Latest news and events
Welcoming Brandeis University's Eighth President
Frederick M. Lawrence, currently Dean of the George Washington University Law School, will become the eighth president of Brandeis University on January 1, 2011. Lawrence has a deep engagement with issues of civil rights, international law, and other areas relevant to the work of the Ethics Center, and we look forward to welcoming him to the Brandeis community. More about Fred Lawrence. Read his George Washington Law School blog, 20th & H.
COEX Masters Program and Coexistence International move to Heller School
The Masters Program in Coexistence and Conflict and Coexistence International have moved to a new home: Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Read more about the change.
Launch of Ethics Center documentary "Acting Together" in NYC 9/23
A special screening at the La Mama Experimental Theatre of "Acting Together," which documents exemplary peacebuilding performance efforts around the globe. More details.
New "Ethical Inquiry": Is it ethical to conduct medical trials among poor and uneducated populations in developing countries?
In this installment of "Ethical Inquiry" we explore some of the ethical challenges of conducting these trials, note some of the benefits, and begin a consideration of constructive approaches to the situation. Read more.
New: Summer/Fall 2010 "Ethics Central" newsletter
Read about what the Center has been doing over the past year and about new resources and coming events. Now available [PDF].
Judge Buergenthal joins Center's Advisory Board
The Center is pleased to welcome Thomas Buergenthal, a contemporary giant in the field of international justice and human rights, to its International Advisory Board. Buergenthal has been a judge on the International Court of Justice in The Hague since 2000, and will be resigning in September. His memoir A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy was published in 2009. Read more about Judge Buergenthal.
Report on South American Judicial Colloquium now available in Spanish [PDF]
In collaboration with the International Judicial Academy, the Center organized “The Value of International Law for National Legal Systems” ("El Valor del Derecho Internacional respecto de los Sistemas Legales Nacionales"), in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 2009. Now available for download: a complete report in Spanish [PDF] and a summary in English [PDF].
The Center’s major projects include the Brandeis Programs in International Justice and Society, the Sorensen Fellowship, and the Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence. In addition, the Center sponsors on-campus events and produces publications related to our mission. Visit the links on the left to find out more about the Ethics Center.
New Website Features
- In "Ethical Inquiry," we explore a different ethical issue each month. Now: "Is it ethical to conduct medical trials among poor and uneducated populations in developing countries?"
- As part of our international justice program, we present the latest on "International Justice in the News," highlighting people and developments in international justice and articles and publications of interest.
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