Events
On 15–17 May 2025, a workshop will be convened in Geneva on “How and Why Do Double Standards Matter for International Law?”
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.
