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With a climbing death toll of more than 5,000 people and thousands still missing, Turkey and Syria have been devastated by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit the two countries this week. Joshua Russell is an assistant professor of seismology…

Syracuse law professor and international justice expert David Crane joined both Wisconsin and North Carolina public radio stations to talk about Trump’s plans and the crisis in Syria following last week’s bombing of chemical weapons plants in Syria. Crane joined…

Syracuse University College of Law Professor David Crane, a former war crimes prosecutor, offers insight on the latest round of deadly bombings, killing civilians and children, by the government-back Syrian forces. “The continued ignoring of international humanitarian law by all…

In an op-ed piece for Jurist News, Syracuse Law Professor David Crane argues against chemical warfare, particularly in regards to how the usage of chemicals weapons should be viewed and tried by governing forces. “The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)…

Syracuse University College of Law Professor David Crane, a former war crimes prosecutor, reacts to the recent UN report that Syria used chemical weapons against citizens. “The indiscriminate use of a prohibited weapon system such as a nerve agent like sarin if inconceivable…

David Crane, professor of practice in the College of Law, was interviewed by TRT World for the story “The War in Syria: David Crane on Assad’s Crematorium.”

David Crane, Professor of Practice, wrote an article for The Jurist entitled The Fist in a Velvet Glove-Hardened Humanitarianism

Corri Zoli, Director of Research and Assistant Professor of Research at the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, was quoted by CBS-SF for the story Syrian Opposition Leader Hopes U.S. Strike ‘Beginning Of The End’ Of Civil War

Professor David Crane is interviewed on BBC Radio 4 regarding the atrocities in Syria, and his belief that those committing war crimes will be brought to justice.

“Aleppo is now the symbol of how far we have retrenched,” said David M. Crane, a veteran international war crimes prosecutor and a professor at the Syracuse University College of Law. “It is part of a worldwide move away from a global village. Countries are turning back into themselves.”