Cary CoglianeseEdward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Regulation This podcast is a special feature on the Penn Law Regulatory Review's new series on, "Comparing Nations' Responses to COVID-19." Cary Coglianese and Allie Gottlieb L'21 discuss the administrative law and regulatory dimensions of the global response to COVID-19.     ..read more

Anand GroverEminent Human Rights Advocate and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (2008-2014) As we stand on the cusp of enormous change, Anand Grover calls in from India to speak with Associate Dean Rangita de Silva de Alwis on human rights issues intersecting responses to COVID-19.  Anand Grover is one of the world’s foremost health rights advocates and one of India’s preeminent lawyers. At a time of unprecedented crisis, Anand Grover is in the forefront of addressing some of the most urgent and pressing human rights violations. This discussion highlights how black swan events ..read more

Agnes CallamardUN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean for International Affairs engages Agnes Callamard on the critical human rights consequences and questions we are facing in the COVID-19 crisis ..read more

Sandie Okoro Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the World Bank GroupThe 2019 Leon C. & June W. Holt Lecture in International Law Sandie Okoro is the principal advisor and spokesperson on all legal matters for the world’s leading development finance institution; she is the first British national and the first black woman to hold the role. She heads the Legal Vice Presidency Unit where international development legal experts provide legal services essential to World Bank activities and operations. In addition to her official duties, Sandie is an ardent defender and champion for wo ..read more

Justice Sisi Virginia Khampepe, Constitutional Court of South AfricaAppointed by President Nelson Mandela as Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu Justice Sisi Khampepe shares her personal and political narrative as a leader in the journey to end apartheid and in building a nation and its democratic institutions through justice and reconciliation. She looks back on the lessons learned from the TRC Commission and critically examines how the TRC shaped a nation struggling to heal from apartheid. Her discussion also focuses on what forgiveness ..read more

Ambassador Crystal Nix-HinesPartner, Quinn Emanuel & U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO (2014-2016) Crystal Nix-Hines reflects on the challenges facing women in crisis management in the law and in a new global order. Few women in law have seamlessly straddled private and public leadership in the way Nix- Hines has. As a Counselor to the State Department, she helped establish the International War Crimes Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda which have changed the jurisprudence of international criminal justice and feminist legal theory. Nix- Hines was appointed by President Obama as United ..read more

Dr. Roza OtunbayevaFormer President of Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia’s first woman leader) This discussion shines a light on Otunbayeva's remarkable leadership in building peace in post-conflict and advances the importance of women’s leadership in resolving conflict. Otunbayeva is the only woman head of state to steer her country through a peaceful transition of power and, fearlessly step down from power after the transition.  As president, she led a constitutional creation process that established Kyrgyzstan as the first parliamentary republic in Central Asia. She urged a pluralistic democrat ..read more

Ambassador Moushira KhattabEgypt’s Minister for Family and Population; Former Egyptian Ambassador to South Africa and Italy; Egypt’s nominee to head UNESCO in 2017 Ambassador Khattab coordinated national efforts to combat gender-based violence--including female genital mutilation--and child marriage. She spearheaded the development and inauguration of 1,167 girl-friendly schools which provide quality learning to thousands of girls in the poorest quintile of Egyptian society. Because of the remarkable results of her amazing leadership, she has been awarded The Order of Good Hope from the Presid ..read more

Hon. Mohamed OrabiEgypt’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to Israel The Hon. Mohamed Orabi is an Egyptian diplomat and former Foreign Minister of Egypt. Mr. Orabi joined the Egyptian Foreign Service in 1976, having formerly served in the army. Throughout his career, Mr. Orabi has held a variety of important posts. He served as Deputy Ambassador at the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel from 1994 to 1998 and was Chief of the Cabinet of the Foreign Minister in 2000. He has also worked in Kuwait, the USA, and the United Kingdom. Between 2001 and 2008, Mr. Orabi served as the A ..read more

Ambassador Kai SauerFinland’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ambassador Sauer speaks on the trials and triumphs of diplomacy in the 21st century in his keynote remarks at the Penn Law Institute on Law and Diplomacy ..read more