Richard Steinberg is Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Visiting Professor of International Relations at Stanford University. He is also Director of the Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Law Project, and Editor-in-Chief of the Human Rights & International Criminal Law Online Forum, a collaboration with the Office of the Prosecutor.
Professor Steinberg will introduce the preliminary results of three research studies recently concluded in Eastern Congo. The first study, Anthropological Evidence of Mass Rape, will present findings and analysis of the social, economic, political, and psychological impact on communities suffering mass rape which could be considered to be used as evidence that mass rape occurred and of the gravity of the crime for purposes of sentencing. The second study, Criminal Arrest and Militia Demobilization, offers statistical evidence that criminal arrest of DRC militia leaders has increased the demobilization rate of combatants. The third one, Reparations Preferences of Ituri Victims, finds that the victims are divided over the form of reparations and considers issues of village-level versus regional collective goods in Ithuri.
Professor Steinberg writes
and teaches in the areas of international law and international relations. He
has produced over forty articles and six books on international law. His most
recent book is Assessing the Legacy of the ICTY (Martinus Nijhoff, 2010). In
addition, he has lectured on international law and politics on six continents,
and has held Visiting Professorships at several institutions, including
Sciences Po (Institut d'Etudes Politiques) in France, the University of Coimbra
in Portugal, La Trobe University in Australia, and the University of Chile in
Santiago. He serves on the Board of Editors of the American Journal of
International Law and is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New
York.