Over the course of three years of accumulated legal research and analysis, the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law (KGF) and the Leiden IHL Clinic’s DDE Project has culminated in the creation of the Leiden Guidelines on the Use of Digitally Derived Evidence in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals (the “Leiden Guidelines”).
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The call for applications for the winter term 2021/22 IHL Clinic is open! The Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum will conduct two projects this semester, and is inviting students of Leiden University’s LL.M. programme(s) in Public International Law to apply. More information on the application procedure can be found here.
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In ‘To Be (a State) or Not to Be’, our KGF Director Dr. Robert Heinsch and IHL Clinic Deputy Director Dr. Giulia Pinzauti discuss the impact of the law of belligerent occupation on Palestine’s ability to satisfy certain criteria for statehood under international law, especially with regard to triggering the
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The Forum is hiring a Research & Teaching Associate who will assist in establishing, institutionalizing, expanding and maintaining the Global International Humanitarian Law Clinic (IHL Clinic) Network. The application deadline is 15 August 2020. For more information, please see our vacancies page.
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The KGF is looking for one (or two) guest researchers/interns for the period of September 2020 – February 2021. More information can be found here.
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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
Continue readingWe 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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