Summer Event of ALMA & INSS (2012)

Summer Event of ALMA & INSS (2012)

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Dear Friends,

ALMA - The Association for the Promotion of IHL and INSS - The Institute for National Security Studies are happy to invite you to a new Summer Event on international humanitarian law (IHL).

The Summer Event will take place on Sunday, July 22, at 18:00 at INSS (40 Haim Levanon Street, Tel-Aviv. Parking is available at INSS).

The event will feature an open, colorful and interesting discussion on topics that are high on the public agenda. The unique discussion will include legal, operational and strategic aspects of important issues that decision-makers both in Israel and other states must confront as part of armed conflicts and counter-terrorism activity.

The Agenda

[Please note that the entire event will be conducted in English.]

18:00 - 18:30

Gathering and refreshments

18:30 - 18:40 - Opening words:

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Avihai Mandelblit, Senior Research Fellow - INSS

Adv. Ido Rosenzweig ALMA Chairman

18:40 - 19:00

Mr. Yoram Schweitzer, Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Program on Terrorism and Low Intensity Conflict - INSS:

Targeted Killings as an Instrument in the Fight Against Terror - Strategic and Tactical Aspects

19:00 - 19:20

Prof. Laurie Blank, Director of Emory Law's International Humanitarian Law Clinic:

What Is the Impact on IHL of Using Targeted Killings as a Tool of Counter-Terrorism?

19:20 - 20:30

A round-table discussion

RSVP at events@alma-ihl.org

Sincerely,

Ido Rosenzweig

ALMA Chairman

Owen Alterman & Brandon Weinstock

INSS Researcher & Research Assistant