Workshop on the Rule of Law: Charles Jalloh, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser and Convenor Jennifer Trahan spoke at the Austrian Mission to the United Nations on January 28–29, 2026. The workshop was entitled Rule of Law as Key to International Peace and Security and co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Austria, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, and Switzerland to the UN as well as the University of Vienna and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute. The panels were on The International Rule of Law, Democracy and Human Rights: Double Standards and the International Rule of Law; The Individual and the International Rule of Law; and the Guardians of the International Rule of Law. The discussion included the importance of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, the crime of aggression, and the need to create a workable jurisdictional regime over the crime. The audience was comprised of diplomats, academics and civil society. The program can be found here.


