Balancing Contradicting Human Rights Obligations in Armed Conflicts and Counter Terrorism
The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
In Collaboration With
The Institute Of Law And Technology, Masaryk University
An International Workshop
Monday, December 2, 12:30 – 18:00
12:30 – 13:20 – Gathering and light lunch
13:20 – 13:45 – Opening Remarks – Ido Rosenzweig, Minerva RLEC & Jakub Harasta, The Institute of Law and Technology
13:45 – 14:30 – Introductory Presentation – Krisztina Huszt, Geneva Academy on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
14:30 – 14:45 – Coffee Break
14:45 – 16:15 – Panel I: Balancing Human Rights: Derogations and Non-State Actors in Armed Conflict
Chair: Solon Solomon, Brunel University London
- Barnabas Dieudonné, University of Montreal, The Use of Derogations as a Remedy to the Thorny Problem of Contradictions of Human Rights Obligations in Armed Conflict
- Muhammad Imran Khan, Portucalense University & Maryam Qasim, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal – The Positive and Negative Impacts of Armed Non-State Actors on the Environment: Legal Problems and Prospects
16:15 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Round Table Discussion I: Non-State Actors during Armed Conflicts and Counter-Terrorism
- Chair: Yahli Shereshevsky, Minerva RLEC, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
19:30 – Dinner
Tuesday, December 3 – 09:30 – 17:00
09:30 – 11:00 – Panel II: Human Rights Obligations in the Context of Belligerent Occupation
Chair: Sofia Galani, University of Athens
- Yael Ronen, Academic Center for Science and Law, The Right to Self-Determination and Occupation: Challenges in Application
- Atul Alexander [via zoom], The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Functional Approach to Occupation and Human Rights Obligations: Voices from the Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
11:00 – 11:15 – Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45 – Panel III: Technological Challenges to Human Rights in Modern Warfare
Chair: Bettina Bacher, Masaryk University
- Rahul Desarda, Jindal Global Law School, Autonomous Weapons Systems and Human Rights: Navigating Legal Challenges in the Age of AI-Driven Warfare
- Tsvetelina van Benthem, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, Protecting the right to life of members of armed forces when deploying militarised AI
12:45 – 14:45 – Lunch break
14:45 – 16:15 – Panel IV: Competing Rights and Obligations in Conflict Zones
Chair: Ziv Bohrer, Bar-Ilan University
- Emanuela Gillard, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict
- Ido Rosenzweig, Minerva RLEC, A Mexican Standoff: Competing Right to Life Obligations for Israel Following October 7th
16:15 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Guest Lecture – Marko Milanovic, University of Reading, State Lies as Violations of Human Rights
- 19:00 – Dinner
Wednesday, December 4 – 09:00 – 15:35
09:30 – 11:00 – Round Table Discussion II: Upcoming Challenges in Balancing Human Rights and IHL Obligations in Counter-Terrorism Operations
- Chair: Martin Faix, Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc
11:00 – 11:20 – Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:50 – Panel V: Challenges and Implications of Emerging Technologies in Armed Conflicts.
Chair: Zuzana Vikarská, Masaryk University
- Magda Pacholska, Tech, Law & Security Program, American University & Minerva RLEC, The Use of Facial Recognition for Targeting under International Law
- Shiran Shahaf, The Federmann Cyber Security Research Center, Cyber Law Program, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Applying International Law to Cyber Warfare: The Challenges of Jus ad Bellum, Jus in Bello, and Contemporary Armed Conflict
12:50 – 13:45 – Lunch break
13:45 – 15:15 – Round Table Discussion III: Law and Technology
- Chair: Tomáš Minárik, Department of International Cooperation and the European Union, National Cyber and Information Security Agency of the Czech Republic
15:15 – 15:35 – Closing Remarks – Ido Rosenzweig, Minerva RLEC
19:30 – Dinner
