成人VR视频

Noah Weisbord

Full Professor

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Noah Weisbord


Biography

Noah Weisbord is Professor of Law at 成人VR视频. His research examines how legal systems distinguish legitimate from illegitimate violence鈥攆rom self-defence and policing to aggressive war, cyber operations, and emerging military technologies. His work spans criminal law, international criminal law, and the law governing the use of force, with a particular focus on accountability, intergroup conflict, and the future of legal responsibility in an age of technological change.

His scholarship combines doctrinal, comparative, historical, and socio-legal methods with field-based engagement in international institutions. He participated in diplomatic negotiations that led to the definition and activation of the crime of aggression at the International Criminal Court and continues to contribute to international discussions concerning accountability for aggressive war, cyber operations, and emerging technologies.

Professor Weisbord is the author of听The Crime of Aggression: The Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents, and Autocrats听(Princeton University Press, 2019; paperback edition, 2025). The book examines the century-long effort to hold political and military leaders criminally responsible for aggressive war and has been widely reviewed in leading scholarly and public forums.

His recent scholarship explores the crime of aggression, self-defence in domestic and international law, cyberwarfare, and the legal challenges posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. His work has appeared in journals including the听American University International Law Review,听Journal of Human Rights Practice,听Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review,听Harvard International Law Journal,听Columbia Journal of Transnational Law,听Law and Contemporary Problems,听成人VR视频 Law Journal, and听Queen鈥檚 Law Journal.

Professor Weisbord serves on the Council of Advisors on the Application of the Rome Statute to Cyberwarfare and has participated in expert consultations convened by institutions including Chatham House, the Council on Foreign Relations, the United States Institute of Peace, and the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court. His commentary on international and criminal law has appeared in media outlets including听The New York Times,听The Globe and Mail,听Le Devoir, CBC, CTV, Global News, and the BBC.

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  • Professor, 成人VR视频, Faculty of Law, 2026-present

  • Associate Professor, 成人VR视频, Faculty of Law, 2023-2026听

  • Associate Professor, Queen鈥檚 University, Faculty of Law, 2018-2023听

  • Visiting Professor, Queen鈥檚 University, Faculty of Law, 2017-2018听

  • Associate Professor, Florida International University College of Law, 2013-2017听

  • Assistant Professor, Florida International University College of Law, 2010-2013听

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Duke Law School, 2008-2010听

  • Teaching Fellow, Harvard Law School, 2005-2006听

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  • Doctorate in Juridical Science (S.J.D.), Harvard Law School, 2004-2011听

  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program, Harvard Law School, 2003-2004听

  • Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), 成人VR视频, 1999-2003听

  • Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.), 成人VR视频, 1999-2003听

  • Bachelor of Common Law (LL.B.), 成人VR视频, 1999-2003听

  • Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.), 成人VR视频, 1997-1998听

  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. in Psychology), 成人VR视频, 1994-1997听

Research

  • International Criminal Law听

  • Crime of Aggression

  • Use of Force in International Law听

  • International Courts听and Accountability

  • Cyberwarfare and International Law听

  • Artificial Intelligence and Legal Accountability听

  • Comparative Self-Defence Law听

  • Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

  • Evidence

Recent Professional Accomplishments

  • Winner of The David Watson Memorial Award for 鈥淟icence to Khill: What Appellate Decisions Reveal About Canada鈥檚 New Self-Defence Law,鈥 presented annually for the paper published in the鈥疩ueen鈥檚 Law Journal鈥痡udged to make the most significant contribution to legal scholarship听

  • 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Afraid of the Lucky Moose? Canada鈥檚 Dangerous Self-Defence Innovation,鈥 cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Khill (2021)听

  • Co-Chair of the Anti-Racism Working Group at Queen鈥檚 University, 2020-2021.听

  • Member of the Council of Advisers on the Application of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to Cyberwarfare, 2019-Present听

  • Publication of The Crime of Aggression: the Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents and Autocrats鈥(Princeton University Press, 2019)听

  • Keynote Lecture, 2017 Annual 成人VR视频 Law Graduate Conference, 鈥淪elf-Defense in Climates of Fear.鈥澨

  • Invited expert participating in the activation of International Criminal Court jurisdiction over the crime of aggression alongside genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, United Nations Headquarters, 2017听

Selected Publications听

Books (Monograph)

  • Noah Weisbord,鈥疶he Crime of Aggression: the Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents and Autocrats鈥(Princeton University Press, 2019)

础谤迟颈肠濒别蝉听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淒iplomatic Practices: Activating the Crime of Aggression,鈥 40 American University International Law Review (Forthcoming 2025).

