Chair in International, European as well as  Public and Comparative Constitutional Law; former Director of the Institute of Public International Law and Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Zurich

Fifteen years ago, the International Court of Justice rendered an Advisory Opinion concerning the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. The findings of the Court were full of ambiguities and highly contested. In the Opening Lecture, Professor Thürer will formulate seven critiques of the Opinion based on fundamental principles, concepts and ideas of International Law.
 

Professor Thürer is a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and of the Institut de Droit International. He was the Chair of International Humanitarian Law at the Geneva Academy Of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in 2010-2011.  He currently presides over the German International Law Association.

This event is the Opening Lecture of the LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights programme organised by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

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