Summer 2013
NON-STATE ACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
June 26–28, 2013
Vancouver, BC
Joint International Conference of Kwantlen Institute for Transborder Studies (ITS) and Political Science Department, the Non-State Actor Committee of the International Law Association, International Law Association – Canada, the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, and the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research Belgium.
Conference Program
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF NON-STATE ACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
June 26–28, 2013
International Conference
KPU Richmond Campus, British Columbia, Canada
The Committee of Non-State Actors of the International Law Association (ILA), The Institute for Transborder Studies (ITS) at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Oxford Brookes University, in collaboration with the ILA-Canada, the Flemish Scientific Research Fund (FWO) (all partners - ‘the network’), and the Canadian Bar Association – British Columbia Branch will hold an international conference on the responsibilities of non-state actors in international law in Richmond, British Columbia, 26-28 June 2013.
The above-mentioned network had recently completed its research on the participation of non-state actors in international law and international institutional arrangements. It will now concentrate on issues relating to obligations and responsibilities of non-state actors, with a view to understanding the complexity of non-state actors’ international legal personality.
The conference will focus, among other things, on the following five categories of non-state actors: non-governmental organizations (NGOs), multinational/transnational corporations (MNCs), certain organized armed opposition groups, sui generis entities such the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Holy See, and organised indigenous peoples’ groups. Intergovernmental organizations are not included in our research agenda.
Issues to be addressed (the list is non-exhaustive) include:
- The primary obligations of one or more categories of non-state actors under one or more subfields of international law (human rights, humanitarian law, criminal law, economic law, law of the sea, environmental law…).
- The secondary rules of responsibility of non-state actors, such as questions of attributing acts of ‘organs/agents’ to an organized non-state actor, and questions of shared responsibility.
- Monitoring non-state actor compliance with international law and private regulatory initiatives.
- Involvement of non-state actors in international compliance-monitoring mechanisms.
- Private complaints mechanisms.
- Privileges and immunities of non-state actors.
The organizing committee consists of Prof. Noemi Gal-Or (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, local organizer), Prof. Math Noortmann (Oxford Brookes University, chairman of the ILA Committee), and Prof. Cedric Ryngaert (Leuven University and Utrecht University, rapporteur of the ILA Committee and convener of the FWO research network).
BC Lawyers: The conference is CPD Course Approved at 8 hours. Please check the LSBC website.
2013
THE FORMATION OF A CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL CRIME: GLOBAL TERRORISM AND HUMAN (IN) SECURITY
A paper presented by Noemi Gal-Or at the 81e Congrès de l’ACFAS, Colloque - Terrorisme(s) et violence(s) politique(s): état des lieux de la recherche dans le monde francophone et perspectives contemporaines, Université Laval (Québec), May 6–10, 2013, and a CTV News interview.
"OBSERVATIONS ON R2P IN AFRICA"
April 4, 2013
Vancouver, BC
A paper presented by Noemi Gal-Or at the 54th Annual, International Studies association (ISA) Annual Convention, April 4, 2013, San Francisco.
AMCHAM - PACIFIC CHAPTER
April 2, 2013
Vancouver, BC
(LEFT) Prof. Noemi Gal-Or at meeting of AmCham – Pacific Chapter, with US Ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson and the US Consul General in Vancouver, Anne Callaghan.
2012
HOW TO END MASS ATROCITIES IN AFRICA?
(LEFT) Prof. Francis Abiew and Justice Richard Goldstone, Former Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, at the conference on “How to End Mass Atrocities in Africa?”, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Dec. 6-7, 2012.
THE GREAT DEBATE
Francis K. Abiew on “Intervention in Syria”, contributing to "The Great Debate", a roundup of opinions from experts, officials, professors, and students on key developments in international affairs, a feature of “The Morningside Post (TMP)”, the premier student-run news and opinion site of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs’ new feature, available here.
RELIGION IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Annual conference of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, October 30 – November 4, 2012, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Noemi Gal-Or presented a paper on “State and Religion in Canada: Multiculturalism Meets Conflicting Rights”, information available here.
BEYOND THE BORDER: MAKING THE ACTION PLAN WORK FOR YOU
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 07:15 AM
(LEFT) Noemi Gal-Or introduces Bill Reid, Former MLA and Minister of Tourism, Executive Director, Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce and the panel on “Border Impacts in the Washington-British Columbia Region”.
(RIGHT) The Honourable John Manley, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives delivers the keynote luncheon address.
