Prof. Richard Wilson: "International Law of Speech Crimes"

​Prof. Richard Wilson is a professor of Anthropology and Law and Director of the Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut, an institute which he founded in 2003. Focusing on international human rights, truth commissions and international criminal tribunals, Prof. Wilson has drawn upon empirical approaches to understand the ways in which national and international legal institutions write historical accounts of human rights violations. He teaches courses in the philosophy and history of human rights and international criminal tribunals, and serves as chair of the Connecticut State Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He has authored or edited thirteen books including “The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa” (2001), “Human Rights and the ‘War on Terror’” (2005), and “Humanitarianism and Suffering” (2008).  His latest monograph, Writing History in International Criminal Trials, published by  Cambridge University Press, was selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title in 2012 in the Law category.  He is now involved in a collaborative interdisciplinary research project on the international criminal law of incitement and propaganda.