Pan-Africanist?
D.A. Jeremy Telman, The African-American Interest in Higher Law in the Supreme Court: Justices Marshall and Thomas
Adrien Wing, Henry Richardson: Race Man
Rafael Porrata-Doria, moderator

5:00 p.m.    Closing Remarks:  Hank Richardson

5:15 p.m.    Dinner at Garces Trading Company