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02/03/2026
Rhys Davies was invited to participate as a panellist at the Harvard International Law Journal’s Spring Symposium at Harvard Law School on 28 February 2026.
The symposium, themed ‘Resilient Order: International Law in an Age of Transition’, included a panel entitled ‘The Evolution of Conflict and the Private Actors: Navigating Corporate Responsibility on the Path to Peace’. Rhys joined David Haeri (Director, Policy, Evaluation and Training Division, United Nations), Professor Tyler Giannini (Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and co-director of the International Human Rights Clinic), and Scott Gilmore (DiCello Levitt) on a panel moderated by Ana Isabel Fernández Alonso (Hausfeld, London).
Rhys’s contribution drew on his practice in international criminal law and cross-border enforcement, with a particular focus on the enforcement gap between international legal frameworks and their practical application. He addressed the architecture of accountability in conflict settings — spanning civil litigation, UN procurement frameworks, and criminal law — before turning to the specific challenges of executing criminal proceedings across borders, including the role and limitations of Interpol, the constraints of universal jurisdiction, and the structural limitations of the ICC in the current geopolitical climate.
The panel examined landmark cases including Lafarge, Lundin, Chiquita, and BNP Paribas, and addressed the question of whether meaningful individual criminal accountability for corporate actors in conflict zones is achievable in practice, or remains aspirational.
