Steven R. Ratner

“Human Rights Politics at the United Nations: An Outsider’s/Insider's Account,” Indiana University Maurer School of Law Center for Constitutional Democracy.

“Can the United Nations Stop Wars and Protect Human Rights?” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.

Paper presentation: King’s College London Colloquium on Cecile Fabre’s Through a Glass Darkly, London, UK, “Espionage and Secrecy: An Institutional Inquiry.”

The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia, of which I'm a member, presented its report to the UN General Assembly's Third Committee.

Spoke on a panel on The Secret Life of International Law at the annual meeting of the American Branch of the International Law Association in New York.

Presented a paper project entitled “Espionage and Beyond: Do International Political Morality and Law Need a Theory about Secrecy?", at the University of Richmond Conference on Philosophy and International Law: Contestations and Extensions, Richmond, VA.

University of Michigan Federalist Society talk on Foreign Policy for a Bankrupt Republic, commentator, Ann Arbor, MI.

University of Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict workshop to prepare the Oxford Statement on International Law Protections Against Foreign Electoral Interference through Digital Means, invited expert, virtual from Oxford, UK.

Permanent Missions of Japan and the United States to the United Nations in Geneva Brainstorming Session on Future Directions for a Treaty on Business and Human Rights, panelist, virtual from Geneva, Switzerland.

University of Michigan Donia Human Rights Center Panel on Racism and Race Relations in the United States: What Value for an International Human Rights Perspective?, moderator, virtual from Ann Arbor, MI.

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul International Seminar on Business and Human Rights: Hermeneutics for a Transnational World, Opening Lecture, "Business and Human Rights: Seizing the Opportunity," virtual from Porto Alegre, Brazil.

American Society of International Law Annual Meeting panel on International Law and Theories of Global Justice, moderator, virtual from Washington, D.C..

American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting panel on the Philosophy of International Law, moderator and commentator on three papers, Chicago, IL.

University of Michigan National Security Law Society Panel on The Deterioration of Iran-U.S. Relations and International Law, presenter, Ann Arbor, MI.

Spoke at the opening panel at the Launch Symposium of The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The launch completes a two-year drafting process by a 14-person multinational, multi-stakeholder drafting team on which Ratner served.

Presented "The Thin Justice of International Economic Law" at the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Public Seminar, Milan, Italy.

Presented "The Aggravating Duty of Non-Aggravation in International Law" at the Queen's University Belfast Guest Lecture, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Presented "Arbitrating Business and Human Rights Disputes: A Way Forward" at the Hamad bin Khalifa School of Law, Doha, Qatar.

Delivered the paper, "Global Investment Rules as a Site for Moral Inquiry," at the European Consortium for Political Research's Joint Session Workshop, Mons, Belgium.

Elected a counsellor of the American Society of International Law.

Panelist and presenter at the Academic Forum on Investor-State Dispute Settlement's Workshop on Reforming International Investment Arbitration, Oslo, Norway.

Presented "The Moral Implications of International Investment Law at the Pluricourts Conference on Reforms of International Investment Arbitration: Philosophical Perspectives," Oslo, Norway.

Presented "The Duty of Non-Aggravation in International Law" at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University College of Law and Public Policy Colloquium on The Order on Provisional Measures of the International Court of Justice in the Case of Qatar v. UAE of 23 July 2018, Doha, Qatar.

Attended the second meeting of the drafting team for The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration.

Co-presented "India's Decriminalization of Homosexuality: What Next?" at the University of Michigan Law School.

Presented "International Investment Law as a Site for Global (In-)Justice" at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston.

Presented "International Investment Law and Domestic Investment Rules: Tracing The Connections" at the Comparative and International Investment Law: Prospects for Reform Workshop, Hamad Bin Khalifa University College of Law and Public Policy, Doha, Qatar.

Invited expert, European Commission brainstorming meeting on the design of a multilateral investment court, Washington, D.C.