2026 began where 2025 ended, with ever-widening global inequalities, with swipes against democratic expression, and with shows of force outside the bounds of law. All this demands renewed attention to peace, in its myriad forms: as laws of peace (too often treated as a flipside to laws of war); as a policymaking concern (or casualty); and as a practice (perhaps most effectively, a practice by persons not privileged to make policy or law).

This online discussion will consider these manifestations of peace, even as it commemorates this month dedicated to women’s history--a “long month” which begins with International Women's Day, established nearly a century ago by campaigners against war, inequality, and injustice, and concludes with the 120th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Lecture of Bertha von Suttner, first woman awardee. 

Panelists:

• Diane Marie Amann (co-moderator), Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science Law School
• Jaya Ramji-Nogales (co-moderator), Sheller Family Professor in Public Interest Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law
• Anna Spain Bradley, MacArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice & Human Rights and Faculty Director, Promise Institute Human Rights, UCLA School of Law
• Megan Donaldson, Associate Professor, University College London Faculty of Laws
• Annelise Riles, Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

This event is organized by the ASIL's Women in International Law Interest Group.