Symposium

Hamas, the Gaza War and Accountability under International Law

This conference will attempt to fill the gap by critically examining the laws of war and laws of terrorism and genocide and their application to Hamas and its supporters and allies.

am	Do 18. Juni 2009, 10.00 h
Ort	David Citadel Hotel, 7 King David St., Jerusalem

10:00-10:30 a.m. Coffee and Registration

10:30-11:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Dr. Dore Gold, President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations
Dr. Lars Hänsel, Director, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Israel

11:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Session One:
The Limitations of International Law in Handling the War on Terrorism
Chairman: Prof. Zeev Segal, Senior legal commentator for Haaretz; Associate Professor of Law, School of Government and Policy, Tel Aviv University
Daniel Taub, Director, General Law Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Yoram Dinstein, Law Faculty, Tel Aviv University
Prof. George P. Fletcher, Columbia Law School
Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Executive Director, NGO Monitor; Bar-Ilan University; Jerusalem Center Fellow
Dr. Roy S. Schondorf, Legal Consultant to Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Israel

12:45-13:45 Light Luncheon

13:45-15:45 Session Two:

International Law and Military Operations in Practice
Chairman: Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, Program Director, Institute for Contemporary Affairs, Jerusalem Center
Col. Pnina Sharvit-Baruch, Law Faculty, Tel Aviv University; Former Head of the International Law Department, Military Advocate General’s Office
Col. Richard Kemp, Former Commander, British Forces in Afghanistan
Maj.-Gen. (res.) Doron Almog, Former Commander, IDF Southern Command; Chairman of Athelone Global Security
Col. (ret.) Adv. Daniel Reisner, Former Head of the International Law Department, Military Advocate General’s Office; Herzog, Fox, Neeman and Co.