Speaker(s):
- Breakfast Keynote -Chris Sands, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute and Visiting Ross Professor of Canada-US Business and Economic Relations, Western Washington University
- Lunch Keynote - John Manley, CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
- Ambassador Gary Doer, Canada's Ambassador to the United States
- Jim Nealon, Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Embassy
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama recently announced that Canada and the United States have agreed to implement two action plans designed to speed up legitimate trade and travel, improve security in North America, and align regulatory approaches between the two countries.
Join us at this special forum to find out more about how this initiative can benefit you, your business and the local economy.
This Forum qualifies for 4 LSBC Continuing Legal Education credits through Kwantlen Polytechnic University Institute for Transborder Studies.
LAW FOR A PEACEFUL WORLD
“The Formation of a Customary International Crime: Global Terrorism and Human (In)Security”, paper presented by Prof. Noemi Gal-Or at Law for a Peaceful World, the 75th Biennial Conference of the International Law Association, August 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria.
PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN LIBYA: Humanitarian Intervention or Responsibility to Protect?
Open lecture by Noemi Gal-Or, Instituto Suprtior de Ciências, Sociais e Politicas, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, May 3, 2012.
TWENTY YEARS OF WESTERN MILITARY INTERVENTION: PROTECTING WHOSE RIGHT(S)?
28th Political Studies Students’ Conference, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MA, February 1-3, 2012
(LEFT) Noemi Gal-Or and Francis Abiew presented their paper “Protecting Civilians in Libya: Endgame?”
Symposium:
Jan 26, 2012
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC
(RIGHT) Dr. Francis Abiew and Dr. Noemi-Gal-Or, of the Department of Political Science, hosted a symposium entitled “Protecting Civilians in Libya – Endgame?”. Drs. Abiew and Gal-Or discussed research that they presented at the Hague Academic Coalition’s 8th Annual Conference in November 2011.
2011
(LEFT) Professors Noemi Gal-Or and Francis Abiew with Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal court, in the Peace Palace, International Court of Justice, The Hague, NL.
HAGUE ACADEMIC COALITION (HAC) 8th ANNUAL CONFERENCE FORM PEACE TO JUSTICE
International Justice, Peace and Crisis Management. Experiences and Reflections from Africa, Middle East and EU 50 Years after Dag Hammarskjold. High-Level Seminar, Embassy of Sweden, and Peace Diplomacy, Global Justice and International Agency: Rethinking Human Security and Ethics in the Spirit of Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961), Hague Academic Coalition (HAC) 8th Annual Conference from Peace to Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands, November 9-10, 2011.
Professors Noemi Gal-Or and Francis Abiew presented their paper "Libya, Intervention, and Responsibility: The Dawn of a New Era?" forthcoming in a special issue.
(LEFT) Professors Noemi Gal-Or and Francis Abiew with the Hon. Madame Louise Arbour, President & CEO, International Crisis Group in the Peace Palace, International Court of Justice, The Hague, NL.
(LEFT) Professors Noemi Gal-Or and Francis Abiew presenting their paper, in the Peace Palace, International Court of Justice, The Hague, NL.
Intervention by Prof. Abiew.
Intervention by Prof. Gal-Or.
(LEFT) Professors Francis Abiew and Noemi Gal-Or in front of the Peace Palace, International Court of Justice, The Hague, NL.
BORDER REGIONS IN TRANSITION (BRIT) XI. MOBILE BORDERS/ LES FRONTIERES MOBILES
September 6–9, 2011
University of Geneva, Switzerland
University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
The Shab’a Farms: A Geopolitical ‘Who’s on First’” co-authored by Noemi Gal-Or and Michael J. Strauss, presented by Noemi Gal-Or at the International Inter-disciplinary Conference Border Regions in Transition (Brit) XI. Mobile borders/Les frontieres mobiles.
NON-STATE ACTORS AND HUMAN SECURITY: REVOLT, RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION
September 1–2, 2011
Brookes University, Oxford, UK
Terrorism and Humanitarian Governance: The Dictum of the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in its 2011 Interlocutory Decision, presented by Noemi Gal-Or at an international research seminar, Non-State Actors and Human Security: Revolt, Relief and Reconstruction.
4TH ANNUAL WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY (WIIS)
The 4th Annual Workshop for Women in International Security–Canada was hosted by the Gregg Centre for the Study of War & Society at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, on May 5-7, 2011. Noemi Gal-Or was both simulation judge and panellist at the workshop.
