On 15-20 November, Dr. Heinsch and Prof. Laurie Blank from Emory Law School (Atlanta, USA) and Adv. Yael Vias Gvirsman (Herzliya, Israel) organized a five-day international IHL clinic exchange conference in Tel Aviv.
Continue readingOn 6-7 November 2015, four members of the International Humanitarian Law Clinic of the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum participated in the 4th Annual Alumni Meeting of the ECCHR. The representatives of the clinic got an insight into the human rights work of this NGO and exchanged ideas and experiences with other international
Continue readingOn 18-20 October 2015, the ILA Study Group on Conduct in Hostilities organized a meeting on “Conduct of hostilities and Modern Warfare” at the University of Oslo. It brought together 20 international experts from around the world to further deepen the analysis of the current regime of international humanitarian law.
Continue readingOn 25-26 June 2015, the Forum and the Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón (FIBGAR) hosted an expert workshop on “Universal Jurisdiction Guidelines”, to discuss a new set of guidelines for the important area of “Universal Jurisdiction”. The two-day expert workshop in The Hague brought together 12 European experts on Universal Jurisdiction
Continue readingOn 19 May 2015, the Forum hosted a panel discussion on the work of the UN Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People with Ambassador Zahir Tanin (Vice-Chair of the CEIRPP), Ambassador Riyad Mansour (Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN), and Dr. Victor Kattan
Continue readingOn 17 December 2014, the Forum hosted with the T.M.C. Asser Institute a book launch and panel discussion on “Nuclear Weapons under International Law” with Dr. Nobuo Hayashi from ILPI, Oslo, Dr. Erik Koppe (Leiden), Dr. Daniel Rezene Mekonnen (Oslo), as well as Dr. Dieter Fleck (Formerly Ministry of Defence,
Continue readingOn 25 November 2014, the Forum together with the T.M.C. Asser Institute hosted a panel discussion on “Applying International Humanitarian Law in Judicial and Quasi-Judical Bodies” with Judge Christopher Greenwood from the International Court of Justice, Judge Silvia Fernandez from the International Criminal Court, Professor Cedric Ryngaert from Utrecht University,
Continue readingOn 14-15 November 2014, the ILA Study Group on Conduct in Hostilities organized a workshop on modern warfare at Free University Berlin.
Continue readingOn 8 May 2014, the Forum and the ECCHR hosted a panel discussion on communication to the ICC with reference to possible war crimes committed in Iraq with several human rights lawyers and academics.
Continue readingOn 22-23 November 2013, the Forum and the Grotius Centre (in cooperation with the University of Amsterdam and the University of Glasgow) hosted the expert meeting of the ILA Study Group on “The Conduct of Hostilities and International Humanitarian Law – Challenges of 21st Century Warfare”. The ILA Study Group
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