Proportionality in Armed Conflicts - Auslandsbüro Israel
Symposium
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Program
DAY 1
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21
Location: Konrad Adenauer Conference Center, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem
15:00-15:30
Opening Reception
15:30-16:00
Greetings
Chair:Dr. Tomer Broude (Academic Director, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Speakers:
- Mr. Juan-Pedro Schaerer (Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross, Israel and the Occupied Territories)
- Dr. Lars Hänsel (Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Israel)
- Prof. Barak Medina (Dean, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Session I: The Principle of Proportionality and the Just War Theory
Chair:Dr. Re'em Segev (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Speakers:
- Prof. Ariel Colonomos (CNRS - National Center for Scientific Research; CERI - Sciences Po, Paris)
- Prof. Ruth Gavison (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Prof. Moshe Halbertal (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Mr. Charles Shamas (Mattin Group, Ramallah)
Session II: Proportionality as a Legal Limit on Resorting to Force
Chair:Dr. Cordula Droege (International Committee of the Red Cross)
Speakers:
- Reflections on Necessity, Proportionality and the Clausewitzian War
Mr. Rotem Giladi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Doctoral Candidate, University of Michigan)
- The Inherent Right to Self-Defence and Proportionality in Jus Ad Bellum
Prof. David Kretzmer (Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Academic Center of Law and Business)
- Proportionality under Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello: Common Features, Differences and Interconnections
Dr. Raphaël van Steenberghe (University of Louvain)
DAY 2
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22
Location: Beit Maiersdorf, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
09:30-11:15
Session III: Proportionality and Rationality
Chair:Mr. Charles Shamas (Mattin Group, Ramallah)
Speakers:
- An Economic Critique of IHL Proportionality
Prof. Avi Bell (Bar-Ilan University; University of San Diego)
- Behavioral Framing Effects and Proportionality in IHL
Dr. Tomer Broude (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Cognitive Biases in Proportionality Assessments
Ms. Ashley Deeks (Columbia University)
Session IV: The Doctrine of Proportionality: Law as Is, and as Should Be
Chair:Dr. Iris Canor (College of Management Academic Studies)
Speakers:
- Interpreting Proportionality Doctrine Through the Lens of International Custom
Prof. Aaron Fellmeth (Arizona State University)
- Assessing Proportionality on the Modern Battlefield
Dr. Robin Geiss (International Committee of the Red Cross)
- Fighting without Proportionality
Mr. Guy Sela (Doctoral Candidate, Oxford University)
Session V: Special Challenges in Applying the Proportionality Principle
Chair:Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Speakers:
- Beyond the Battlefield? Proportionality and the Boundaries of IHL
Dr. Cordula Droege (International Committee of the Red Cross)
- The Necessity and Proportionality of Anti-Terrorist Self-Defense
Prof. Christian Tams (University of Glasgow; University of Kiel)
- Do Soldiers Lives Matter? A View from Proportionality
Mr. Ruvi Ziegler (Doctoral Candidate, Oxford University)
Mr. Shai Otzari (Doctoral Candidate, Haifa University)
Session VI: The Outer Limits of the Proportionality Discourse
Chair:Prof. Yuval Shany (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Speakers:
- Applicability of the Principle of Proportionality in the Law Regulating the Conduct of Hostilities: To “Attack” Or Not To “Attack”... What’s in A Name?
Mr. Bruno Demeyere (Doctoral Candidate, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
- Things that Look like Proportionality Questions but Really Aren't
Prof. Francoise Hampson (University of Essex)
- Section IX of the ICRC Interpretive Guidance on Direct Participation in Hostilities: The End of Jus in Bello Proportionality as We Know It
Dr. Jann Kleffner (Swedish National Defence College)
DAY 3
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23
Location: Beit Maiersdorf, Mt. Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
09:30-11:00
Session VII: Judicial and Quasi-judicial Applications of the Proportionality Principle
Chair:Prof. Francoise Hampson (University of Essex)
Speakers:
- Dealing with the Principle of Proportionality in Retrospect: Use of the Principle of Proportionality before International Courts and Tribunals
Mr. Rogier Bartels (Netherlands Defence Academy; Doctoral Candidate, University of Amsterdam)
- Criminal Investigations of Disproportionality
Dr. Amichai Cohen (Ono Academic College)
- Do Outcomes Matter? A Process-Based Approach to Proportionality Analysis
Prof. Yuval Shany (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Session VIII: Social Contexts of Proportionality Analysis
Chair:Dr. Yael Ronen (Sha'arei Mishpat College)
Speakers:
- A New Twist on an Old Story: Lawfare and the Mixing of Proportionalities
Prof. Laurie Blank (Emory University)
- The Israeli Supreme Court and the de-Contextualization of the Principle of Proportionality
Dr. Guy Harpaz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- A Sociology of Proportionality: Why Non-Legal Restraints on Excessive Force in War are More Important than Legal Restraints
Prof. Mark Osiel (University of Iowa)
Session IX: A View from the Field
Chair: Adv. Eitan Diamond (International Committee of the Red Cross)
Speakers:
- Col. Liron Libman (Head of International Law Department, Military Advocate General's Office, Israel Defence Forces)
- Ms. Jessica Montell (Executive Director, B’Tselem - Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories)
- Cpt. Jason Wright (Judge Advocate, U.S. Army)
Conference discussions will be in English