Events
In this talk, Ian Park, PhD, will identify and examine select aspects concerning the likelihood of a major global war, the role in international law in current conflicts, and the prospect of a lasting peace.
In this presentation, Prof. Ingvild Bode and Dr. Anna Nadibaidze will examine select global practices of developing, training personnel for, and using military systems integrating AI and autonomous technologies, covering some of these practices, their normative implications, and potential ways forward in addressing these challenges via governance frameworks.
On July 15–16, 2024, HLS PILAC is co-sponsoring — with the Berlin Potsdam Research Group “The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?” — a workshop titled “Double Standards and International Law.”
This lecture, by HLS PILAC’s Research Director, will seek to frame, identify, and evaluate certain key settled and open legal questions regarding natural and artificial intelligence in armed conflict.
The Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, in partnership with IPI, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mozambique to the UN, the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the UN, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), hosted a policy forum on May 20th on “25 Years of POC and the UN Security Council: Challenges and Opportunities.”
In this lecture, Prof. Ntina Tzouvala will explore how can we understand international law’s permissiveness vis-a-vis the vast economic and financial infrastructure of modern warfare.
HLS PILAC will host a working-papers series lunch with Klaudia Klonowska, a PhD Candidate in International Law at the Asser Institute/University of Amsterdam, to discuss her draft chapter titled “The Mirage of the Common Operational Picture: Unpacking How Military Actors See with Algorithms.”
This workshop aimed to explore select issues pertaining to the changing contexts, implementation, and enduring relevance concerning the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
In this lecture, Jelena Pejic will discuss certain key challenges and opportunities, from a practitioner’s perspective, relating to upholding respect for international humanitarian law.
How can international humanitarian legal protections better protect members of historically marginalized groups? Law and policy experts will discuss opportunities and challenges in this space.
On Sept. 28–29, 2023, a workshop on “Political Economy and the International Laws of Violence” will take place at the Freie Universität Berlin. Image credit: Kirsty McWhirter, Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
On March 23–24, HLS PILAC, the ICRC, and the Lieber Institute will convene a private workshop at Harvard Law School titled “Legal Roles and Responsibilities concerning Large-Scale Combat Operations.”
A crash course in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law sponsored by HLS Advocates for Human Rights.
A webinar on the UN Security Council’s approach to humanitarian action, with HLS PILAC Founding Director Naz K. Modirzadeh as a guest speaker.
Image credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías
On March 31–April 1, HLS PILAC, the ICRC, and the Lieber Institute will convene a workshop on International Law Applicable to Urban Siege Warfare. Image credit: ICRC (Yemen).
In this lecture, Dr. Danae Azaria will argue that a distinction can be drawn in international law between on the one hand State silence that speaks, and on the other hand rules on presumptions about the state of mind of a State drawn from the fact of State silence.
A discussion with Professor Len Rubenstein about this now book, Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War.
A discussion with Nele Achten. This series is open only to current Harvard Law School students, faculty, and staff.
A discussion with Prof. Michael Schmitt about careers in public international law. This series is open only to current Harvard Law School students and staff.
A discussion with Richard Clements. This series is open only to current Harvard Law School students, faculty, and staff.
A fireside chat with Dr. Boyd van Dijk. This event is open to the public.
A fireside chat with Dr. Laura Íñigo Álvarez. This event is open to the public.
A fireside chat with Dr. Anton Petrov. This event is open to the public.
A discussion with Jelena Pejic about careers in public international law. This series is open only to current Harvard Law School students and staff.
Prof. Modirzadeh will brief a U.N. Security Council “Arria-formula” meeting, convened by Mexico, on “Upholding the collective security system of the UN Charter: the use of force in international law, non-state actors and legitimate self-defense.” Image credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
A discussion with Yves Daccord. This series is open only to current Harvard Law School students, faculty, and staff.
A discussion with Il-Young Jung. This series is open only to current Harvard Law School students, faculty, and staff.
A fireside chat with Prof. Kieran R.J. Tinkler. This event is open to the public.
