Law of Air Warfare

Michael N. Schmitt
Professor of Public International Law at
Durham University Law School, United Kingdom

Wednesday, 12 May 2010 – 6.30 PM

Auditoire Jacques Freymond (AJF - The Graduate Institute)
Rue de Lausanne 132, Geneva

The lecture will be given in English

 
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Armed Conflict

Eibe Riedel
Swiss Chair of Human Rights and Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Thursday, 6 May 2010 – 6.30 PM

Auditoire Jacques Freymond
(AJF - The Graduate Institute)
Rue de Lausanne 132, Geneva

lecture given in English

 
The Developing Law of Weapons: Humanity, Distinction and the Need for Proportionality

Steven Haines
Head of the Security and Law Programme, Geneva Centre for
Security Policy and Chairman of the Editorial Board of the UK's
official Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict (2004)

Wednesday, 14 April 2010 – 6:30 PM

Auditoire Jacques Freymond (AJF - The Graduate Institute)
Rue de Lausanne 132, Geneva

Lecture speaking script (pdf)

 
The Applicability of Human Rights Law in Times of Armed Conflict

Derek P. Jinks
Professor in Law and a Senior Fellow at the Robert S. Strauss Center or International Security and Law at the University of Texas. He is the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law at the U.S. Naval War College for 2009-2010

Wednesday, 24 March 2010 – 6:30 PM

Auditoire Jacques Freymond
(AJF - The Graduate Institute)
Rue de Lausanne 132, Geneva

The lecture will be given in English



 
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Manfred Nowak
Professor of Law at Vienna University,
Director of the Ludwig oltzmann Institute of Human Rights
and UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

CONFERENCE DEBAT 

16h15 - La Cour Mondiale des droits de l'Homme
Salle Luigi Solari (R290), Uni-Mail
Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40, Genève
En collaboration avec FIFDH.

ACADEMY LECTURE SERIES

18h30 -Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Auditoire Salle Luigi Solari (R290), Uni Mail
Boulevard du Pont d’Arve 40, Geneva

The lecture will be given in English



 
Law of Naval Warfare

Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
Professor in Public International Law, European Law and Comparative
Constitutional Law at Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)

Wednesday, 3 March 2010 – 6.30 PM

Auditoire Jacques Freymond (AJF - The Graduate Institute)
Rue de Lausanne 132, Geneva

The lecture will be given in English

Presentation (pdf)



 
Droit international humanitaire et opérations militaires au sol : les normes sont-elles encore adaptées aux conflits de notre époque?

Dr Y. Sandoz
Membre du CICR et du corps enseignant de l’Académie

Jeudi 25 février 2010, à 18h30

Auditoire Jacques Freymond (IHEID)
Rue de Lausanne 132, Geneva



 
State Responsibility and the Individual Right to Compensation before National Courts
Professeur Christian Tomuschat
Emeritus Professor of Public International Law and European law at the Humboldt University in Berlin and former member of the UN Human Rights Committee and the UN International Law Commission. 

Thursday 10 December 2009, 6.30PM

Auditoire Jacques Freymond (IHEID)
Rue de Lausanne 132, Geneva
 
The lecture will be given in English.

 
Conditions d'application du droit international humanitaire aux conflits armés internes
Professeur Eric David
Professeur émérite de droit international à l'Université libre de Bruxelles  

Mercredi, 21 octobre 2009 – 18h30
 
Auditoire Jacques Freymond (IHEID)
Rue de Lausanne 132, Geneva
 
La Conférence sera donnée en français.

 
Terrorism and Armed Conflict: The Inaugural Lecture of the Academy's LL.M. Programme
Professor Andrea Bianchi
Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute and Member of the Board of the Academy


Thursday, 24 September 2009 - 7.00 PM

Auditoire Jacques Freymond (The Graduate Institute)
Rue de Lausanne 132, Geneva

The lecture will be given in English.

 
Les Traités dans les conflits armés
Professeur Robert Kolb
Professor of Public International Law
University of Geneva Law Faculty

Monday 16 March, 6.30pm

At the Auditoire des Droits de l'Homme (salle R380)
Uni-Mail, 40, bd du Pont d'Arve, Genève

 
Neutrality

Ambassador Paul Seger
Director, Legal Adviser
Directorate for Public International Law,
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Thursday, 19 February 2009 - 6.30 pm

Auditoire Jacques Freymond (The Graduate Intitute)

Rue de Lausanne 132, Geneva



 
The Right to Life in Armed Conflict
William Schabas
Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights Law
Professor in Human Rights, National University of Ireland (Galway)

 
Targeted Killing in International Law
Nils Melzer
Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

His book "Targeted Killing in International Law", Oxford University Press (2008) was formally launched on this occasion.

 
War crimes: The Evolution of the Concept
Georges Abi-Saab
Honorary Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva

 
Customary Humanitarian Law: from the Academy to the Courtroom
Theodor Meron
Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

 
Current Challenges to International Humanitarian Law
Antonio Cassese
Professor of International Law, University of Florence
Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

 
Armed Conflicts and Proportionality

Enzo Cannizzaro
Professor of International and EU Law at the University of
Rome "La Sapienza"

Thursday, 20 May 2010 – 6.30 PM
Uni Bastions (B. 101)
Place de l'Université 3, Geneva

lecture given in English



 
Armed Conflicts and Proportionality

Enzo Cannizzaro
Professor of International and EU Law at the University of
Rome "La Sapienza"

Thursday, 20 May 2010 – 6:30 PM

Uni Bastions (B. 101)
Place de l'Université 3, Geneva

The lecture will be given in English

 
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The Academy Lecture Series will treat multiple aspects of International Law in armed conflict. Each lecture will form a chapter in a future "Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict" to be published by Oxford University Press in 2011.

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