Since 1995 PILPG has provided pro bono legal assistance to states and governments involved in peace negotiations, drafting post-conflict constitutions, and prosecuting war criminals.

Since March 2012, Scharf has also been the producer and host of Talking Foreign Policy, a one-hour radio program aired on a quarterly basis on Cleveland’s NPR affiliate WCPN 90.3 ideastream.

[3] In 2013, Scharf headed a Blue Ribbon Committee that drafted a statute for a War Crimes Tribunal for Syrian atrocities.

An internationally recognized expert in international criminal law, Scharf has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations[6] and the House Armed Services Committee;[7] his interviews and op eds have appeared in The Washington Post,[8] Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, and International Herald Tribune; and he has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, the NBC Today Show, Nightline, The O'Reilly Factor, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,[9] Minnesota Public Radio,[10] Public Radio International (PRI),[11] The Charlie Rose Show,[12][13] the BBC, CNN,[14] Voice of America,[15] and NPR.

[16] Since 2011, Scharf has produced and hosted "Talking Foreign Policy", a radio program broadcast on Cleveland’s NPR Station, WCPN 90.3 Ideastream.