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淏enjamin Ferencz in the Cold War,鈥 8(3) Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review (Forthcoming 2025).

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淯nwilling or Unable: Newfangled Self-Defence Against ISIS in Syria,鈥 Journal of Human Rights Practice 1 (SOAS) (2024).

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淟icence to Khill: What Appellate Decisions Reveal About Canada鈥檚 New Self-Defence Law,鈥 46(1)鈥疩ueen鈥檚 Law Journal 97鈥(2020)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Afraid of the Lucky Moose? Canada鈥檚 Dangerous Self-Defence Innovation,鈥 64(2)鈥扇薞R视频 Law Journal 349 (2018)鈥(published summer鈥2020).听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淎 Practitioner鈥檚 Bildungsroman: Book Review of Payam Akhavan鈥檚鈥疘n Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey,鈥 Journal of Human Rights Practice鈥(July 2019)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淏argaining Practices: Negotiating the Kampala Compromise,鈥 76 (3) Law & Contemporary Problems, 85 (Winter 2014)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淛udging Aggression,鈥 50(1) Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 82 (Winter 2012)听

  • Noah Weisbord & Matthew Smith, 鈥淭he Reason Behind the Rules: From Description to Normativity in International Criminal Procedure,鈥 36 North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation 255 (Winter 2011)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淭he 1990s and the Use of Force: Anxiety, Realignment and New Justifications,鈥 22 (1) Global Change, Peace & Security 129 (February 2010)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐onceptualizing Aggression,鈥 20(1) Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law 1 (Fall 2009)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淧rosecuting Aggression,鈥 49 Harvard International Law Journal 168 (Winter 2008)听

颁丑补辫迟别谤蝉听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐ivil Society,鈥 in The Crime of Aggression: A Commentary, Claus Kre脽 and Stefan Barriga, eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2017)听

  • Noah Weisbord and Carla Reyes, 鈥淲ar Crimes,鈥 in International Crime and Justice, Mangai Natarajan, ed. 321 (Cambridge University Press, 2011)听

Opinion and Editorial听

  • Noah Weisbord, "Le Canada doit affronter les menaces de Trump et son double discours en droit international,"听, July 8, 2025.

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 self-defence laws are too sweeping, and the Supreme Court just gave them a pass,鈥濃

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淭o deter war in the Gulf and elsewhere, hold leaders personally accountable for aggression,鈥濃.听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淲hat does the Trump administration want from Iran?鈥濃.听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 rhetoric about strengthening the international order is at total odds with its actions at the鈥疷N,鈥濃

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淲ho Started the Fight?鈥濃

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淵ou鈥檙e Under Arrest, Mr. President,鈥濃

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淎 Dilemma in Northern Uganda; When Peace and Justice Clash,鈥濃

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淭raditional Justice for a Genocide: Trials in Rwanda,鈥濃

Recent publications

  • 鈥淒iplomatic Practices: Activating the Crime of Aggression,鈥澨American University International Law Review听(2025)
  • 鈥淯nwilling or Unable: Newfangled Self-Defence Against ISIS in Syria,鈥 Journal of Human Rights Practice (2025)

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淒iplomatic Practices: Activating the Crime of Aggression,鈥 40 American University International Law Review (Forthcoming 2025).

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淏enjamin Ferencz in the Cold War,鈥 8(3) Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review (Forthcoming 2025).

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淯nwilling or Unable: Newfangled Self-Defence Against ISIS in Syria,鈥 Journal of Human Rights Practice 1 (SOAS) (2024).

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