International Law Opportunities and Challenges for the Obama Administration: From Closing Guantanamo to Engaging with the International Criminal Court

Wednesday 23 September 2009 17:30 to 19:00

Location

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE- Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP, Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HQ
 

Participants

Chair:

Sir Michael Wood KCMG, 20 Essex Street and Member of the International Law Commission

Speaker:


John B. Bellinger, III, Former Legal Adviser to the United States Department of State

Mr. Bellinger is a Partner in the international and national security practices of Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, DC. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow in International and National Security Law at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he is leading a series on international justice and tribunals. He served as the Legal Adviser to the Department of State from 2005 to 2009, having previously co-directed Secretary Rice's transition team. As Legal Adviser, Mr. Bellinger represented the United States before the International Court of Justice in the case of Mexico v. U.S. (Medellin), led the U.S. delegation for negotiation of the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, and initiated a formal US-EU dialogue on human rights and international humanitarian law issues. Mr. Bellinger previously served as Senior Associate Counsel to the President and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council (NSC) in the White House from 2001-2005, and as Counsel for National Security Matters in the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) from 1997-2001. He received his A.B. from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, an M.A. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia, and his J.D. from Harvard law School.

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