The research group for International Law and Governance welcomes Professor Steven Ratner, University of Michigan Law School to present a draft paper on the norm of non-aggravation in international law.
Professor Ratner is the Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.
His teaching and research focus on public international law and on a range of challenges facing governments and international institutions since the Cold War, including territorial disputes, counter-terrorism strategies, ethnic conflict, state and corporate duties regarding foreign investment, and accountability for human rights violations. Professor Ratner started his legal career as an attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. State Department.
Ratner has advised governments, NGOs, and international organizations on a range of international law issues. In 2008–2009, he served in the legal division of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva. Since 2009, he has served on the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Law and since 2013, he has been an adviser to the American Law Institute for the Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States.
We hope you will join us for this interesting presentation and contribute to the following discussion.
