Kate Hamilton

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Kate Hamilton is a diplomat and lawyer at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. She is the current Legal Counsellor and Head of International Law at the British Embassy in The Hague and from 2018 - 2025 she was a legal adviser at the FCDO in London. Prior to joining the FCDO she worked in private practice.

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From Survival to Justice: A Conversation with Judge Theodor Meron

Few figures in international law have witnessed and influenced its development as much as Judge Theodor Meron. A Holocaust survivor who became a leading scholar, government legal adviser, diplomat and international judge, his unique reflections offer a first-hand account, built over decades of experience, of how international law is formed, interpreted, and applied under pressure.  I…

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