Defending Truth. Safeguarding the International Rule of Law.

The Mission

Countering the War on Law

International law is increasingly misrepresented and weaponized by hostile regimes, captured NGOs, and ideological actors seeking to delegitimize democratic nations.

Distorted legal claims now circulate widely through international institutions, media commentary, and academic discourse.

When these claims go unchallenged, they shape public understanding of the law and influence policymakers across the democratic world.

As misinformation spreads, law itself risks becoming a geopolitical weapon rather than a framework for justice.

Defending the integrity of international law therefore requires independent institutions willing to confront these distortions directly with clarity, authority, and speed.

What We Do

The Center exists to restore clarity and integrity to international legal discourse. CIROL integrates legal scholarship, media engagement, policy dialogue, and public education to challenge the abuse of international law and reassert its proper application.

Our Work Includes:

  • Authoritative legal analysis of contemporary international legal claims
  • Briefings for policymakers, diplomats, and government officials
  • Challenges to misinformation in media and in public debates
  • Holding international organizations and NGOs to account
  • University engagement and training emerging legal scholars

Vision

Safeguarding the International Rule of Law

  • Analysis of international law free from political influence.
  • Exposing the weaponization of international law.
  • Highlighting real international law and applying it to current events.
  • Fostering the highest levels of scholarship.

Leadership

Natasha Hausdorff

Founder and President

Natasha Hausdorff is a barrister, international law expert and a leading voice confronting the weaponization of international law. She is widely recognized for her clear, evidence-based challenge to the distorted narratives that have taken hold in public discourse. Natasha is a prominent defender of the international rule of law and consistently holds international organisations, governments and NGO's to account.

A sought-after keynote speaker, Natasha regularly briefs senior politicians and international organizations and has addressed Parliaments around the world. She is also a frequent expert contributor on legal and geopolitical matters for international media, including the BBC, Sky News, CNN, GB News, Talk TV, and Fox. She has written for The Times of London, the Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, The Mail, and the Law Society Gazette.

Natasha Hausdorff

The Board

Claudine Cohen

Claudine Cohen is a managing partner and leader in the Advisory practice at a national accounting, tax and advisory services firm, with more than 25 years of experience. She has been recognised over the years for her work including in The Consulting Report – Top 25 M&A Consultant for 2025 and she regularly authors short leadership pieces and presents at conferences.

Michael Hochberg

Michael Hochberg Ph.D.

Michael Hochberg Ph.D. is an academic and entrepreneur, and currently a visiting scholar at the Cambridge University Centre for Geopolitics. A former professor at UD, UW, and NUS, his work has been cited over 20,000 times in the scientific literature and he has published on geopolitics, national security, and grand strategy in various outlets including National Review Online, The Hill, RealClearDefense, Fast Company, American Spectator, and Naval War College Review. Michael is fluent in the languages of technology, geopolitics, policy, business and strategy, and is particularly interested in the areas where these different fields intersect and has previous careers as a physicist, an engineer, a professor, a startup founder, an executive at startup companies, an executive at a large multinational, and a freelance advisor and board member.

The Team

Naomi Nussbaum, CAP®

Director of Development and Strategic Partnerships

Naomi Nussbaum leads fundraising and partnership strategy, building the capital and relationships required to position CIROL as a leading global voice in international legal discourse. An experienced nonprofit executive and a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP®), Naomi also draws upon a previous career in education, which is central to CIROL's mission to support clarity, integrity, and truth in scholarship on international law.

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