Hamas, the Gaza War and Accountability under International Law - Auslandsbüro Israel
Symposium
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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.