Role of academia in promoting and developing IHL: Paul Reuter Prize Award Ceremony
International humanitarian law (IHL) is undoubtedly shaped by States and other armed actors. At the same time, numerous scholars, researchers and professors contribute their ideas on what the law is or should be. What role does academia play in promoting and developing IHL, and how should States and other arms carriers listen to what it has to say?
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Speakers & panellists

Anne Quintin
Head of the Advisory Service on IHL, ICRC

Julia Grignon
Professor at the law faculty, Laval University

Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne
Associate Professor in public international law, University of Reading

François Bugnion
Former President of the Paul Reuter Fund Committee and member of the ICRC Assembly from 2010 until 2017

Robert Kolb
Professor of public international law at the law faculty, University of Geneva