The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
and
the Aptowitzer International Center for Risk, Liability, and Insurance
The War in Ukraine: The Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
September 20 – 2022
10:00-16:30
University of Haifa – Auditorium 146 in the library
and online (Zoom and Facebook)
Keynote speaker: H.E. Yevgen Korniychuk – Ukraine Ambassador to Israel
Panel I – General Questions of International Law.
Panel II – Ukraine as a Global Crisis: Refugees, Food Security, and the Climate / Energy Nexus.
Panel III – Economic Warfare.
Recordings are available in a playlist on YouTube here
Event was streamed on Facebook
Program
10:00 – 10:05
Prof. Eli Salzberger, Head of the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa – Introduction
10:05-10:25
Keynote speaker: H.E. Yevgen Korniychuk – Ukraine Ambassador to Israel
10:25 – 12:05
Panel I – General Questions of International Law
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Stefan Oeter, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg and The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
Prof. Dr. Stefan Oeter –Introductory Remarks on ´Ius ad Bellum´: Prohibition of the Use of Force, Crime of Aggression, Forcible Acquisition of Territory and the Denial of Ukrainians Right of Self-determination
Prof. David Kretzmer, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem – US and NATO States’ Support to Ukraine: What Legal Implications?
Dr. Maria Varaki, King’s College, London – International Criminal Law (ICL) Challenges in the Context of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict [on line]
Prof. François Delerue, IE University, Madrid, Spain – Cyber Operations and the War in Ukraine: a Legal Perspective [online]
12:05-13:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 14:30
Panel II –Ukraine as a Global Crisis: Refugees, Food Security, and the Climate / Energy Nexus
Moderator: Prof. Itamar Mann, The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
Mr. Vladislav Davidzon, Fellow at the Atlantic Council/ Journalist – The Russian Blockade of the Ukrainian Grain Exports and Worldpolitics
Prof. Ruvi Ziegler, University of Reading School of Law – Displacement from Ukraine: (re)discovering European solidarity?
Prof. Dr. Diane Desierto, Notre Dame Law School and Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame – The Human Right to Food in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Consequences for Global Food Security [on line]
14:30 – 14:45
Coffee break
14:45 – 16:15
Panel III – Economic Warfare
Moderator: Prof. Amnon Reichman, The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
Dr. Iryna Bogdanova, World Trade Institute, University of Bern – Unilateral Sanctions in the Context of Russia-Ukraine War: Their Legality and Legitimacy
Dr. Matthias Goldmann, EBS Universität – The Economic Constitution in Times of Economic Warfare [On-line]
16:15 – 16:30
Concluding Remarks: Prof. Dr. Michaela Hailbronner, University of Giessen