CERL Advisory Council Member Mary Ellen O’Connell recently joined German public broadcaster DW to discuss Nicaragua’s Genocide Convention case against Germany at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case, which hinges on whether or not Germany violates the convention through its provision of arms to Israel, brings up crucial questions related to ICJ jurisdiction and the definition of secondary state complicity.

Mary Ellen O’Connell is the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution—Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. Read her bio here.  

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