The Laws of Foreign Military Assistance: Josh Paul & Susan Akram

The Laws of Foreign Military Assistance: A Conversation with Josh Paul & Susan Akram

Come join us at New England Law | Boston for an insightful discussion on the legalities surrounding foreign military assistance.

On the heels of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Gaza and renewed pressure on the Trump Administration to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, join us for this timely discussion on the laws of US foreign military assistance and when, if at all, human and civil rights, here and abroad, play a role. In this conversation with Josh Paul and Susan Akram, we’ll cover the basic principles governing US foreign military assistance, how it happens in practice, the role of domestic and foreign human and civil rights laws, and where changes should be made to bolster enforcement and further human and civil rights

Josh Paul and Susan Akram will be sharing their expertise and shedding light on this complex topic. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from two experts in the field.

About the Speakers

Josh Paul

Josh Paul, along with Tariq Habash, is co-founder of A New Policy,  a non-profit and non-partisan lobbying and political organization dedicated to making American policies towards Palestine and Israel align with our national interests and reflect American values
Josh Paul resigned from the State Department in October 2023 over opposition to U.S. arms transfers to Israel during the Gaza war. A former Director in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, he spent over a decade working on U.S. defense diplomacy and arms policy, with prior roles in the Pentagon, Congress, and international security reform. He holds degrees from Georgetown and St Andrews and has received awards for civic courage.

Susan Akram

Professor Susan Akram is a graduate of the University of Michigan (BA), Georgetown University School of Law (JD), Oxford University (MsT), and the Institut International des Droits del'Homme (Diplome). She directs BU Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, in which she supervises students engaged in international advocacy in domestic, international, regional, and UN fora. She teaches or has taught courses in International Human Rights, Refugee and Migration law, and US Immigration law. She has co-taught the Oxford University course on Palestinian Refugees under International Law since 2011, both at Oxford and in institutions across the Middle East. She has taught at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, at Al-Quds and Birzeit Universities in Palestine, the Oxford University Refugee Studies Center and the University of Murcia in Spain. She is a double Fulbright Senior Scholar award recipient, to Palestine (1999-2000) and Spain (2021-22). During her Fulbright in Palestine, she taught at Al-Quds university school of law and co-founded the research unit at Badil Resource Center for Palestine Refugee and Residency Rights. She has partnered with Badil and other Palestinian human rights organizations on many projects, including co-editing the Handbook, Closing Protection Gaps: Protection of Palestinian Refugees in States Signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention. She has authored, co-authored or edited over 60 publications on international human rights, refugee law, immigration law and civil rights, including Still Waiting for Tomorrow: The Law and Politics of Unresolved Refugee Crises (with Tom Syring); International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Rights-Based Approach to Middle East Peace (with Michael Lynk, Mick Dumper and Ian Scobbie); “The Arab Israeli Conflict,” entry in the Max Planck Encyclopeda of Public International Law (with Michael Lynk).

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