International Law Chats is a podcast from the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA), hosted by Professor Chiara Giorgetti, Alison Macdonald KC, and Professor Milena Sterio. Episodes air on the first Monday of every month and will feature prominent guests in the field of international law. Episodes will be available on Spotify, YouTube, and our website.

Chiara, Alison, and Milena sat down with Amb. Namira Negm and Tafadzwa Pasipanodya at the American Society of International Law’s Annual Meeting to discuss the importance of African practice in international law.

Amb. Negm is the first Director of the African Migration Observatory and Honorary President of the African Society for International Law. She is a Visiting Professor at the Geneva Summer School in International Law and International Humanitarian Law (Geneva University) and was the first female Legal Counsel of the African Union.

Tafadzwa Pasipanodya is a partner in Foley Hoag’s international litigation and arbitration department and chairs the firm’s Africa practice group. For almost two decades, she has represented sovereign States from all over the world in investor-state arbitrations concerning natural resources, mining, the environment, infrastructure, and health policy before arbitration tribunals.

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