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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The KGF is proud to announce that on 26 June 2018, as part of a monthly working session organised by The Spindle and Humanity X (Centre for Innovation, Leiden University), one of our IHL Clinic teams presented their report ‘Towards a Responsible Approach to Data’. The team discussed their findings and
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The production of the first Massive Open Online Course (‘MOOC’) on International Humanitarian Law of the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum has started. On 11 April, KGF Director Dr. Robert Heinsch and MOOC teaching associate Ms. Cinny Buys, LL.M., together with their colleagues Joasia van Kooten and Monique Snijder from the Leiden Centre
Continue readingKGF Director Dr. Robert Heinsch will initiate a new International Humanitarian Law Clinic at the Institute for the Law of the Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) at Bochum University, Germany, as of April 2018. The Leiden International Humanitarian Law Clinic will continue with its activities during this time. Like the
Continue readingThe KGF is proud to announce that on Wednesday, 27 September, the ICRC launched the ‘IHL in Action’ database in the context of its project ‘IHL in Action: Respect for the law on the battlefield’. The IHL in Action website is a collection of real case-studies documenting compliance with IHL
Continue readingThe Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum and its staff are sad to have lost not only their name giver, emeritus professor and outstanding expert in IHL, but also a wonderful human being: so kind, friendly and humble, that it is hard to describe with words. Our thoughts are with his wife, family, friends
Continue readingOn Thursday, 8 June 2017, the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law, in cooperation with the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and the Netherlands Red Cross, hosted a panel discussion in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1977 Additional Protocols. Ms. Mirjam de Bruin (Netherlands Red Cross) and
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