post / 28 April 2026
“Dead Men Walking” Episode 2: International Law
Episode 2: International Law
In this second episode of our new podcast, “Dead Men Walking”, we turn our attention to international law.
Has respect for international law reached a breaking point? Has the gap between the “law in books” and the “law in action” become too wide? Or is international law more stable and resilient than its critics want to believe?
To help us think through these questions, IFIT Executive Director Mark Freeman sits down with three outstanding experts from IFIT’s global network: Sarah Nouwen, Professor of Public International Law at the European University Institute; Shaharzad Akbar, prominent Afghan human rights defender and Executive Director of Rawadari; and Thierry Cruvellier, Editor-in-Chief of Justice Info, the world’s leading news website on international justice.
“Dead Men Walking”: Conversations on Global Norms and Institutions is a new podcast series produced by the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) in collaboration with JusticeInfo.net. In each episode, we bring together leading thinkers and practitioners from IFIT’s 400+ global expert network to take an honest look at the problems afflicting 20th century global norms and institutions and to consider the new ideas needed for a changing world order.
