Auditorium A2, Maison de la paix, Geneva
The launch of the book: The Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions in Context (Oxford University Press, 2022) will be an occasion to gather academic and policy experts' thoughts on controversial questions.
In light of the multiplicity of non-state actors involved in conflicts that cannot participate in treaty law making, the extensive use of explosive weapons in populated area or cyberwarfare, are the three additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions still relevant to regulate contemporary armed conflicts? Would other means of regulation, such as judicial interpretation or customary international law not be more efficient, especially in the context of the current crisis of multilateral diplomacy?
The launch of the book The Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions in Context (Oxford University Press, 2022) by authors Dr. Annyssa Bellal, Senior Researcher, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) at the Geneva Graduate Institute and Executive Director, Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP), and Prof. Stuart Casey-Maslen's, Extraordinary Professor of International Law at the University of Pretoria, will be the occasion to gather academic and policy experts' thoughts on these controversial questions.
The authors will be in conversation with:
Prof. Andrew Clapham, Professor of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute,
Prof. Frédéric Mégret, Full Professor, Co-director, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, William Dawson Scholar, Faculty of Law, McGill University, and
Dr. Cordula Droege, Chief Legal Officer and Head of the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Moderated by:
Dr. Annyssa Bellal
Annyssa Bellal is an international lawyer with more than 18 years of experience in the area of conflict studies, both at the academic and policy levels, with a particular expertise on the issue of armed non-state actors. Dr Bellal was formerly a Strategic Adviser on International Humanitarian Law and Senior Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian law and Human Rights. She also worked as a legal adviser for the Swiss NGO Geneva Call, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs.
Prof. Stuart Casey-Maslen
Stuart Casey-Maslen is Extraordinary Professor of International Law at the University of Pretoria in South Africa where he teaches jus ad bellum, human rights law, counterterrorism law, disarmament law, and the law of armed conflict. He has a doctorate in international humanitarian law and master’s degrees in international human rights law and forensic ballistics. His book on international counterterrorism law will be published by Cambridge University Press later this year.
Prof. Andrew Clapham
Andrew Clapham is Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute. He was the first Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (June 2006 - July 2014). He teaches international human rights law, the laws of war, and public international law. Prof. Andrew Clapham has worked as Adviser on International Humanitarian Law to Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Iraq. He is currently serving as a member of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan.
Prof. Frédéric Mégret
Frédéric Mégret is a Professor of Law and a William Dawson Scholar at McGill University. He held the Canada Research Chair on the Law of Human Rights and Legal Pluralism from 2006 to 2015. He was named co-director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism in 2021. His research interests are in international criminal law, the laws of war, international human rights law, transitional justice and global mobility. He is currently working on a book on diasporas in international law.
Dr. Cordula Droege
Cordula Droege is the Chief Legal Officer and Head of the Legal Division of the ICRC, where she leads the ICRC’s efforts to uphold, implement and develop international humanitarian law and on humanitarian disarmament.
Ms. Émilie Max
Émilie Max is an expert in international humanitarian law and human rights. She worked as an independent consultant for international NGOs based in the Middle East; as a researcher for Geneva Call and the Geneva Academy ; as a legal advisor for the Directorate of international law of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ; and as a teaching assistant for the University of Geneva.