Faculty Lead

David M. Crane

Professor Crane was the Founding Chief Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Tribunal for West Africa called the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He is also a retired member of the Senior Executive Service of the United States, a drafter of the Department of Defense’s Law of War Program, and a retired professor at Syracuse University College of Law. He founded the Syrian Accountability Project and the Journal of Global Rights and Organizations and Impunity Watch News at Syracuse University College of Law. He is also is the Founder of the Global Accountability Project. He recently published a book about his time in Sierra Leone titled Every Living Thing: Facing Down Terrorists, Warlords, and Thugs in West Africa—A Story of Justice. He currently is Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Syracuse University College of Law.

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