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IHL Project Events 2008


Wednesday 23 January 2008, 18:30-20:00, Old Theatre

General Sir Mike Jackson (Former head of the British Armed Forces)

“General Reflections: A look at where today’s strategic circumstances are and the position of the UK, and a look to the future”

Chair: Dr Chaloka Beyani

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Monday 28 January, 18:30, U8

Mr Guillermo Bettocchi (UNHCR Somalia Representative)

Somalia: Legal and Humanitarian Challenges

Chair: Prof James Putzel

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  • Map of Somali IDPs and Refugees - click here


Tuesday 18 March, 14:00, U8

Judy Cheng-Hopkins (Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, UNHCR); Dr Chaloka Beyani; Dr Susan Breau

Defining the scope of responsibilities: the Great Lakes region

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Tuesday 15 April, 15:00, U8

Dr. Francis Deng (UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide)

Responsible Sovereignty and the Prevention of Genocide

Chair: Dr Chaloka Beyani
 



Monday 28 April, New Theatre

Sir John Holmes (UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator)

'Meeting the new humanitarian challenges of the 21st century '

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IHL Project Events 2007


27 September 2007

SYMPOSIUM: International Law in Situations of Post-Conflict : The Great Lakes Peace Process

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22 October 2007

Toby Lanzer (United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Central African Republic)

'Cornered in the Centre: Aid and Development in a Rough Neighbourhood'

Chair: Professor Gerry Simpson
Respondent: Dr James Putzel

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30 October 2007

Anthony Dworkin (Crimes of War Project); John F. Burns (The New York Times); Professor Gerry Simpson (LSE)

'Who Cares About the Laws of War in Contemporary Conflicts?' A Conversation

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1 November 2007

Erica Feller (Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR)

'Giving Peace a Chance: Rule of Law during Peacebuilding'

Chair: Dr Chaloka Beyani, Senior Lecturer in Law

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13 November 2007

Kevin Heller & Charles Garraway

'A Poisoned Chalice: The Substantive and Procedural Defects of the Iraqi High Tribunal'

Chair: Alejandro Chehtman, IHL Project

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IHL Project Events 2006


Still27 April 2006
Professor Christopher Greenwood QC
Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq: is there a role for law in modern warfare? (Transcript PDF)    

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Still5 June 2006
Professor Sir Adam Roberts
'Transformative Military Occupation: applying the laws of war and human rights'

This article is available in pdf file from the web pages of the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War: http://ccw.politics.ox.ac.uk/publications             

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15 May 2006
Professor Michael Schmitt
'Asymmetric Warfare and IHL'
(PowerPoint presentation available on request ihl.project@lse.ac.uk)


17  October 2006
General Sir Rupert Smith
'The Changing Character of Warfare'
Transcript


25 October 2006 - Seminar
Professor Charles Garraway
'Command Responsibility and IHL'


31 October 2006
John B. Bellinger, III
'Legal Issues in the War on Terrorism'
Transcript 


17 November 2006 - Seminar
Dr Jenny Kuper & Mariana Goetz (Redress)
'Children in Armed Conflict'
Victims, Perpetrators or Heroes? Child Soldiers before the International Criminal Court


30 November 2006
A Conversation with Professor Françoise Hampson & Professor Bill Schabas
'The Interaction of Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law'


 

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