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Zachary D. Kaufman
@zacharykaufman.bsky.social
Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law

Criminal Law, International Law, National Security Law, Transitional Justice, Human Rights

Bio: https://www.zacharykaufman.com/biography/

Publications: http://tinyurl.com/bpaas2b7
Looking forward to welcoming @mikegordonesq.bsky.social to speak at the University of Florida Levin College of Law @uflaw.bsky.social this Thursday.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Legal Scholars and Practitioners:

The Florida Journal of International Law (of which I am the faculty advisor) seeks submissions for its upcoming symposium on the law of defensive uses of force.

Submissions are due by November 8.

Please see below for more info and please share widely. Thank you!
August 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I was honored to speak in #Brazil on April 7 at an official event to commemorate the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in #Rwanda.

#Genocide #NeverAgain #Kwibuka #Kwibuka31
@ufresearch.bsky.social @uflaw.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Looking forward to moderating this discussion today about prospects for #peace in the #MiddleEast.

Featuring former senior negotiators Ambassador Dennis Ross & Ghaith al-Omari, both currently
@washinstitute.bsky.social

NOT recorded or livestreamed.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

@uflaw.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is the executive order: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
February 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I've done several interviews today about President Donald J. Trump's #ExecutiveOrder yesterday sanctioning the #InternationalCriminalCourt.

#ICC #InternationalLaw #TransitionalJustice
#Trump #TrumpAdministration #Israel #Gaza

@uflaw.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is the executive order: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
February 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is the episode: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
February 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I will speak at Yale Law School (@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social) on Jan. 31 about my new research on "Recognizing Genocide Upstanders."

The event is free and open to the Yale @yaleuniversity.bsky.social) community and lunch will be served. RSVP: law.yale.edu/yls-today/ya....

@uflaw.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Speaking twice at @theaals.bsky.social 2025 Annual Meeting:

Today I will present my research / recommendations on #upstanders amid #genocide.

Tomorrow I will present the Nelson Mandela Award for exceptional contributions to human rights to Prof. Claudio Grossman.

#AALS2025

@uflaw.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Looking forward to speaking (remotely) @ North South University Department of Law in #Bangladesh this Tuesday about my new research on #genocide #upstanders.

#InternationalLaw #TransitionalJustice #Justice #Accountability #Rescue #Hero #Heroes
#Upstander #Bystander #Bystanders

@uflaw.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 7:30 PM
✨✨✨ 106 ✨✨✨

My grandfather, Shalom Coleman, turns 106 today!!!

After an extraordinary--and extraordinarily long--life of service, he still lives at home alone, drives, cooks, cleans, teaches, lectures, hangs out with his friends, & keeps in close touch with his family!!!

🎁🎈🍾 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 🍾🎈🎁
December 5, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Re US v. #Skrmetti:

Some commentators (e.g., @mjsdc.bsky.social) are arguing that conservative #SCOTUS justices are cherry picking citations to foreign laws and policies.

They did the exact same thing in Obergefell v. Hodges (same-sex marriage case), as I argued in YJIL: ssrn.com/abstract=263...
December 4, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Looking forward to speaking at this webinar on 12/3: "Rwanda’s Impact: Shaping Modern #Genocide #Law.”

Registration: njsba.com/event/rwanda...

@uflaw.bsky.social
#InternationalLaw #Rwanda #Kwibuka #Kwibuka30
November 26, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Looking forward to speaking at this conference twice tomorrow to:

- Share my research & recommendations about #genocide #upstanders

- Along with the Rwandan Minister of Justice / Attorney General, to commemorate and reflect upon the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in #Rwanda

#TransitionalJustice
November 14, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Looking forward to speaking at this webinar on 10/18: " #Rwanda 's Impact: Shaping Modern #Genocide #Law."

Registration: njsba.com/event/rwanda....
August 23, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Looking forward to speaking at this webinar tomorrow about the UN's Impact on Global Law. Registration: njsba.com/event/united....
February 28, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Congratulations to Professor Dinah Shelton!

As Chair of the Association of American Law Schools International Human Rights Section, I am thrilled that we presented Professor Shelton with our Section's Nelson Mandela Award for exceptional contributions to international human rights.

#AALS2024
January 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
As Chair of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) International Human Rights Section, I'm excited about these events that our Section is sponsoring at the AALS annual meeting (#AALS2024) this week.

I'm speaking on panels today, tomorrow, and Friday, and at the award ceremony tomorrow.
January 3, 2024 at 4:09 PM
🎉🎈🎂 !!! 105 !!! 🎂🎈🎉

My grandfather, Shalom Coleman, turned 105 today! After an amazing life of service, he still lives at home alone, drives, lectures, and writes books.

I sadly wasn't able to make the festivities this year. Here's us in #Perth, #Australia toasting one of his recent birthdays.
December 5, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Thank you to Harvard Law School for hosting me to discuss my article, Police Policing Police (available for free download at: ssrn.com/abstract=411...).

This article is the latest in my series of publications on #Bystanders and #Upstanders.

#Police #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform #GeorgeFloyd
December 4, 2023 at 2:45 PM