(RIGHT) The 15 graduate and law student presenters came from 12 different schools across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
"THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSNATIONAL ARMED GROUPS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AND SECURITY LAW"
February 2–3, 2011
Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
Paper presented The Participation of Non-State Actors in International Law, Workshop of the International Law Association’s Committee on Non-State Actors, in conjunction with the Research Community on Non-State Actors sponsored by the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research, hosted by the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies at Leuven University.
2010
"THE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WTO"
October 29, 2010
American Society of International Law, Washington, DC
Paper presented at Works-in-Progress Workshop, American Society of International Law, International Organizations Interest Group.
INTERNATIONAL LAW SCHOOL 2010 FDI MOOT COMPETITION
October 22–24, 2012
Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, CA
The FDI Moot competition involves a hypothetical case in connection with an investment by a private investor in a foreign host state. These investment disputes involve not only vast sums, but also probe the panoply of rights, duties, and shifting objectives at the juncture of national and international law and policy.
Through the FDI Moot, law students— future practitioners, academics and policy makers—may attain a practical understanding of these issues. At the same time, the case and the hearings offer a forum of different dynamics for current academics and practitioners from the around the world to discuss the latest developments—and assess emerging talents—in these fields.
Noemi Gal-Or was an arbitrator and judge during the 2010 competition, which was held at the Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California.
More information is available on the 2010 FDI Moot website.
"CONTINUITY IN RUPTURE: THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY"
September 1–2, 2010
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Presented by co-author Cedric Ryngaert at Ruptures in International Law, A Workshop of the European Society of International Law, Interest Group on Legal Theory.
KWANE NKRUMAH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
August 19–21, 2010
KPU Richmond, BC
Kwame Nkrumah International Conference, From Colonization to Globalization: The Intellectual and Political Legacies of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Africa’s Future, took place at KPU, August 19-21, 2010, Richmond, BC. This event was co-sponsored by the Institute for Transborder Studies.
The Conference commemorated the centenary of the birthday of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Africa's Man of the Millennium, and brought scholars and students from Canada and from around the world to share research and ideas on Africa's place in the global community, and to discuss the life, achievements and shortcomings of Africa's foremost Pan-Africanist.
For more information, please visit the Kwame Nkrumah International Conference web page.
BOOK LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT
August 18, 2010
74th Annual Conference of the International Law Association, The Hague, Netherlands
The anthology on Non-State Actor Dynamics in International Law (Math Noortmann, and Cedric. Ryngaert (eds.) Aldershot, Ashgate - Non-State Actors in International Law, Politics and Governance Series, 2010) was launched at the occasion of the 74th Conference of the International Law Association, De Iure Humanitatis, Peace, Justice and International Law, The Hague, NL, August 15-20, 2010.
The anthology includes a chapter (no. 6) by Noemi Gal-Or entitled “Observations on the Desirability of an Enhanced International Legal Status of the Non-State Actor”. The author delivered a brief presentation of the chapter at the book launch event.
More information is available on the ILA conference website.
THE HAGUE WORKING SESSIONS
August 15–20, 2010
74th Annual Conference of the International Law Association, The Hague, Netherlands
Noemi Gal-Or participated in the working sessions of the Non State Actor and Feminism and International Law Committees, and participated in the book launch of Non-State Actor Dynamics in International Law, Math Noortmann, and Cedric. Ryngaert (eds.) Aldershot, Ashgate - Non-State Actors in International Law, Politics and Governance Series, 2010 at the occasion of the 74th Conference of the International Law Association, De Iure Humanitatis, Peace, Justice and International Law, The Hague, NL, August 15-20, 2010.
BEYOND CRISIS - THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL ORDER(S)
July 1–2, 2010
United Nations Association of Germany, Bonn, Germany
International Conference: Beyond Crisis - The Future of Global Order(s). Section on the Future of Global Order(s) Changing Normative Orders and Institutional Structures in Security Governance.
Noemi Gal-Or submitted a paper on "What is Right about the UN Trusteeship System and How to Improve It? Suspended Sovereignty and Enforcement of Membership Duties". A summary of the paper is posted here.
2010 INTERNATIONAL LAW CONFERENCE: THE FUTURE OF CANADA-US CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS
May 6–7, 2010
The Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver
(LEFT) May 6, 2010, Prof. Noemi Gal-Or, KPU; The Honourable Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada; Paul Lalonde, Heenan Blaikie LLP.
The ITS organized a two-day conference in May for the Canadian Bar Association International Law Conference. The conference brought together leading international law experts to give practitioners insight into the most current developments in international law.
Conference topics included:
- Legal lessons in inter-jurisdictional relations from the 2010 Olympics Games.
