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
(Tentative) Program
Monday, December 2, 12:30 – 18:00
12:30 – 13:20 – Gathering and a light lunch
13:20 – 13:45 – Opening Remarks – Ido Rosenzweig, Minerva RLEC and Jakub Harasta, The Institute of Law and Technology.
13:45 – 14:30 – Krisztina Huszt, Geneva Academy on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
14:30 – 14:45 – Coffee Break
14:45 – 16:15 – Panel I – Non-State Actors’ Rights and Obligations
Chair: Solon Solomon, Brunel Law School
- Lara Bird-Leakey – The Weaponisation of International Counter-Terrorism Rhetoric to Erode the Application of IHL in the Context of Armed Conflicts with Non-State Actors: Contextualised by UK Government Policy in the Post ‘War on Terror’ Era
- Muhammad Imran Khan & Maryam Qasim – The Positive and Negative Impacts of Armed Non-State Actors on the Environment: Legal Problems and Prospects
- Yael Ronen – Group Rights and IHL
16:15 – 16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 – Guest lecture – [TBD]
19:30 – Dinner
Tuesday, December 3 – 09:30 – 17:00
09:30 – 11:00 – Panel II – Human Rights Obligations in Armed Conflicts
Chair: Sofia Galani, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
- Barnabas Dieudonné – The Use of Derogations as a Remedy to the Thorny Problem of Contradictions of Human Rights Obligations in Armed Conflict
- Atul Alexander – Functional Approach to Occupation and Human Rights Obligations: Voices from the Advisory Opinion in Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
- Ido Rosenzweig – A Mexican Standoff – Competing Right to Life Obligations for Israel Following October 7th
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 – Guest Lecture: Marko Milanovic, University of Reading
12:45 – 14:45 – Lunch break outside of campus.
14:45 – 16:15 – Panel III – Technological Challenges to Human Rights in Modern Warfare
Chair: Brianna Rosen [TBC]
- Rahul Desarda – Autonomous Weapons Systems and Human Rights: Navigating Legal Challenges in the Age of AI-Driven Warfare
- Yasmin Afina [TBC]
- Magda Pacholska – The Use of Facial Recognition for Targeting under International Law
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 – Round table Discussion I: Law and Technology. Chair: Keith Dear [TBC]
19:00 Dinner
Wednesday, December 4 – 09:00 – 15:35
09:30 – 11:00 – Guest Lecture: [TBD]
11:00 – 11:20 – Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:50 – Guest Lecture: [TBD]
12:50 – 13:45 – Lunch break
13:45 – 15:15: Round table Discussion II: Upcoming Challenges in Balancing Human Rights and IHL Obligations in Counter Terrorism Operations
Chair: [TBD]
15:15 – 15:35 – Closing remarks – Ido Rosenzweig.
19:30 – Dinner
