Law and Security

Details

Sunday, June 30th

Dinner & Keynote Address (closed event, speakers only)

Shai Nitzan, Deputy Attorney General for Special Assignments, Israel

Israel's Draft Law on Combating Terrorism: Central Themes & Challenges

Monday, July 1st

8:30 Gathering

9:00 Greetings

William Banks, INSCT

Boaz Ganor, ICT

Michael Mertes, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel

9:25 Introductory Remarks

Daphné Richemond-Barak, IDC Herzliya

9:30 Panel I: Promoting the Rule of Law in Volatile Environments

Moderator: Daphné Richemond-Barak, IDC Herzliya

Amichai Magen, IDC Herzliya

Steven Hill, US Mission to the United Nations

Linda Lourie, U.S. Department of Defense

Dieter Fleck, Former Director International Agreements and Policy of the German Ministry of Defence

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Panel II: Law and Security at Sea

Moderator: Eran Shamir-Borer, International Law Department, IDF Military Advocate General's Corps

David Maraga, Kenyan Court of Appeal in Nairobi

Tara Helfman, Syracuse College of Law

Eliav Lieblich, IDC Herzliya

Ian Simpson, Neptune Maritime Security

13:00 Lunch

14:30 "Hot Scenario": Contending with Cyber-warfare

Moderator: William Banks, INSCT

Eitan Azani, ICT

Eric Talbot Jensen, Brigham Young University

Nimrod Kozlovski, JVO, Tel Aviv Business Administration School

Harvey Rishikof, Advisory Committee for the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security

Michael Schmitt, US Naval War College

16:15 Reception

Tuesday, July 2nd

9:30 Gathering

10:00 Panel III: The Use and Abuse of Drones

Moderator: John Farmer, Rutgers School of Law

William Banks, INSCT

Ben Emmerson, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

Daniel Reisner, Herzog Fox Neeman; former Head of the IDF's International Law Department

Michael Schmitt, US Naval War College

11:30 Coffee Break

12:00 Panel IV: The Role of Courts in Balancing Law and Security

Moderator: Amichai Cohen, Ono Academic College, Faculty of Law

Jean-Louis Bruguière, former Chief of the National Judicial Antiterrorist Division, France

Gad Barzilai, Faculty of Law, Haifa University

Roy Schondorf, Ministry of Justice, Israel

13:30 Lunch

15:00 Closing Event: Operation Pillar of Defense: An Assessment

Moderator: Boaz Ganor, ICT

Irwin Cotler, Member of Canadian Parliament

Amos Gilad, Ministry of Defense, Israel

David Horovitz, Times of Israel

Avital Leibovich, IDF Spokesman's Office

Jessica Montell, B'Tselem

Noam Neuman, International Law Department, IDF Military Advocate General's Corps

Concluding Remarks