Ben Gerstein

Guest Author

Ben Gerstein (Bluesky) is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sarajevo Institute for the Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law. His current work examines the legal challenges of prosecuting genocide denial and disparate theories which inform post-conflict memory laws. Broadly, Ben deploys historical and legal methodologies to examine the possibilities and restraints of human rights law and international criminal law. His research stretches across regions and beyond borderlands, including Australia, Palestine/Israel, the United States, Haiti, and former Yugoslavia.

Ben is a graduate of the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and University of California-Los Angeles School of Law. His work is either published or forthcoming in the University of Hawai’i Law Review, International Criminal Law Review, Opinio Juris, Law and Political Economy Blog, and Comparative Southeast European Studies.

Articles by this author:

Dodik, dressed in a dark blue suit and tie and white shirt, is shown in front of a blue backdrop with the white, gold, blue and red seal of Republika Srpska. He is speaking into a half dozen red and blue microphones and pointing to a spiral bound report.

Bosnian Serb Secessionists Wield Islamophobia to Gain International Support for Their Cause

Apr. 21, 2026 Ben Gerstein