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.

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