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FIU Law Professor Charles C. Jalloh was one of only two scholars from across the United States to be nominated by The American Branch of the International Law Association (“ILA”) for the newly established ILA Committee on Complementarity in International Criminal Law. Founded in 1873, and headquartered in London, England, ILA is the pre-eminent professional group of international lawyers for the development and restatement of international law.

International committees like the one Professor Jalloh has been nominated to are constituted, upon presentation of the expert by one of 45 regional or country branches, and charged with preparing studies on select international law topics. The committees prepare reports and studies that are then considered by the worldwide membership and others during the bi-annual ILA conferences. These findings could be re-statements of the law; a draft treaty; an elaboration of a code or rules of international law; or a review of recent developments of law or practice. The ILA has historically played an important role in drafting treaties, resolutions and other influential international law documents. It holds consultative status with the United Nations.

On October 17, 2014, the Executive Council of the American Branch, which was founded in 1922, and is one of the largest ILA branches, nominated Professor Jalloh. His name was then forwarded to London where it was considered and formally approved by the central ILA governing body’s executive committee.

Professor Jalloh believes that active engagement with international law in the real world helps to bring the law alive for his students. Concurrently he serves as an Advisory Board Member to the War Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association; is a member of the Advisory Board to the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; and between 2012 and 2014 was a Co-Chair of the International Criminal Law Interest Group in the American Society of International Law.

The full list of ILA Committee on Complementarity members, which is comprised of 20 leading experts nominated from around the world, may be found here.