The LSE IHL Project seeks to promote the study of international
humanitarian law. It aims to engage the interest of and enhance a
dialogue between the scholarly community, governments, organisations and
institutions concerned with humanitarian issues, and the wider public.
International humanitarian law (IHL) faces a host of pressing
challenges in today's globalised environment ranging from the changing
methods of warfare, weapons advancement and development, to the
conflation of law enforcement and armed conflict. The international
armed conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have served to refocus
international attention on the norms governing inter-state conflict
while the internal conflicts in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo
and Chechnya have posed considerable problems, particularly where
compliance is concerned. Understanding how best to meet these new
challenges and to preserve human dignity in the context of conflict will
be the central objective of the project's work.
News
01/07/08
Dr Beyani on the BBC World Service
Dr
Chaloka Beyani recently appeared on the BBC World Service's Focus on
Africa programme, giving a detailed interview on the use of the
'Truth and Reconciliation' commission, as an alternative to punitive
justice, in African states.
[click here to listen to Dr Beyani's
interview with the BBC]
17/06/08
Dr Beyani instrumental in IDP convention and Great Lakes pact
Congratulations to Dr Chaloka Beyani who has played a pivotal role in
facilitating the adoption of the African Union Convention on Internally
Displaced Persons, which was successfully concluded earlier this week.
The AU Convention on IDPs is expected to be adopted by the Executive
Council of Foreign Ministers at the end of July 2008. Dr Beyani has also
been acting as the Legal Adviser to the International Conference on the
Great Lakes Region, where The Pact on Security, Stability and
Development in the Great Lakes Region has just entered into force in
(May 2008), with funding formally approved by the African Development
Bank.
Address and contacts
International Humanitarian Law Project
Law Department
London
School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6814
Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 6300
Email:
ihl.project@lse.ac.uk
[images © EC/ECHO/François
Goemans and © EC/ECHO/Azadeh Tajdar]
