United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics “In this strikingly original and meticulously researched book, Dr. Zachary Kaufman argues that the United States has led in the creation of some crucial international criminal tribunals for prudential …
Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World “How can anyone make a difference in a world marked by genocide, civil war, refugee crises, disease epidemics? With conscience, hope, and sweat equity, Dr. Zachary Kaufman and the other …
After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond “This book should be labelled ‘for the mature individual only.’ But for that mature individual it is of extreme interest. It shows, far from any Manichean stereotyping, the …
Title: “Transitional Justice Delayed Is Not Transitional Justice Denied: Contemporary Confrontation of Japanese Human Experimentation Through a People’s Tribunal” Publication: Journal of War Crimes & Trials Volume: 2 Date: 2023 Page Range: 251-63 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4585499 Note: …
Title: “Police Policing Police” Publication: George Washington Law Review Volume: 91 Date: 2023 Page Range: 353-445 Available for free download at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=4119580
Title: “Digital Age Samaritans” Publication: Boston College Law Review Volume: 62 Date: 2021 Page Range: 1117-1192 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3741017
Title: “Legislating Atrocity Prevention.” Publication: Harvard Journal on Legislation (journal of Harvard Law School) Volume: 57 Date: 2020 Page Range: 163-218 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3484442
Title: “Protectors of Perpetrators or Prey: Bystanders and Upstanders amid Sexual Crimes.” Publication: Southern California Law Review (flagship journal of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law) Volume: 92 Issue: 5 Date: 2019 Page Range: 1317-1406 Available for free …
Title: “Lessons from Rwanda: Post-Genocide Law and Policy.” Publication: Stanford Law & Policy Review Online Volume: 31 Date: August 2, 2019 Page Range: 1-22 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3431422
Title: “The Prospects, Problems, and Proliferation of Recent UN Investigations of International Law Violations.” Publication: Journal of International Criminal Justice (peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press) Volume: TBD Issue: TBD Date: February 22, 2018 Page Range: TBD Available for free …
“From the Aztecs to the Kalahari Bushmen – Conservative Justices’ Citation of Foreign Sources: Consistency, Inconsistency, or Evolution?” Yale Journal of International Law Online. Volume 41 (2015). 1-8.
“Transitional Justice for Tojo’s Japan: The United States Role in the Establishment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and other Transitional Justice Mechanisms for Japan after World War II.” Emory International Law Review. Volume 27, Issue 2 (2013). …
“The United States, Syria, and the International Criminal Court: Implications of the Rome Statute’s Aggression Amendment.” Harvard International Law Journal Online. Volume 55 (2013). 35-44. Recommended as “Worth Reading” in Volume 8, Issue 20 (December 30, 2013) of War Crimes Prosecution …
“Making Social and Environmental Impact Through Legal Careers: The Top 10 Roles for Attorneys in Social Entrepreneurship.” Law For Change. August 2013. 1-16. (Invited contribution.)
With Theodore W. Kassinger and Heather L. Traeger. “Democratizing Entrepreneurship: An Overview of the Past, Present, and Future of Crowdfunding.” Bloomberg BNA Securities Regulation & Law Report. Volume 45, Number 5 (February 4, 2013). 208-17.
“Youth and Social Entrepreneurship.” Diplomatic Courier. Volume 7, Issue 1 (January / February 2013). 68-69. (Invited contribution to special issue for the 2013 U.S. presidential inauguration on “Foreign Policy and the American President.)
With K. Lee Blalack & David J. Leviss. “Preparing for Aggressive Congressional Investigations in 2013.” Corporate Counsel. 6 June 2012. (Invited contribution to series examining the intersection of political and legal issues in advance of the 2012 U.S. presidential election.)
