On 27 March 2020, KGF Director Dr. Robert Heinsch, with the support of three of our IHL Clinic students, Mr Andrés Felipe Morales Arias, Ms. Fernanda García Pinto & Ms. Lígia Lazzarini Monaco submitted an amicus brief to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Bogota, Colombia. The amicus brief addressed
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On 16 March 2020, Dr. Robert Heinsch and Dr. Giulia Pinzauti, with the support of a group of five IHL Clinic students, submitted their observations in the Situation in the State of Palestine to the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court as amici curiae. The observations elaborate on
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In 2019, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, The Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum coordinated an art competition ‘Posters for Protected Persons’. The competition provided an alternative method of engaging people around the world with the Conventions, as it sought to inspire participants to reflect on the realities of
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We are accepting applications for one (or two) position(s) of a guest researcher / intern. Please see our vacancies page for further details.
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The KGF is currently running an Art Competition to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The aim of this Art Competition is to promote awareness of IHL, in particular the Geneva Conventions. Thus, the KGF’s wants to use this Art Competition to provide a unique and
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The KGF is pleased to announce that ten new case-studies documenting compliance with IHL have been launched on the “IHL in Action: Respect for the law on the battlefield” database hosted by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Six of these ten cases-studies were prepared by our IHL Clinic
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The Forum is looking for interested and motivated students of the regular LL.M. programme in Public International Law at Leiden Law School, who are willing to work in a team of three to six students, and are determined to contribute to either the IHL in Action project or the Digitally
Continue readingWe are accepting applications for the position of a research and teaching associate until 15 September 2019. Please see our vacancies page for further details.
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We are sad to have learned that George Hoover Aldrich, Professor Emeritus of International Humanitarian Law at Leiden Law School, passed away on 10 April 2019. Professor Aldrich succeeded Professor Frits Kalshoven in his capacity as holder of the Red Cross Chair on International Humanitarian Law from 1990 until 1997.
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KGF director Prof. Robert Heinsch and Ms. Lotte Chevalier, LL.M. published an article on “The Educational Value of IHL Clinics: The Examples of Leiden and Bochum” in the December 2018 issue of the Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (JILPAC)/Humanitäres Völkerrecht (HuV). The article examines the benefits as
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