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Live Seminar 40: Regulating the Conduct of Military Personnel in Peace Operations: The Role of International Law in Curbing Impunity at Online Live Web Seminar
January 26, 2012 from 9:30am to 11am
To watch the recording: click hereIntergovernmental organizations have established an increasing number of diverse international peace operations, ranging from standard peacekeeping deployments to multifaceted peace-making and peace-enforcement operations. Despite rising political support for the strategic use of military presence and force to strengthen the protection of…See More
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Live Seminar 40: Regulating the Conduct of Military Personnel in Peace Operations: The Role of International Law in Curbing Impunity at Online Live Web Seminar
January 26, 2012 from 9:30am to 11am
To watch the recording: click hereIntergovernmental organizations have established an increasing number of diverse international peace operations, ranging from standard peacekeeping deployments to multifaceted peace-making and peace-enforcement operations. Despite rising political support for the strategic use of military presence and force to strengthen the protection of…See More
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Live Seminar 35: Countries in Upheaval: Developing a Protection Framework in Situations Short of Armed Conflict at Online
July 28, 2011 from 9:30am to 11am
View the recording: click here ----------------------------------------- A range of states around the world continue to experience serious violence and social disruption without the situation qualifying as an armed conflict to which the framework of international humanitarian law would apply. Questions arise as to what international legal frameworks may apply…See More
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definition of armed conflict in light of recent events
In light of the Arab spring, is the Tadic definition of an armed conflict still adequate? At what point was the situation in Libya characterized as an armed conflict and at what point will the situation in Syria? and should states wait on the ICRC to make such characterisation or can they on their own decide to treat a situation as an armed conflict? See More
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Live Seminar 40: Regulating the Conduct of Military Personnel in Peace Operations: The Role of International Law in Curbing Impunity at Online Live Web Seminar
January 26, 2012 from 9:30am to 11am
To watch the recording: click hereIntergovernmental organizations have established an increasing number of diverse international peace operations, ranging from standard peacekeeping deployments to multifaceted peace-making and peace-enforcement operations. Despite rising political support for the strategic use of military presence and force to strengthen the protection of…See More
Graig Halpin is attending HPCR at Harvard University's event
Live Seminar 40: Regulating the Conduct of Military Personnel in Peace Operations: The Role of International Law in Curbing Impunity at Online Live Web Seminar
January 26, 2012 from 9:30am to 11am
To watch the recording: click hereIntergovernmental organizations have established an increasing number of diverse international peace operations, ranging from standard peacekeeping deployments to multifaceted peace-making and peace-enforcement operations. Despite rising political support for the strategic use of military presence and force to strengthen the protection of…See More
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19th Congress of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
http://www.soc-mil-law.org/The 19th Congress of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War will be held at the hotel Fairmont le Château Frontenac in Québec City. The central theme is "legal interoperability and ensuring observance of the law in multinational deployments". Many internationally renowned experts have enthusiastically accepted our invitation to speak. This will inter alia include discussions on: - The…See More
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definition of armed conflict in light of recent events
Started by Namwase Sylvie in Famine and War: A Critical Appraisal of the Challenges to Humanitarian Response in Somalia on Tuesday.
19th Congress of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
Started by Jacobsen Claudia in Interplay between IHL and Human Rights Jan 20.
19th Congress of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
Started by Jacobsen Claudia in Introduction to International Humanitarian Law Jan 20.
19th Congress of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
Started by Jacobsen Claudia in Peacekeeping Operations under IHL and Human Rights Jan 20.
19th Congress of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
Started by Jacobsen Claudia in On the Threshold of Armed Conflict: Violence, Protection, and the Law Jan 20.
19th Congress of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
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The International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy & the UN
Started by ICD Press in Famine and War: A Critical Appraisal of the Challenges to Humanitarian Response in Somalia Dec 8, 2011.
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Legitimacy of the Intervention in a Country's Sovereignty
Posted by Artur Victoria on September 16, 2010 at 5:21am — 2 Comments
"Criminalizing Humanitarian Engagement? Counterterror Legislation and Humanitarian Action"
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Reflections on June trainings and discussions on IHL in the OPT
Posted by HPCR at Harvard University on July 7, 2009 at 12:47pm — 1 Comment
Effective community engagement strategies mitigate downstream security risks
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Marco Pizzorno Harvard University - " Prisoners of War "-
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Gender Equality and Human Rights
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a fresh operational definition needed for Humanitarian Law
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The Definition of International Humanitarian Law is Needed.
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