PRESIDENT'S WELCOME: TO PREVENT AND TO PUNISH: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEGOTIATION OF THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION

Case Wetstern Reserve University's commitment to excellence in international law is longstanding. As some of you may know, the author began his academic career at the Case Western Reserve University. Henry King, a former prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials, served on the faculty then; he continues todo so today as director of the Canada-US Law Institute. Professor King is among three former Nuremberg prosecutors appearing on one of the panels, "The Origins of the Genocide Convention: From Nuremberg to Lake Success." That session offers an invaluable opportunity for all to reflect on the history of the landmark UN Genocide Convention, first authored in 1947 and adopted the following year. But the conference goes beyond consideration of that historic moment and to dicussion of such issues as: 1. the use of force to stop genocide, 2. prosecuting and defending individuals accused of genocide, and 3. the current role of the International Court of Justice in genocide cases.