Virtual IHL Forum - Book Launch Series
ALMA's book launch series hosts the authors of recently published IHL-related books to present their publication.
Each event is focused on a different book.
The upcoming book launch event:
The Rights to Privacy and Data Protection in Times of Armed Conflict
July 6, 2022
Previous book launches:
Towards a Regime of Responsibility of Armed Groups in International Law
Author: Dr. Laura Íñigo Alvarez
Book name: "Towards a Regime of Responsibility of Armed Groups in International Law"
Moderator: ALMA Chairman, Ido Rosenzweig.
Commentators:
Emanuela Gillard - Chatham House and Oxford's ELAC
Professor Katharine Fortin - Utrecht University.
Ezequiel Heffes - Geneva Call.
Date: 29 September, 2020
Link to the book: https://intersentia.com/en/towards-a-...
Occupation and Control in International Humanitarian Law
Author: Dr. Natia Kalandarishvili-Mueller
Book name: "Occupation and Control in International Humanitarian Law"
Moderators: ALMA Chairman, Ido Rosenzweig & Forum coordinator Carolina Grimberg Golijov
Commentators:
Tom Gal - ALMA
Emilie Max - Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Prof. Gentian Zyebri - Head of Department, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
Date: October 2020
Link to the book: https://www.routledge.com/Occupation-...
Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law
Book name: "Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law"
Editors:
Annabel McConnachie - Australian Red Cross
Eve Massingham - University of Queensland
Speakers:
Nathalie Weizmann - UN OCHA Senior Legal Officer
Catherine Drummond - Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
Moderators: ALMA Chairman, Ido Rosenzweig & Forum coordinator Carolina Grimberg Golijov
Date: December 2020
Link to the book: https://www.routledge.com/Ensuring-Respect-for-International-Humanitarian-Law/Massingham-McConnachie/p/book/9780367186890
The Nature of International Humanitarian Law: A Permissive or Restrictive Regime?
Author: Dr. Anne Quintin - Head of the Advisory Service on IHL, ICRC (speaking in personal capacity - remarks may not necessarily reflect the ICRC positions)
Book name: "The Nature of International Humanitarian Law: A Permissive or Restrictive Regime?"
Moderators: ALMA Chairman, Ido Rosenzweig & Forum coordinator Carolina Grimberg Golijov
Commentators:
Aurel Sari - Exeter Center for International Law
Elvina Pothelet - Legal Advisor Diakonia IHL Centre
Date: January 2021
Link to the book: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the-nature-of-international-humanitarian-law-9781839107436.html
The Justification of War and International Order From Past to Present
Book name: "The Justification of War and International Order From Past to Present"
Editors:
Prof. Lothar Brock - Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Dr. Hendrik Simon - Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Speakers:
Prof. Thilo Marauhn - Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and Justus Liebig University, Giessen: How Many Deaths Can Art. 2(4) UN Charter Die?
Prof. Michael Stohl - University of California, Santa Barbara: The War on Terror and the Law on War: Shaping International Order in the Context of Irregular Violence
Prof. Miloš Vec - University of Vienna: Juridification, Politicisation and Circumvention of Law: (De-)Legitimising Chemical Warfare before and after Ypres
Moderators: ALMA Chairman, Ido Rosenzweig & Forum coordinator Carolina Grimberg Golijov
Date: February 2021
Link to the book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-justification-of-war-and-international-order-9780198865308?cc=il&lang=en&
Law-Making and Legitimacy in International Humanitarian Law
Book name: "Preparing for War: The Making of the Geneva Conventions"
Editors:
Heike Krieger - Professor of Public and International Law, Freie Universität Berlin
Jonas Püschmann - Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Speakers:
Jean-Marie Henckaerts - Legal Adviser in the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Head of the project to update the Commentaries Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols.
Hyeran Jo - Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University.
Tim Meyer - Professor of Law and Director, International Legal Studies Program, Vanderbilt University Law School.
Moderator: ALMA Chairman, Ido Rosenzweig
Date: February 2022
Link to the book: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/law-making-and-legitimacy-in-international-humanitarian-law-9781800883956.html
Preparing for War: The Making of the Geneva Conventions
Author: Dr. Boyd van Dijk - McKenzie Fellow at the University of Melbourne
Book name: "Preparing for War: The Making of the Geneva Conventions"
Commentators:
Dr. Doreen Lusting - Tel Aviv University Law Faculty
Dr. Kubo Mačák - Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross
Moderator: ALMA Chairman, Ido Rosenzweig
Date: March 2022
Link to the book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/preparing-for-war-the-making-of-the-geneva-conventions-9780198868071?cc=il&lang=en&
Detentions and Confinements in Armed Conflicts
Authors:
Dr. Ezequiel Heffes, Senior Policy and Legal Advisor at Geneva Call - Detention by Non-State Armed Groups under International Law
Dr. Jelena Plamenac, UN Independent Expert on International Humanitarian Law - Unravelling Unlawful Confinement in Contemporary Armed Conflicts
Moderator:
Dr. Tilman Rodenhäuser, IHL expert, formerly legal adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross
Hosts:
Natali Admon - ALMA's Forum Coordinator
Ido Rosenzweig - ALMA Chairman
Date: May 2022