Legal, Moral, and Military Implications of “Collateral Damage”: A Lunch Talk with Prof. Janina Dill. Image credit: US Air Force, Refuel over Iraq, Sept. 23, 2014.

An informal discussion with Dr. David Scharia, Director, Chief of Branch, ‎United Nations Security Council – Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). Image credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider.

A talk by Sharon Weill on “French Counterterrorism Practices: Criminal and Administrative Avenues.” Image credit: Wally Gobetz, “Paris - Île de la Cité: Palais de Justice,” Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

A talk by Anthony Dworkin concerning the question of when the State’s use of force in non-international armed conflicts is justified. Image credit: United Nations Photo, “Scene from MINUSMA Camp in Timbuktu,” Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

A lunchtime lecture by Prof. Daniel Statman (University of Haifa). Image credit: Chaoyue PAN 超越 潘, “Return To Homs,” Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

A Conversation with Georg Nolte, moderated by Professor Gabriella Blum. Image credit: UN Photo/Anne-Laure Lechat [link].

This year, leading academics, practitioners and international experts will examine a number of legal challenges raised by the application of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions on the occasion of their 40th anniversary.

As part of the celebration of the occasion of its 150th Anniversary, the Netherlands Red Cross is hosting an interactive conference on international humanitarian law, with a focus on themes concerning compliance. Image credit: Roel Wijnants, “Zuiderstrandtheater Scheveningen,” Flickr, license: CC BY-NC 2.0.

With the aim to advance international efforts, including those of the UN, to protect health care in conflict areas in follow-up to UNSC Resolution 2286, the Permanent Missions of Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom in collaboration with the Lancet-American University of Beirut Commission on Syria and Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, are organizing a High-Level Side Event during the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Image credit: swedennewyork, “The ECOSOC Council Chamber,” on Flickr; license: Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0). 

This side event is presented by the Switzerland and the Harvard Law School, Program on International Law and Armed Conflict and organised in the framework of the ECOSOC Humanitarian Segment.Photo credit: U.N. Photo/Stuart Price (Flickr).

Reflecting on Geneva Call’s approach to engaging armed groups with Hichem Khadhraoui, Director of Operations. Image credit: Oxfam East Africa, “SomalilandDrought017,” Flickr, CC BY 2.0 License.

Lunch presentation by Dr. Gloria Gaggiolio on the multi-faceted concept of self-defense in armed conflicts and international law. Image credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Akeel Austin/Released, Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0.

In this lecture, Professor Naz Modirzadeh will analyse the legal arguments developed by the US to justify its resort to force, as well as recent developments in the approach to international law taken by other states participating in the massive campaign against ISIS. Image credit: US Air Force (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford), Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0 License. 

Discussion on Multilateral Solutions to International Problems: U.S. Leadership at the UN and What Lies Ahead with the Honorable Bathsheba Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs and Harvard Law School alum. Image credit: UN Photo/Cia Pak.