- Trade issues "buy American", border congestion, and "cap & trade".
- Canadian and American cross-border concerns and opportunities: a dialogue between the legal profession, stakeholders, and government.
- Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement, Agreement on Internal Trade, North American Free.
- Trade and the World Trade Organization: integration or fragmentation of inter-jurisdictional law?
- Labour movement and human trafficking into the Pacific Northwest.
- Year in review: report on significant cases.
The conference dinner featured a keynote address by Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada on "Corporate Complicity in International Human Rights Abuse - The Search for Effective Remedies." This was certainly a unique opportunity.
An electronic version of the agenda is also available online.
IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND THE LAW: PRESENTATIONS ON LEGAL ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN CANADA AND FRANCE
April 6, 2010, Conference Centre 2550 A, Richmond Campus, 7–10pm
The Richmond campus Conference Centre was the location for the presentation of two papers on legal issues of importance to immigrant women in Canada and France. These papers were originally presented at the 2009 Annual International Conference on Gender Studies in Shanghai, China.
Event Agenda:
- Introduction and Chair - Frances Chiang, Department of Sociology
- "Is the Law Empowering or Patronizing Women? The Dilemma in the French Burqa Decision" - presented by Noemi Gal-Or, Department of Political Science. Director of Institute for Transborder Studies
- "In the Shadow of Citizenship: The Elusive Promise Made to Foreign Domestic Workers" - presented by Jessie Horner, Department of Criminology
- Question & Answer opportunity
At the Shanghai conference, both presentations were highly praised by Peggy McIntosh, an acclaimed feminist, anti-racism activist and associate director for the Wellesly Centres for Women. Dr. McIntosh is the renowned author of the ground-breaking paper, "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences through Work in Women's Studies" (1988)
2009
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: A CANADIAN HERITAGE. PEACEKEEPING, DIPLOMACY, MEDIA, AND LITERATURE RESPONDING TO HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGES
November 11–14, 2009
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Noemi Gal-Or presented a paper entitled "The Responsibility to Protect (R2P): Do the Good Intentions Pave the Road to Hell or to Heaven?", forthcoming 2010 as “The Responsibility to Protect (R2p) and International Trusteeship: Plus ça change plus ça reste la même chose?” Canadiana Oenipontana Series , The University of Innsbruck.
"CHALLENGES TO TRANSNATIONAL GOVERNANCE" INTERNATIONAL LAW WEEKEND, AMERICAN BRANCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION (ABILA)
October 22–24, 2009
ABILA, New York
Noemi Gal-Or organised and chaired the panel on “Non-State Actors in an Interstate Environment: Transcending the International, Mainstreaming the Transnational or Bringing the “Participants” Back In?” and presented a paper on "Observations on the Desirability of an Enhanced International Legal Status of the Non-State Actor".
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER STUDIES
June 26–29, 2009
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
(LEFT) The conference took place at the Institute for Gender Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai. Noemi Gal-Or organised the session on the Legal Status of Women, and presented a paper entitled, "Is the Law Empowering or Patronizing Women? The Dilemma in the French Burqa Decision". To read the "Burqa Decision" working paper, click here.
2008
ITS LECTURE SERIES - POINT OF VIEW
"60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS"
November 27, 2008
Richmond Campus, Conference Centre 2550 A
12pm–2pm
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
(RIGHT) Distinguished guest speaker, Prof. Maurice Copithorne, Q.C. (Prof. UBC, former Canadian Ambassador and Commissioner, and United Nations Special Representative on the Human Rights Situation in Iran) spoke about his own experience as a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran; shared with us his views on the UN Human Rights Council (formerly Committee); and drew lessons from its past experience regarding future realistic expectations of compliance with the UDHR regime.
"INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS IN SECURITIES REGULATIONS - LESSONS FORM RECENT CRISES"
November, 18, 2008
Richmond Campus, Conference Cemtre 2550 A
6pm–7pm
(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) Cameron Godfrey & Chelsea Sauve (Students) and Ms. Sandy Jakab
We heard from the expert, Sandy Jakab, Director, Capital Markets Regulation, BC Securities Commission, about domestic and international securities regulation:
- The players, the functions of the various players, the structure that allows them to function
- Rulemaking: in this case, what were the rules, who made them, how is it that with all this structure the rules proved inadequate, and what steps could the regulators take next
- Compliance Monitoring: who does it, why are they doing it, what happens if compliance is "off-side"
- Enforcement Action: how is it approached domestically and how is it coordinated overall
For Sandy Jakab's presentation, please click here.
“POST-AMERICAN ELECTION PROSPECTS FOR THE NAFTA"
September 25, 2008
Richmond Campus, Conference Centre A
Are you concerned about the future of the NAFTA following the upcoming American elections?
(LEFT) Professor Stephen Blank is Professor of International Business Administration and Director of the Center for International Business Development, Lubin Melville School of Business, Pace University, New York; member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Executive Committee of the North-American Committee; and a frequent visiting professor at Canadian universities.
VOTER-FUNDED MEDIA - HOW KPU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
February 20, 2008
Richmond Campus, Conference Centre A
Mark Latham joined us to explore a new form of political participation. Dr. Latham is offering to sponsor "voter-funded media" (VFM) for the KPU Student Association. This democratic reform creates news media loyal to voters, and we are able to join forces with UBC and SFU to demonstrate how VFM can make democracies and corporations better serve the public interest. For more program information, please click here.
Mark Latham received his Ph.D. in Finance from MIT in 1984, supervised by Fischer Black and Robert C. Merton. He was Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of California, Berkeley, until 1989. From 1989 to 1995 he worked for the New York investment banks Salomon Brothers and Merrill Lynch, mainly on derivatives arbitrage trading in Tokyo equity markets. Funded with his Wall Street earnings, he has dedicated himself since 1996 to improving the political structure of corporations and democracies.
"DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: EXPERIENCES IN 3 COUNTRIES EMERGING FORM CONFLICT" RWANDA, D.R. CONGO, IVORY COAST
January 30, 2008
Richmond Campus, Conference Centre A
There is hope in the aftermath of conflict in Africa. Historian and NGO official, Daniel Cohn (B.A UBC, M.A. IUHEI & U. of Chicago), on visit from Africa, shared with us his experience in his talk on “Development in Africa: Experiences in 3 Countries Emerging from Conflict”.
Sub-Saharan Africa is commonly portrayed as engulfed by poverty, disease, conflict, and corruption. But there is much good news: sustained economic growth rates high enough to help reduce poverty and attract investment, and an increasing number of peaceful and democratic transfers of power. However, many countries are failing to benefit from these gains, and even moving backwards—often because of violent internal conflict.
Mr. Cohn's presentation addressed assistance to countries emerging from conflict, drawing on the speaker’s experience as an NGO worker in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Côte d’Ivoire. An overview of these critical and complex situations was provided, and as well as examples of aid that benefits those who are most in need.
Please click here for the presentation slides.
The guest speaker, Daniel Cohn, has managed development programs in sub-Saharan Africa over the past four years, first with Right To Play, an international NGO based in Toronto, and since September 2005 with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), an international NGO headquartered in New York and London. He has worked as Project Coordinator in Rwanda, setting up a project to train teachers to sensitize their students against HIV/AIDS, and as Grants Manager in the Democratic Republic of Congo, coordinating the review and submission of reports and proposals to bilateral and multilateral donor agencies including USAID, the UK Department for International Development, UNICEF, and CIDA. Since July 2007 he has served as Field Coordinator in Côte d’Ivoire, managing a field office and programs in maternal health, protection of internally displaced people, and prevention of gender-based violence.
Daniel is from Burnaby, BC and holds a BA in History from UBC, a DES in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva), and a MA in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago.
The opinions he expresses are his own.
2007
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE HAGUE CONVENTIONS
November 6, 2007
Richmond Campus, Conference Centre A
The Institute for Transborder Studies collaborated with the Department of Political Science to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the 1907 Hague Rules.
The Second International Peace Conference in 1907, resulted in the Hague Conventions of October 18, 1907. Currently most prominent are Convention (III) Relative to the Opening of Hostilities, which concerns the ius ad bellum and represents part of the international effort to outlaw war. Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land and Its Annex: Regulations Concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land is the flag ship convention, and concerns (similar to the other October 18, 1907, Hague Conventions) the ius in bello, namely the law governing warfare. It is considered as embodying rules of customary international law, and consequently, is binding on states which are not formally parties to it. (Source: International Committee of the Red Cross)
Speakers:
- Dr. Francis Abiew, Chair, Dept. of Political Science, KPU: "The Hague Conventions and Role of NGOs".
- Dr. Noemi Gal-Or, Director, ITS, KPU: “The Hague Conventions and the Law of Occupation”.
- Robert J. Lesperance, LL.B., Lesperance & Mendes, Adjunct Professor, UBC Law Faculty, & Lieutenant-Colonel, reserve legal officer, Office of the Judge Advocate General: “The Hague Conventions in Military Practise Today”.