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On May 21-22, 2006 an International Conference will be held in Jerusalem on:

"International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law: Exploring Parallel Application"

The conference is organized by the Bruce W. Wayne Chair of International Law and the Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the International Committee of the Red Cross, in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

The conference keynote speaker will be Prof. Theodor Meron (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda). Participants include Dr. Orna Ben-Naftali, Prof. John Cerone, Dr. Amichai Cohen, Mr. Michael Dennis, Dr. Cordula Droege, Prof. Jochen Frowein, Adv. Rotem Giladi, Dr. Aeyal Gross, Prof. Francoise Hampson, Prof. David Kretzmer, Prof. Ruth Lapidoth, Mr. Noam Lubell, Prof. Dominic McGoldrick, Prof. Fionnuala Ni-Aolain, Prof. René Provost, Ms. Nancie Prud'homme, Ambassador Dr. Robbie Sabel, Prof. William Schabas, Dr. Yuval Shany and Dr. Ralph Wilde.

The opening evening of the conference will take place on Sunday, May 21 at the Konrad Adenauer Conference Center at Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Jerusalem beginning at 17:00. The conference will continue on Monday, May 22 at the Mt. Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem beginning at 09:30. The proceedings will be held in English.

To confirm participation and arrange an entry permit into the campus, please contact the Minerva Center for Human Rights at tel. 02-5881156 or mchr@savion.huji.ac.il