Comment on “Managing the Rule of Law in the Americas: An Empirical Portrait of the Effects of 15 Years of WTO, MERCOSUL, and NAFTA Dispute Resolution on Civil Society in Latin America,” by Professor Stephen Powell and Dr. Ludmilla Mendonca …
“The Nuremberg Tribunal v. The Tokyo Tribunal: Designs, Staffs, and Operations.” John Marshall Law Review. Volume 43, Issue 3 (Fall 2010). 753-68. (Invited contribution to symposium issue on “International Law in the 21st Century: The Law and Politics of the …
“No Right to Fight: The Modern Implications of Japan’s Pacifist Postwar Constitution.” Yale Journal of International Law. Volume 33, Issue 1 (Winter 2008). 266-73.
“Transitional Justice Delayed is not Transitional Justice Denied: Contemporary Confrontation of Japanese Human Experimentation During World War II Through a People’s Tribunal.” Yale Law & Policy Review. Volume 26, Issue 2 (Spring 2008). 645-59.
“Justice in Jeopardy: Accountability for the Darfur Atrocities.” Criminal Law Forum. Volume 16, Issue 4 (April 2006): 343-60.
“The Future of Transitional Justice.” St. Antony’s International Review (University of Oxford Journal of International Relations). Volume 1, Number 1 (March 2005): 58-81. (Invited contribution to journal’s inaugural issue, on “The Future of International Cooperation.”)
With Søren Thestrup. The Humanity-in-Action Reports of the 1999 Fellows. Volume 1, August 1999. (Invited contribution.)
Book Chapter: “Transitional Justice Delayed Is Not Transitional Justice Denied: Contemporary Confrontation of Japanese Human Experimentation During World War II Through a People’s Tribunal” Book: People’s Tribunals, Human Rights, and the Law: Searching for Justice Publisher: Routledge Editors: Regina Menachery …
“Introduction.” United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics. Oxford University Press, 2016. 1-19, 215-24.
“Conclusion.” United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics. Oxford University Press, 2016. 203-14, 266-69.
“Afterword.” United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics. Oxford University Press, 2016. 269-73, 323-31.
With Phil Clark. “Rwanda: Recent History.” Africa South of the Sahara 2016. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2015. 969-77.
“Transitional Justice as Genocide Prevention: From a Culture of Impunity to a Culture of Accountability.” In Confronting Genocide in Rwanda: Dehumanization, Denial, and Strategies for Prevention. Eds. Jean-Damascene Gasanabo, David J. Simon & Margee M. Ensign. Kigali, Rwanda: The National Commission …
With Phil Clark. “Rwanda: Recent History.” Africa South of the Sahara 2015. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2014. 971-79.
With Phil Clark. “Rwanda: Recent History.” Africa South of the Sahara 2014. Edited by Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2013.
Book Chapter: “International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.” Book: Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice (1st ed.) Publisher: Cambridge University Press Editors: Nadya Nedelsky & Lavinia Stan Date: 2012 Pages: 233-37
With Phil Clark. “Rwanda: Recent History.” Africa South of the Sahara 2013. Edir by Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2012. 984-92.
“Appendix: Social Entrepreneurship Resources and Institutions.” Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World, edited by Zachary D. Kaufman. Northampton, Massachusetts, United States and Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 225-45.
“Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Lessons Learned and Conclusion.” Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World, edited by Zachary D. Kaufman. Northampton, Massachusetts, United States and Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 189-221.
“Social Entrepreneurship in a Post-Genocide State: Building Rwanda’s First Public Library, the Kigali Public Library.” Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World, edited by Zachary D. Kaufman. Northampton, Massachusetts, United States and Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., …
“Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Introduction.” Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World, edited by Zachary D. Kaufman. Northampton, Massachusetts, United States and Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 1-19.
With Phil Clark. “Rwanda: Recent History.” Africa South of the Sahara 2012, edited Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2011. 993-1001.
With Phil Clark. “Rwanda: Recent History.” Africa South of the Sahara 2011, edited Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2010. 977-85.
With Phil Clark. “Rwanda: Recent History.” Africa South of the Sahara 2010, edited by Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2009. 968-76.
With Phil Clark and Kalypso Nicolaïdis. “Tensions in Transitional Justice.” After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond, edited by Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. New York, NY: Columbia University Press and London, UK: C. Hurst & …
“The United States Role in the Establishment of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.” After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond, edited by Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. New York, NY: Columbia University …
With Phil Clark. “After Genocide.” After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond, edited by Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. New York, NY: Columbia University Press and London, UK: C. Hurst & Co, 2009. 1-19.
