Day 1: | Sunday, November 24th |
Konrad Adenauer Conference Center, Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem |
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16:00-16:30 | Reception |
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16:30-16:45 | Opening Remarks |
| Juan Pedro Schaerer / Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross, Israel and the Occupied Territories |
| Michael Mertes / Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Israel |
| Tomer Broude / Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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16:45-17:45 | Session 1: Opening Address |
Chair: | David Kretzmer / Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Sapir College |
Speaker: | Francoise Hampson / School of Law and Human Rights Centre, University of Essex The Mystery of Tests and Triggers: Does it All Boil Down to the Standard of Proof? |
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18:15-20:00 | Session 2: Overarching Principles |
Chair: | Yael Ronen / Sha'arei Mishpat Law College; Academic Editor, Israel Law Review |
Speakers: | Robin Geiss / School of Law, University of Glasgow |
| Dual Use Objects |
| Laurent Gisel / Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva |
| Current Challenges With Regard to the Notion of Military Objective: An ICRC Perspective |
| Pnina Sharvit Baruch / Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv University |
| Dilemmas Regarding the Relation Between the Principles of Distinction and Proportionality |
Day 2: | Monday, November 25th |
Beit Maiersdorf, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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09:00-11:00 | Session 3: Military Objectives in Non-Traditional Conflicts |
Chair: | Yuval Shany / Dean, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Speakers: | Eitan Barak / Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Military Objectives in Asymmetric Conflicts: The Worrisome Case of the Second Lebanon War |
| Noam Neuman / Head of International Law Department, Military Advocate General's Corps, Israel Defence Forces |
| Spatial Delimitation of Military Objectives in Asymmetric Warfare |
| Noam Zamir / Doctoral Candidate, University of Cambridge |
| Distinction Matters: Rethinking the Protection of Civilian Objects in Non-International Armed Conflicts |
| Ruvi Ziegler and Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne / University of Reading School of Law |
| 'Military Objective' in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Incorporating Post-conflict Considerations |
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11:30-13:15 | Session 4: New Challenges to Traditional Objective Designations |
Chair: | Rotem Giladi / Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Speakers: | Lance Bartholemeusz / Acting Director of Legal Affairs, UNRWA HQ, Jerusalem |
| United Nations Law, IHL and Military Objectives |
| Daphné Richemond-Barak and Ayal Feinberg / Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel |
| The Irony of the Iron Dome: Defensive Systems under IHL |
| Ido Rosenzweig / Israel Democracy Institute; Chairman, ALMA - Association for the Promotion of International Humanitarian Law |
| Judging a Civilian by its Cover: Can a Civilian be Part of a Military Object? |
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14:30-16:15 | Session 5: Military Objects in Cyberspace |
Chair: | Guy Pessach / Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Speakers: | Heather A. Harrison Dinniss / International Law Centre, Swedish National Defence College |
| The Nature of Objects: Targeting Networks and the Challenge of Legitimate Cyber Military Objectives |
| Kubo Mačák / University of Exeter Law School |
| IHL 2.0: Interpreting Military Objectives in Time of Cyber Warfare |
| Michael Schmitt / United States Naval War College; University of Exeter School of Law; NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence |
| The Tallinn Manual and the Law of Military Objectives |
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16:45-18:30 | Session 6: Broadening the Definition of Military Objective |
Chair: | Eitan Diamond / International Committee of the Red Cross |
Speakers: | Agnieszka Jachec-Neale / University of Essex |
| Targeting the State and Political Leadership Infrastructure- Selected Legal and Factual Considerations |
| Guy Keinan / International Law Department, Military Advocate General's Corps, Israel Defence Forces |
| Targeting Decisions, Incomplete Information and the Role of Probability |
| Ken Watkin / Former Judge Advocate General for the Canadian Forces |
| Military Advantage: A Matter of Strategy and Tactics? |
