Zachary D. Kaufman

Zachary Daniel Kaufman (born February 17, 1979) is a legal academic and social entrepreneur.

Current Positions / Affiliations

Kaufman is currently a Senior Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[1] and a lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School.[2] In addition, he is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations,[3] a Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies,[4] and a Fellow of the Truman National Security Project.[4]

Previous Positions / Fellowships

From 2016 to 2017, Kaufman served as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow.[5][6]

From 2015 to 2016, Kaufman served as a Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.[7]

From 2014 to 2015, Kaufman served as a Fellow at the United States Supreme Court.[8]

From 2005 to 2006, Kaufman served as a Fellow at Stanford University, in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL).[9]

Awards

Kaufman has received recognition for his academic and public service work, including:

Education

Kaufman is a graduate of Suncrest Middle School, Shady Side Academy, Yale University, the University of Oxford (where he was a Marshall Scholar),[13][14] and Yale Law School.

While an undergraduate at Yale (from 1996 to 2000), Kaufman was the student body president[15][16] and co-captain of the Yale wrestling team.[17][18][19] He was also an All-American and Runner-up National Champion in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association.[20] He received his B.A. (Bachelor's) degree in Political Science in 2000.[21]

In 2004, Kaufman received his M.Phil (Master's) degree in International Relations from the University of Oxford, where he served on the Executive Committee of the Magdalen College Trust, his residential college's grant-making charity.

In 2009, Kaufman received his Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Yale Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review.[22][23]

In 2012, Kaufman received his D.Phil (PhD) degree in International Relations from the University of Oxford.[24]

Scholarship

Kaufman is an author and lecturer.

To date, Kaufman has published three books. He is the author of United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics.[25] He is the co-editor (with Dr. Phil Clark) and co-author of After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond.[26] He is also the editor and co-author of Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World.[27]

Kaufman's research and commentary have also appeared in a variety of other publications, including the New York Times,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] the Washington Post,[36] the Yale Law & Policy Review,[37] the Yale Journal of International Law,[38][39] the Harvard International Law Journal,[40] the Yale Human Rights & Development Review,[41] the Emory International Law Review,[42] and others.[43]

Kaufman has delivered speeches and lectures at a variety of institutions around the world, including at law schools, political science departments, public policy schools, and business schools in the United States (e.g., Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, Columbia University, New York University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Dartmouth College, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, United States Naval Academy, American University) and abroad (e.g., University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics and Political Science, King's College London, University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies).

Founding of the Kigali Public Library

Kaufman was instrumental in the founding of the Kigali Public Library (also known as Rwanda Library Services),[44][45][46][47] which is Rwanda’s first public library.[48] The library became operational in April 2012, offering 12,000 books.[49] Kaufman is the founder, president, and chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Friends of the Kigali Public Library and an Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of Kigali-Virunga, Rwanda.[50]

Other Notable Public Service Activities

Other public service activities in which Kaufman is engaged include his service as:

Representative Publications

Books

Journal Articles - Academic

  • "Protectors of Predators or Prey: Bystanders and Upstanders Amid Sexual Crimes." Southern California Law Review. Volume 92 (Forthcoming 2019). https://ssrn.com/abstract=3153253
  • "The Prospects, Problems, and Proliferation of Recent UN Investigations of International Law Violations." Journal of International Criminal Justice. Volume 16, Issue 1 (2018). 93-112. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128436
  • "From the Aztecs to the Kalahari Bushmen - Conservative Justices' Citation of Foreign Sources: Consistency, Inconsistency, or Evolution?" Yale Journal of International Law Online. Volume 41 (2015). 1-8. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2638906
  • “Transitional Justice for Tojo’s Japan: The United States Role in the Establishment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and Other Transitional Justice Mechanisms for Japan After World War II.” Emory International Law Review. Volume 27, Issue 2 (2013). 755-98. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2408714
  • "The United States, Syria, and the International Criminal Court: Implications of the Rome Statute’s Aggression Amendment." Harvard International Law Journal Online. Volume 55 (2013). 1-14. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2367262.
  • "Comment" (on "Managing the Rule of Law in the Americas"). Inter-American Law Review. Volume 42, Issue 3 (Spring 2011). 253-60. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1956832
  • “The Nuremberg Tribunal v. The Tokyo Tribunal: Designs, Staffs, and Operations.” John Marshall Law Review. Volume 43, Issue 3 (Fall 2010). 753-68. https://ssrn.com/abstract=1917036
  • "Transitional Justice Delayed is not Transitional Justice Denied: Contemporary Confrontation of Japanese Human Experimentation During World War II Through a People's Tribunal." Yale Law & Policy Review. Vol. 26, Issue 2 (Spring 2008). 645-59. https://ssrn.com/abstract=1924030
  • "No Right to Fight: The Modern Implications of Japan's Pacifist Postwar Constitution." Yale Journal of International Law. Vol. 33, Issue 1 (Winter 2008). 266-73.https://ssrn.com/abstract=1913100
  • "Justice in Jeopardy: Accountability for the Darfur Atrocities." Criminal Law Forum. Volume 16, Issue 4 (April 2006): 343-60. https://ssrn.com/abstract=1912945
  • “The Future of Transitional Justice.” St. Antony’s International Review. Volume 1, Number 1 (March 2005): 58-81. https://ssrn.com/abstract=1913127

