Panel Discussion ’40 Years of the Additional Protocols’

The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, The Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law & The Netherlands Red Cross cordially invite you to a panel discussion celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Additional Protocols: “40 Years of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions: at the Forefront of Today’s Conflicts”. Panelists: Prof. Horst

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Application Deadline IHL Clinic Spring Semester 2017/18

Our IHL Clinic is looking for interested and motivated Leiden LL.M. students, who are willing to work in a team of three to four students, and have the determination to produce a substantive report of high quality on issues raised by our cooperation partners within a period of four months.

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IHL Summer School 2017

Summer School on International Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice   This summer, from 9-15 July 2017, the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on IHL will host the second annual IHL Summer School: “International Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice”. The course is designed by Dr. Robert Heinsch, in cooperation with the colleagues from the

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Common Fall Lecture of the Regular and Advanced PIL LL.M. Programs and the Opening Lecture of the 2016/2017 IHL Lecture Series

Common Fall Lecture of the Regular and Advanced PIL LL.M.  Programs and the Opening Lecture of the 2016/2017 IHL Lecture Series: IHL and Humanitarian Assistance in Contemporary Armed Conflicts against the Background of the Current Refugee Crisis On Thursday, 27 October 2016, the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum

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Inaugural Lecture at IHL Clinic, Roma Tre University

On Tuesday 4 October 2016, Roma Tre Law School launched their newly established IHL Clinic, directed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giulio Bartolini. For this occasion, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Robert Heinsch and Ms. Sofia Poulopoulou, LL.M. of the Forum, were invited to Rome to give the inaugural lecture at the start

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Presentation Final Report ILA Study Group at 77th ILA Conference

On 7-11 August 2016, Dr. Robert Heinsch and Prof. Robin Geiss attended the 77th ILA conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. During the conference, they presented the final report of their study group on “Conduct of Hostilities under IHL – Challenges of 21st Century Warfare”. This concludes a 4-year process of

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RIPE71 Conference on Internet-related Issues

On 16-20 November 2015, four members of the spring-semester International Humanitarian Law Clinic of the Forum (Claerwen O’Hara, Lucy Turner, Anne Plouy and Louis Léonet) attended the “RIPE71 Conference on Internet-related Issues” in Bucharest, Romania as a result of the report they submitted to the Netherlands red Cross.

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