Panel Discussion "The Role of International Criminal Law in Fostering Compliance with International Humanitarian Law: Past and Future Perspectives"

Within the framework of the Conference Cycle on “Generating Respect for the Law”, the ICRC and the Asser Institute’s International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Platform organise a public event on “The Role of International Criminal Law in Fostering Compliance with International Humanitarian Law” with the purpose to share different perspectives on the concrete effects of international criminal law (ICL) on fostering compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL) and its possible future evolutions. How did and does ICL contribute in fostering compliance with IHL? Taking into account the current state of affairs of international relations and the evolution of warfare and in light of IHL evolutive interpretations, what are the perspectives that can be drawn with respect to the role of ICL in fostering compliance?

This event also features the launch of Vol. 17 of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian law, “1914-2014: WWI Centenary, 100 Years of Warfare Evolution” and of the new International Review of the Red Cross issue on “The Evolution of Warfare”.

Speakers 

• Dr Christophe Paulussen, Senior Researcher at the Asser Institute and Coordinator of its International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Platform
• Vincent Bernard, Head of the Law and Policy Forum and Editor-in-Chief of the International Law Review of the Red Cross, ICRC
• Prof. Dr Terry Gill, Professor of Military Law at the University of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Defence Academy and Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
• Margherita D'Ascanio, Law and Policy Advisor, ICRC
• Dr Guido Acquaviva, Deputy Registrar of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers
  
• Stéphane Bourgon, International Criminal Defence Attorney, ICTY, ICTR, STL, ICC
• Dr Robert Heinsch, Associate Professor of International Law, Leiden University

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Time
18.30 – 20.30 hours, followed by a reception

Venue
T.M.C. Asser Instituut, R.J. Schimmelpennincklaan 20-22, The Hague