Events and Announcements: May 31, 2015

Events

• ALMA – Association for the Promotion of International Humanitarian Law and the Radzyner Law School of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) would like to invite you to the next session of the Joint International Humanitarian Law Forum. The session will be held on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 18:30, in room C110 (Arazi-Ofer Building, 2nd floor), at the IDC, Herzliya. In this session we will discuss: Immunity of UN Facilities and Operation Protective Edge: The UN Board of Inquiry Report. The meeting is free and open to the public. If you wish to attend the meetings of the Joint IHL Forum please register in advance via forum@alma-ihl.org. More information can be found here.

Announcements

• The University of Lancaster has announced a conference on Hybrid Warfare and Minorities, taking place 26 June 2015. This conference looks at recent trends in unconventional warfare involving cyberattacks, the media and the use of irregular forces, and their relationship with human and minority rights. Three panels will address 1. Cyberwarfare, Freedom of Expression and Minorities; 2. Hybrid Warfare and Attribution; 3. Hybrid Warfare and the Concept of “Attack”. Keynote speakers are Dr. Thomas D. Grant (University of Cambridge) and Professor Bill Bowring (Birkbeck, University of London). Further details can be found here.

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