The Essex website uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are consenting to their use. Please visit our cookie policy to find out which cookies we use and why. View cookie policy.

University of Essex homepage Events Israel-Palestine
Event

Contemporary Conflicts and International Law: Israel-Palestine

Organised by the Essex Armed Conflict and Crisis Hub and the Human Rights Centre.

  • Wed 20 Nov 24

    12:00 - 13:30

  • Colchester Campus

    LTB03

  • Event speaker

    Various

  • Event type

    Lectures, talks and seminars
    Contemporary Conflicts and International Law

  • Event organiser

    Essex Armed Conflict and Crisis Hub

  • Contact details

    Essex Armed Conflict and Crisis Hub

Join us for an installment of our new series on Contemporary Conflicts and International Law.


The Essex Armed Conflict and Crisis Hub and the Human Rights Centre are launching a new series on contemporary conflicts and international law. Throughout the academic year, colleagues from Essex Law School will lead sessions on different contemporary conflicts to provide an opportunity for students and staff to discuss a wide range of issues arising in international law. In each session, a specific conflict will be highlighted to examine a particular way in which law operates, affects, and regulates conflict.

In this academic year, we will focus on conflicts in Israel-Palestine, Ethiopia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Columbia. We will discuss issues such as the role of international courts, displacement caused by conflict, transitional justice, Fact-Finding Missions and commissions of inquiry, sanctions, intelligence activities, and the responsibility of businesses operating in conflict-affected areas.

While this series focuses on the role of international law, we also welcome students from other departments who are interested in these topics.

Israel-Palestine

The Contemporary Conflicts and International Law series opens with a discussion on Israel-Palestine and the role of international courts in ongoing conflicts. In this session, experts from Essex Law School will first introduce ongoing and recent cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). Students and staff will then have an opportunity to discuss the role of these two courts in the ongoing conflict. This includes the meaning and significance of provisional measures imposed by the ICJ and the process for obtaining and implications of arrest warrants issued by the ICC.

Speakers

This session will be led by three experts from Essex Law School and the Human Rights Centre: 

Noam Lubell is a Professor of International Law of Armed Conflict and the Director of the Essex Armed Conflict and Crisis Hub. He currently leads an international research project on cumulative civilian harm in war and co-authored the Guidelines on Investigating Violations of International Humanitarian Law. Prior to his academic career, he worked in the field with human rights organisations covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

Tara Van Ho is a Senior Lecturer at Essex Law School and an expert on business and human rights, with a focus on the responsibility of businesses in conflict-affected areas. She was co-President of the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association from 2019-2023. Among other things, she served in 2015 as a Visiting Fellow for the Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation Al Haq based in Ramallah, West Bank.

Antonio Coco is a Senior Lecturer at Essex Law School. One of his areas of expertise is International Criminal Law and his work has been cited by the International Criminal Court and by the UN International Law Commission's Special Rapporteur on Crimes Against Humanity. He is also the Co-Chair of the Journal of International Criminal Justice’s Editorial Committee.

How to join

Students and staff are welcome!
No need to book, please turn up. 

 
WE ARE
ESSEX ARE YOU?
Get a prospectus Get to know Essex
STUDY
Find a course
LIFE
RESEARCH
EXPLORE
CONTACT US
Contact


  • +44 (0) 1206 873333
  • University of Essex
  • Wivenhoe Park
  • Colchester CO4 3SQ

 

 

University of Essex - Where change happens

CONNECT WITH US
© 2024 University of Essex. All rights reserved