Michael P. Scharf

Prof. Michael P. Scharf
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
11075 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Michael Scharf is Professor of Law and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

After graduating from Duke University, Magna Cum Laude, with distinction in Political Science and from Duke Law School with High Honors/Order of the Coif, Scharf clerked for Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat on the Eleventh Circuit Federal Court of Appeals.

During the first Bush and Clinton Administrations, Scharf served in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State, where he held the positions of Counsel to the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, Attorney-Adviser for Law Enforcement and Intelligence, Attorney-Adviser for United Nations Affairs, and delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. In 1993, he was awarded the State Department's Meritorious Honor Award "in recognition of superb performance and exemplary leadership."

Prior to joining the faculty of Case Western Reserve, Scharf served as Professor of Law and Director of the Center for International Law and Policy at New England School of Law, and as a visiting professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University), the University of Paris X, the National University of Ireland in Galway, and the Australian National University in Canberra. He teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, public international law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, the law of international organizations, and international human rights law.

Scharf is the author of over forty scholarly articles and seven books, including Balkan Justice, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1998, The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which was awarded the American Society of International Law's Certificate of Merit for the Outstanding book in International Law in 1999, Peace with Justice, which won the International Association of Penal Law Book of the Year Award for 2003, and casebooks on The Law of International Organizations and International Criminal Law.

Scharf has testified as an expert before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; his op-eds have been published by the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, and International Herald Tribune; he has appeared as a commentator on ABC News’ Nightline with Ted Kopple, Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” PBS’s “The Charlie Rose Show,” CNN, Court TV, the BBC's “The World,” and National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.”

Scharf has served as Chairman of the District of Columbia Bar's International Law Section, the American Bar Association's International Institutions Committee, and the American Society of International Law's International Organizations Committee. He is currently President of the American National Section of the International Association of Penal Law; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Law Students Association, a member of the Executive Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association, member of the Board of Directors of the International Legal Assistance Consortium, and Executive Director of the Public International Law and Policy Group -- a non-profit corporation that provides pro-bono international legal services to foreign governments and international organizations.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

PEACE WITH JUSTICE? WAR CRIMES AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002) (with Paul Williams).

SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC ON TRIAL: A COMPANION (Continuum Press, 2002) (with William Schabas).

THE LAW OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: PROBLEMS AND MATERIALS (Carolina Academic Press, 2001).

THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (TRANSNATIONAL PUBLISHERS, 1998) (2 vols) (with Virginia Morris) (Winner of the 1999 American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit for the Outstanding Book in International Law).

BALKAN JUSTICE: THE STORY BEHIND THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIAL SINCE NUREMBERG (Carolina Academic Press, 1997) (nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Letters).

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (Carolina Academic Press, 1996; 2nd ed. 2000) (with Jordan Paust, et.al).

AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER
YUGOSLAVIA (Transnational Publishers, 1995) (2 vols) (with Virginia Morris).

Selected Articles

The International Criminal Court's Jurisdiction Over the Nationals of Non-Party States: A Critique of the U.S. Position, 63 LAW & CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 67-117 (2001).

The Tools for Enforcing International Criminal Justice in the New Millennium:Lessons from the Yugoslavia Tribunal, 49 DEPAUL LAW REVIEW (A Festschrift for Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni) 925-980 (2000).

The Amnesty Exception to the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, 32 CORNELL INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 507-527 (1999).

Clear and Present Danger: Enforcing the International Ban on Biological and Chemical Weapons Through Sanctions, Use of Force, and Criminalization, 20 MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 477-523 (1999).

Trial and Error: An Assessment of the First Judgment of the Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal, 30 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLITICS 101-132 (1998) (Lead Paper Delivered at the Third Rose L. and Herbert Rubin Symposium on International Law at NYU School of Law).

The Letter of the Law: The Scope of the International Legal Obligation to Prosecute Human Rights Crimes, 59 LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 41-61 (1998).

Swapping Amnesty for Peace: Was There a Duty to Prosecute International Crimes in Haiti? 31 TEXAS INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 1-41 (1996).

Musical Chairs: The Dissolution of States and Membership in the United Nations, 28 CORNELL INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 29-69 (1995).

The Interstellar Relations of the Federation: International Law and Star Trek: The Next Generation, 25 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 577-615 (1994) (with Lawrence Roberts).

Interpreting U.N. Sanctions: The Rulings and Role of the Yugoslavia Sanctions Committee, 19 BROOKLYN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 771-827 (1993).

Foreign Courts on Trial: Why U.S. Courts Should Avoid Applying the Inquiry Provision of the Supplementary U.S. U.K. Extradition Treaty, 25 STANFORD JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 257 289 (Fall 1988).