With Phil Clark. “Rwanda: Recent History.” Africa South of the Sahara 2009, edited by Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2008. 924-31.
“Sudan, the United States, and the International Criminal Court: A Tense Triumvirate in Transitional Justice for Darfur.” The Criminal Law of Genocide: International, Comparative and Contextual Aspects. Edited by Ralph Henham and Paul Behrens. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2007. 49-60.
With Phil Clark. “Rwanda: Recent History.” Africa South of the Sahara 2008, edited by Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2007. 927-34.
With Phil Clark. “Rwanda: Recent History.” Africa South of the Sahara 2007, edited by Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge: 2006. 935-42.
With Pierre-Richard Hilaire. “The Rwandan Experience.” Rwanda and South Africa in Dialogue: Addressing the Legacies of Genocide and a Crime Against Humanity. Edited by Charles Villa-Vicencio and Tyrone Savage. South Africa: Institute of Justice and Reconciliation, 2001. 41-45.
Review of The Pinochet Effect: Transnational Justice in the Age of Human Rights, by Naomi Roht-Arriaza. In Yale Journal of International Law. Volume 32, Issue 1 (Winter 2007): 297-300.
Review of Designing Criminal Tribunals: Sovereignty and International Concerns in the Protection of Human Rights, by Steven D. Roper and Lilian A. Barria. In Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal. Volume 10 (2006-07): 209-14.
Edited by Zachary D. Kaufman. “Marshall Scholars’ Public Service Projects.” New York, NY: Association of Marshall Scholars, 2010.
Edited by Zachary D. Kaufman. “A Fundraising Guide for Yale Students and Student Groups.” New Haven, CT: Yale College Council, 1998. Updated in 2003 by Elliott Mogul.
Title: “Full Accountability for Genocide in Rwanda Remains Elusive 30 Years Later” Publication: New Times Date: June 7, 2024 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4856899
Title: “Biden Wrong to Send Clinton to Rwanda for Anniversary” Publication: Miami Herald Date: April 25, 2024 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4807777
Title: “Policing the Police: Congress and States Should Enact Duty to Intervene Laws” Publication: Dallas Morning News Date: March 2, 2023 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4375803
Title: “Officers Should Intervene as Matter of Law, Not Just Policy” Publication: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Date: June 8, 2022 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4131758
Title: “Prosecutors Can Abuse Discretion to Seek Charges. We Propose Some Fixes.” Authors: Zachary D. Kaufman & Ken Levy Publication: Chicago Tribune Date: April 6, 2022 Available for free download at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=4077874
Title: “Black Lives Matter and International Human Rights Law: The Challenge of Systemic Racism” Publication: American Society of International Law Proceedings Pages: 277-88 Date: 2022 Available for free download at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=4070741
Title: “Laws Needed to Encourage Assisting Those in Peril” Publication: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Date: November 1, 2021 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3955058
Title: “Addressing the Islamic State’s Genocide Against the Yezidi at the Belgian Parliament” Publication: Opinio Juris Date: June 21, 2021 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3873325
Title: “Prod Bystanders to be ‘Upstanders’ like Darnella Frazier” Publication: Houston Chronicle Date: May 6, 2021 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3840925
Title: “What Makes People Save Lives? Learning from Upstanders and Bystanders” Publication: New York Daily News Date: October 27, 2020 Available for free download at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3720137
Print Version Title: “No Cover for Abusers; California Must Close Gap in its Duty-to-Report Law” Online Version Title: “California Must Close Gap in Law on Reporting Sex Abuse” Publication: San Francisco Chronicle Print Version Date: June 23, 2019 Online Version …
Print Version Title: “When Speaking Up is a Civic Duty” Online Version Title: “When Sexual Abuse is Common Knowledge – But Nobody Speaks Up” Publication: Boston Globe Print Version Date: August 5, 2018 Online Version Date: August 3, 2018 Page …
“Jesner v. Arab Bank: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security Interests.” Just Security. Oct. 11, 2017.