Journal Articles - Practitioner

  • “Making Social and Environmental Impact Through Legal Careers: The Top 10 Roles for Attorneys in Social Entrepreneurship.” Law For Change. August 2013. 1-16. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2320728
  • With Theodore W. Kassinger and Heather L. Traeger. “Democratizing Entrepreneurship: An Overview of the Past, Present, and Future of Crowdfunding.” Bloomberg BNA Securities Regulation and Law Report. Volume 45, Number 5 (February 2013). 208-17. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2211698
  • “Youth and Social Entrepreneurship.” Diplomatic Courier. Volume 7, Issue 1 (January / February 2013). 68-69. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2208138
  • With K. Lee Blalack and David J. Leviss. “Preparing for Aggressive Congressional Investigations in 2013.” Corporate Counsel. 6 June 2012. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2078561

Book Chapters

  • "United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda." Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice. Eds. Nadya Nedelsky & Lavinia Stan. (2d ed. forthcoming 2019). https://ssrn.com/abstract=3327004
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2016. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2015. 969-77
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2015. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2014. 971-79. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2522970
  • "Transitional Justice as Genocide Prevention: From a Culture of Impunity to a Culture of Accountability." Confronting Genocide in Rwanda: Dehumanization, Denial, and Strategies for Prevention. Eds. Jean-Damascene Gasanabo, David J. Simon & Margee M. Ensign. Kigali, Rwanda: The National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide, 2014. 363-84. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2428768
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2014. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2013. 980-88. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2368824
  • “International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.” Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice. Eds. Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 233-37. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2221525
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2013. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2012. 984-92. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2166781
  • "Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Introduction." Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World. Ed. Zachary D. Kaufman. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 1-19. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2149617
  • "Social Entrepreneurship in a Post-Genocide Society: Building Rwanda's First Public Library, the Kigali Public Library." Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World. Ed. Zachary D. Kaufman. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 58-82. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2149627
  • "Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Lessons Learned and Conclusion." Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World. Ed. Zachary D. Kaufman. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 189-221. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2149659
  • "Appendix: Social Entrepreneurship Resources and Institutions." Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities: Changing Our World. Ed. Zachary D. Kaufman. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. 225-45. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2149669
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2012. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2011. 993-1001. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1984042
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2011. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2010. 977-85. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1925812
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2010. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2009. 968-76. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1925827
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2009. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2008. 924-31. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1925816
  • With Phil Clark. "After Genocide." After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond. Eds. Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. Oxford University Press, 2016. 1-19. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1912684
  • "The United States Role in the Establishment of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda." After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond. Eds. Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. Oxford University Press, 2016. 229-60. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1916775
  • With Phil Clark and Kalypso Nicolaidis. "Tensions in Transitional Justice." After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond. Eds. Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman. Oxford University Press, 2016. 381-91. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1916779
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2008. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2007. 927-34. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1925844
  • “Sudan, the United States, and the International Criminal Court: A Tense Triumvirate in Transitional Justice for Darfur.” The Criminal Law of Genocide: International, Comparative, and Contextual Aspects. Eds. Ralph Henham and Paul Behrens. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2007. 49-60.
  • With Phil Clark. "Rwanda: Recent History." Africa South of the Sahara 2007. Ed. Iain Frame. London, UK: Routledge, 2006. 935-42. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1925846
  • With Pierre-Richard St. Hilaire. "The Rwandan Experience." Rwanda and South Africa in Dialogue: Addressing the Legacies of Genocide and a Crime Against Humanity. Eds. Charles Villa-Vicencio and Tyrone Savage. Institute of Justice and Reconciliation, 2001. 41-45. https://ssrn.com/abstract=1925848

Book Reviews

  • Review of The Pinochet Effect: Transnational Justice in the Age of Human Rights, by Naomi Roht-Arriaza. Yale Journal of International Law. Vol. 32, Issue 1 (Winter 2007): 297-300. https://ssrn.com/abstract=1912948
  • Review of Designing Criminal Tribunals: Sovereignty and International Concerns in the Protection of Human Rights, by Steven D. Roper and Lilian A. Barria. Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal. Volume 10 (2006–07): 209-14. https://ssrn.com/abstract=1923724

Opinion Pieces

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