AJIL Webinar: International Legal Perspectives on the Israel-Hamas War

Description: 

This panel of distinguished experts will address a broad range of international legal issues related to the war and the history of the region including the laws of war and occupation, criminal accountability, claims to self-determination, colonialism, and the role of outside actors, including international organizations such as the United Nations More broadly, panelists will be asked to consider the relationship between international law and morality, what we can we hope or expect from international law at moments of profound crisis, and what the war and its history means for the global community of international lawyers.

You may email in any questions that you'd like the panel address ahead of the webinar. Please send your questions to: admin_ajil@columbia.edu

Speakers:

  • Steven R. Ratner, Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law, Director, University of Michigan Donia Human Rights Center, University of Michigan Law School
  • Dr. Alejandro Chehtman, Professor of Law, Law School of the University Torcuato Di Tella and Fellow at the Argentine National Research Council (CONICET)
  • Dr. Janina Dill, Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Fellow of Trinity College Oxford and Co-Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC)
  • Adil Haque, Professor of Law and Judge Jon O. Newman Scholar, Rutgers Law School
  • Moderator: 
    Ingrid Brunk, Co-Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of International Law 

Date and Location

Date: 
Friday, October 20, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
Online