“Give the Nobel Peace Prize Posthumously.” Foreign Policy. Oct. 5, 2017.
“New UN Team Investigating ISIS Atrocities Raises Questions About Justice in Iraq and Beyond.” Just Security. Sept. 28, 2017.
“Balancing Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics: Recent U.S. Policymaking on Transitional Justice.” Justice in Conflict. Nov. 10, 2016.
“Islam is (Also) a Religion of Peace.” Foreign Policy. Aug. 4, 2016.
“Transitions in Transitional Justice: Reflections on International Criminal Justice Day.” OUPblog. Oxford University Press. July 17, 2016.
“Term Limits at Home and Abroad.” Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. June 30, 2016.
“It’ll Take More Than Political Rhetoric to Stop Genocide.” Forbes. May 10, 2016.
“Addressing Japanese Atrocities.” OUPblog. Oxford University Press. Apr. 11, 2016.
“Zachary D. Kaufman on Social Entrepreneurship.” The Development Channel. Council on Foreign Relations. 30 November 2012. Re-published on the website of Edward Elgar Publishing, the publisher of Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World.
“Social Entrepreneurship in a Post-Genocide Society: Building Rwanda’s First Public Library.” Society and Diplomatic Review. 2006. 52-54.
“Open Books.” Letter to the Editor. Washington Post. 2 September 2006: A28.
“Liberia: Charles Taylor’s Exile, Disappearance, Arrest, and Transfer.” Opinion Editorial. Liberian Times. 20 May 2006. Re-published on the Genocide Watch website.
“If Not Peace, Then Justice.” Letter to the Editor. New York Times Magazine. 16 April 2006: 8.
“Young Americans, Doing Good.” Letter to the Editor. New York Times. 24 March 2006: A20.
“YCC Resolution Shifts Debate from Dances to Darfur.” Opinion Editorial. Yale Herald. Volume 41, Number 5 (10 February 2006). This opinion editorial was edited without my authorization. My original version can be viewed here.
“What Does a Terrorist Look Like?” Letter to the Editor. New York Times. 31 July 2005: Section 4 (“Week in Review”), 11.
With Jared A. Cohen. “A Genocide by Any Other Name: Debating Genocide in Rwanda and Sudan.” Opinion Editorial. Broward Times (now the South Florida Times). 15 July 2005: 6. Re-published in New Times (Rwandan Newspaper). 3-4 April 2006: 8-9. Re-published on the …
“Darfur, Now That We Know…” Letter to the Editor. New York Times. 24 February 2005: A22.
“An African Tragedy.” Letter to the Editor. New York Times. 27 March 2004: A14.
With Lauren Baer. “Launching a ‘Marshall Plan’ for Rwanda’s First Public Library.” Marshall Update: News for Marshall Scholars. Volume 2, Number 1 (Winter 2003-04): 5-7.
With Lauren Baer. “American Students Launch ‘Marshall Plan’ for Rwanda’s First Public Library.” The Bulletin (publication of the Association of Commonwealth Universities). Number 156. August 2003. 26.
“Hunting War Criminals.” Letter to the Editor. New York Times. 26 April 2003: A28.
“U.S. and Iraq: The Ground Shifts.” Letter to the Editor. New York Times. 19 September 2002: A30.
“World Community Failed Rwanda.” Kigali Public Library Newsletter. Sept. 2001: 1.
“Why a Public Library in Kigali.” Central African Magazine. Issue 40 (2001): 31-32.
With Brendon Graeber. “Band Aid for HIV in Africa?” Pharma Pricing & Reimbursement (UK pharmaceutical journal). July 2001: 10.
“Other Forms of Justice.” Letter to the Editor. New York Times. 19 December 2000: A30.
“The YCC: Serving the Yale Community with Leadership.” Yale Herald. Summer 1999.
With Adiya Dixon. “Increase Funding for Student Organizations.” Opinion Editorial. Yale Daily News. 1 March 1999: 10.
“Helping Each Other Heal in Tragedy’s Aftermath.” Opinion Editorial. Yale Daily News. 11 January 1999: 11.