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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We are looking for one (or two) guest researcher(s) as of 1 March 2019. Please see our vacancies page for further details.
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After nine months of work, our IHL online course is now live! To sign up to our free online course “International Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice” click here. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the course, and also to our 1589 current participants who registered. We hope you will
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Deutsche Welle published an interesting interview with our Director Professor Robert Heinsch about the trial of Rwandan nationals before German courts under the principle of universal jurisdiction. Click here to read “Rwanda genocide trial: Can German courts prosecute?”.
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The “IHL in action: Respect for the law on the battlefield” database just launched a series of new case studies. Four of these cases have been prepared by our clinic students. The database, hosted by the International Committee of the Red Cross, compiles real life instances of compliance with the law.
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The Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum, the platform within the Grotius Centre at Leiden University for the research, teaching and dissemination of international humanitarian law (IHL), is proud to present its first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). The online course, “International Humanitarian law in Theory and Practice”, is now open for pre-enrollment in Coursera
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We are looking for new IHL Clinic students, who will work on the ongoing research project “IHL in Action”, hosted by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Application deadline: Wednesday 12 September, 12pm. See our Call for Applications for more details!
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It’s a wrap! Last Friday we recorded the final knowledge clips for our IHL MOOC. The Centre for Innovation recorded module 1 Introduction into IHL, where Dr. Robert Heinsch talks about the why and how of the law of armed conflict. Curious about our following step? Next week we will start conducting
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On Monday, 2 July 2018, four LL.M. students of one of our IHL Clinic teams, along with their supervisor, travelled to Berlin for the purpose of presenting their research and report on a particular project to a KGF cooperation partner – the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR).
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