UN Security Council Arria‑Formula Meeting organized by Denmark, New Zealand and Spain. To provide an informal space for the Security Council and the wider UN membership to reflect on the implementation of the resolution, key developments, and emergent threats and opportunities to the protection of medical mission in armed conflict since 2016.

In this lecture, Prof. Michael N. Schmitt (of the University of Reading and an HLS PILAC affiliate) will examine selected United States uses of force during the second Trump administration through the lens of international law.

This side event — co-organized by Harvard Law School’s Program on International Law and Armed Conflict and the Government of Switzerland — will examine how international law, in particular international humanitarian law (IHL), applies to the development and use of artificial intelligence in armed conflicts.

In this lecture, Commodore Ian Park (Ph.D.) will examine the significance and certain legal challenges pertaining to critical undersea infrastructure.

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

On April 1–2, 2025, HLS PILAC, the ICRC, and the Lieber Institute co-convened a workshop at Harvard Law School.

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.”