Steven R. Ratner, the Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law, came to Michigan Law in 2004 from the University of Texas School of Law. His teaching and research focus on public international law and a range of disputes involving states, non-state armed groups, individuals, and corporations, including state and corporate duties regarding foreign investment, territorial conflicts, counter-terrorism strategies, ethnic conflict, and accountability for human rights violations.
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Activities
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.
Invited expert, European Commission brainstorming meeting on the design of a multilateral investment court, Washington, D.C.