On Thursday 30 May 2013 (19.00-21.00 hrs), the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law and the International Law Association Prof. Mr. B.M. Telders will host a Panel Discussion on cyber warfare and international law. This panel discussion follows the recent completion of the Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare.

 

Prof. Dr. Terry Gill (University of Amsterdam and the Neth. Def. Ac) and Colonel Paul Ducheine Ph.D. (Neth. Def. Ac and the University of Amsterdam) will discuss to what extent the Tallinn Manual will give adequate solutions for the next generation of wars.

 

The panel discussion will be held at the Leiden Law School (KOG), Steenschuur 25 Leiden, Room A1.44 (Lorentzzaal). If you would like to attend, please register at grotiuscentre@cdh.leidenuniv.nl

 

 

On 26 April 2013, Leiden won the final round of the ICC Trial Competition 2013, held at the International Criminal Court before an international Bench, including ICC Judge Morrison. The team was composed of members of our Adv. and Regular LL.M. programme in Public International Law: John Doyle, Sophie Beelaerts van Blokland, Uzay Aysev, Alexander Wills, Joe Holt, Daniel Huck and Adrian Plevin. It was successfully coached by Daniel Huck and Christian De Lance Vos. The case dealt inter alia with ‘forced marriage’ as an international crime, jurisdictional issues and complementarity. Acting as representative of victims in the final, Leiden argued that if peace were to come at the expense of justice in the case, this would be a too high price to pay. Earlier this year, our team won the national Dutch qualifying round. The rounds leading up to finals were hosted in the new premises of Leiden University - Campus The Hague in Schouwburgstraat. A press release and photographs are on the website of the International Criminal Court.

 

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