The past year has seen a flurry of novel legal activity before international courts, which have been tasked with identifying State obligations in respect of climate change. Christopher Lentz will discuss the legal background along with recent developments and their implications.

Christopher Lentz has worked for more than a dozen years in international tribunals, where he has gained experience in international criminal law and procedure, public international law and diplomacy, and related fields of international law.

He currently serves as a Legal Officer in the Office of the President of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), the successor institution to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Previously, he held positions supporting the work of the Office of the Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (2018–2019), the ICTY Office of the President (2017), the ICTY Immediate Office of the Registrar (2014–2017), the Appeals Chambers of the ICTR, ICTY, and IRMCT (2013–2014), and ICTR Trial Chambers (2009–2013).

Over the course of his career, Christopher has drawn upon his experiences residing in Chile, the Netherlands, Tanzania, Thailand, and the United States. He holds a Doctor of Law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of both The University of Chicago Law Review and the Chicago Journal of International Law.

This event is sponsored by the University of Chicago Law School's International Programs and International Law Society.

Lunch will be provided. Please submit dietary requests eight business days prior to the program to Aican Nguyen at aican@uchicago.edu. Although we will try to accommodate dietary needs, it is not guaranteed