The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
“The Warfare of Tomorrow”
The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
The 5th Young Researchers Workshop on Terrorism and Belligerency: “The Warfare of Tomorrow”
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
November 15, 16, 21 and 23, 2022
Subject-Matter of Workshop
Albert Einstein is often quoted as having said: “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Indeed, the nature of wars and armed conflicts have changed dramatically throughout the years. From large militaries and trench warfare in WWI, to large bombardments of cities in WWII, and the use of long distance assault drones, and hypersonic missiles in current days. What do we know about the warfare of tomorrow? And what about the day after that?
Law is always one-step behind technology development, and the actual effects and impacts of cyber warfare, artificial intelligence (AI), and autonomous weapons and robots on the battlefield is unknown. Will they improve accuracy and reduce the cost of human lives in armed conflicts or are we heading towards a science fiction rendition of the “terminator” doomsday vision of war against the machines?
The workshop will focus on the framework of “the warfare of tomorrow” from legal, moral, technological, comparative, and doctrinal perspectives.
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Program
Tuesday, November 15 – 10:00 – 18:00
10:00 – 10:15 – Opening remarks
10:15 – 11:45 – Magdalena Łągiewska [zoom], University of Gdańsk, Protection of “Digital Cultural Property” during the Armed Conflicts
Respondent: Itamar Mann, University of Haifa
11:45 – 12:00 – Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:30 – Magda Pacholska, T.M.C Asser, and Rogier Bartels, University of Amsterdam – New Technologies, Same Old Mistakes? Unintended Engagements as Potential Violations of IHL
Respondent: Emanuela Gillard
13:30 – 14:45 – Lunch break
14:45 – 16:15: Diletta Marchesi, KU Leuven, The Regulation of Fake News as a Method and Means of Warfare under International Humanitarian Law
Respondent: Ziv Bohrer, Bar Ilan University
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16:15 – 16:30: Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00: Guest lecture: Rogier Bartels
19:00 Dinner
Wednesday, November 16 – 10:00 – 18:00
09:30 – 09:45 – Gathering
09:45 – 11:15 – Giulia Baj, University of Pavia, Where should the threshold go? New perspectives on the application of IHL for the Warfare of Tomorrow
Respondent: Rogier Bartels.
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11:15 – 11:30 – Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 – Kaja Kowalczewska, University of Wrocław, LAWS as a new iteration of the “thinking bayonet” doctrine – can the LOAC algorithmization contribute to the humanization of wars?
Respondent: Yahli Shereshevsky, University of Haifa
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13:00 – 14:15 – Lunch break
14:15 – 15:45: Guest lecture: Emanuela Gillard, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, The War in Ukraine – Options for Reparations: Old Problems – Old Problems
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15:45 – 16:15: Coffee break
16:15 – 17:45: Eden Lapidor, Georgetown University Law Center, On Discontinued Modern NIACs (Non-International Armed Conflicts) and the Proper Legal Regime
Respondent: Ido Rosenzweig, University of Haifa
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19:00 Dinner
Monday, November 21 – 10:00 – 18:00
10:00 – 10:15 – Gathering
10:15 – 11:45: Guest lecture: Ido Rosenzweig, University of Haifa, State Operated Hackings: Human Rights in the Cyber Era
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11:45 – 12:00 – Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:30 – Tour around Haifa University campus and Eshkol Observatory
13:30 – 14:45 – Lunch break
14:45 – 16:15: Guest lecture: Patrizia Duda
16:15 – 16:30: Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00: Camilo Ramírez-Gutiérrez, Universidad del Bosque, Moral dilemmas tomorrow or today? Lawful actions but doesn’t legitimise?
Respondent: Ezequiel Heffes, Geneva Call
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19:00 Dinner
Wednesday, November 23 – 08:00 – 20:00
Guided trip to the North border
