On October 4-5, 2007 the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Fordham Law Review and the Fordham Leitner Center on International Law and Justice sponsored a two-day symposium entitled, "International Law and the Constitution: Terms of Engagement." The event was held at Fordham Law School in New York City.

This symposium brought together prominent scholars and advocates to grapple with central debates concerning the relationship between international law and the Constitution, and the implications of this relationship for human rights. Keynoting the symposium was Harold Hongju Koh, Dean of Yale Law School and Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and Carol Anderson, Professor of History at University of Missouri-Columbia and Author, Eyes Off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights.