Law and Policy Events 12 December 2023 14:30 - 16:00 CET

EVENT: How is the Environment Protected During Armed Conflict?

Video

How is the Environment Protected During Armed Conflict? (Event Highlights) from ICRC on Vimeo.

Speakers & panellists

Bruno Demeyere
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS & MODERATOR

Bruno Demeyere

Editor-in-Chief of the International Review of the Red Cross, ICRC

Karen Hulme
PANELLIST

Karen Hulme

Professor of Law, University of Essex

Vanessa Murphy
PANELLIST

Vanessa Murphy

Legal Adviser, Legal Division, ICRC

Catherine O'Rourke
PANELLIST

Catherine O'Rourke

Professor of Global Law, Durham Law School

Wim Zwijnenburg
PANELLIST

Wim Zwijnenburg

Humanitarian Disarmament Project Leader, PAX

Marja Lehto
CONCLUDING REMARKS

Marja Lehto

Ambassador, International Legal Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

About the event

 

In 2021, the UN International Law Commission (ILC) finalized its Principles on the protection of the environment in armed conflict. Two years earlier, the ICRC released its own Guidelines on the Protection of the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict. These two significant legal initiatives are part and parcel to a flurry of interest in the topic. In response to these initiatives and in reaction to this vibrant interest, the International Review of the Red Cross has compiled a special edition on the protection of the environment in armed conflict, featuring more than two dozen articles exploring the topic from a variety of angles. At this event, authors whose work is featured in that edition engaged in a lively conversation, followed by closing remarks by former ILC Special Rapporteur Marja Lehto.

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- International sign language interpretation was provided at this event. -

Date & Time

12 December 2023 14:30 - 16:00 CET

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