Competition announcements (2015)
Background Documents
Dear Teams, Attached are the background documents for the 9th National IHL Competition. [Total of 3 files] Good Luck! |
Tom Gal - Classification of Conflicts
Dear All, Please find enclosed, Adv. Tom Gal's presentation on classification of conflicts from the second session of the summer course. |
Files from Summer Sessions - IHL - IHRL
Dear all, Please find the following sources from Adv. Yael Vias Gvirsman on the interaction between IHL and IHRL: T. Meron, Human Rights in Internal Strife: Their International Protection (1987), at 3 – 28. Eyal Benvenisti, "The Applicability of Human Rights Conventions to Israel and to the Occupied Territories" (1992) 26 (4) Isr. L. Rev. 2, at 29 ("The adaptability of these instruments to crisis situations attest that their framers conceived them as applicable to wartime as well"). Ben-Naftali and Shany, ‘Living in Denial: The Application of Human Rights in the Occupied Territories’, 37 Israel Law Review (2003 – 2004) 17, at 55 – 58. |
28th Jean-Pictet Competition Details and Submission Deadline!
Dear Teams - The 28th Jean-Pictet Competition will take place in Évian-les-Bains, France, from 19 to 26 March 2016. The deadline for the submission of applications is 9 November 2015, 23.00 UTC. Any file that is incomplete or submitted after that date will not be taken into consideration. You can find more information here: http://concourspictet.org/index_en.htm We encourage all teams to apply - for questions regarding application of institutions with more than one team participating in the 9th National IHL Competition please contact us at: ihl.competition@alma-ihl.org Good luck! |
Summer Course Final Session Details!
The final session of the course will take place on September 8th, between 14:00 - 19:00, at Tel Aviv University.
The session's schedule is as follows: 1) 14:00 - International Criminal Law - Dr. Gilad Noam, The Department for Special International Affairs, Ministry of Justice 2) 15:45 - Refugees and IHL - Adv. Keren Michaeli,Head of Legal Department, UNHCR, Israel 3) 17:15 - The Interaction Between IHL & IHRL - Adv. Yael Vias Gvirsman, ALMA & Director of International Criminal and Humanitarian Law Clinic at Radzyner Law School, IDC Please RSVP to: ihl.competition@alma-ihl.org We look forward to seeing you at the session! |
Summer Course Third Session - Speaker Update!
The lecture on Military Objectives and Targeting will be given by Captain Ortal Naftali from the International Law Department of the Military Advocate General's Office.
The final schedule is as follows: 1) 09:00 - 10:15 - Means of Warfare - Larry Maybee, Head of the Legal Department of the ICRC in Israel and the Occupied Territories 2) 10:20- 11:35 - ICRC Activities in Detention - Barbara Zueger - Deputy Protection Coordinator in Charge of Detention, ICRC 3) 11:45 - 13:00 - Military Objectives and Targeting - Captain Ortal Naftali, International Law Department of the Military Advocate General's Office 4) 13:00 - 13:30 - Lunch (will be provided) 5) 13:30 - 15:00 - The Competition from the Perspective of a Former Participant - Yifat Rozen, participant and finalist, the 8th National IHL Competition Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! |
Summer Course Third Session Details!
The third session of the course will take place on August 25th, between 09:00 - 15:00, at the IDC in Herzliyah.
The session's schedule is as follows: 1) 09:00 - 10:15 - Means of Warfare - Larry Maybee, Head of the Legal Department of the ICRC in Israel and the Occupied Territories 2) 10:20- 11:35 - ICRC Activities in Detention - Barbara Zueger - Deputy Protection Coordinator in Charge of Detention, ICRC 3) 11:45 - 13:00 - Military Objectives and Targeting - Speaker TBA 4) 13:00 - 13:30 - Lunch (will be provided) 5) 13:30 - 15:00 - The Competition from the Perspective of a Former Participant - Yifat Rozen, participant and finalist, the 8th National IHL Competition RSVP to: ihl.competition@alma-ihl.org We look forward to seeing you! |
2015 Competition Bibliography
The 2015 Competition Bibliography has been uploaded to the website! This recommended list of materials is intended to be useful during your preparation for the competition; it should help you focus your efforts in studying the material. The bibliography is divided according to subject for your convenience. Take a look! |
Summer Course Second Session Details!
The second session of this year's IHL Summer Course will take place on August 11th, between 14:00 - 19:00, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The session's schedule is as follows: 14:00 - 15:15 - Classification of Conflict - Adv. Tom Gal, V. Chairman, ALMA 15:30 - 16:30 - Law of Occupation - Professor Yael Ronen, Professor of Law, Sha'arei Mishpat Academic Center 16:30 - 17:30 - Peacekeepers - Adv. Ohad Tzemet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 17:45 - 18:45 - Cyber Warfare - Ido Kilovaty, Georgetown University Law Center We are pleased to confirm that this year, students who participate in at least 3 of the 4 sessions will receive a Certificate of Participation. Please confirm attendance, to ihl.competition@alma-ihl.org. We look forward to seeing you at the session! |
Summer Course First Session!
We are pleased to announce that the first session of this year's IHL Summer Course will take place on August 4th, between 10:00-15:00 (refreshments will be provided), at Sha'ari Mishpat College in Hod Hasharon. The session's schedule is as follows: 10:00 - 10:30 - Opening 10:30 - 11:30 - Introduction to the Competition 11:30 - 11:45 - Break 11:45 - 12:15 - Introduction to the ICRC - Mickey Orkin, Legal Advisor, ICRC 12:15 - 13:15 - Sources of IHL: Application in the IHL Competition - Ido Rosenzweig, Alma 13:15 - 13:45 - Lunch 13:45 - 14:30 - Demonstration of a Simulation 14:30 - Distribution of materials Your attendance at this session is important, as you will learn about the topics of the competition. You will also receive important competition material and information not available in any other forum. Please confirm your attendance, to ihl.competition@alma-ihl.org. We look forward to seeing you there! |