This panel will discuss some of the topical contemporary issues of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The panelists will highlight some of the key issues that are currently in the agenda of their organizations. They will discuss their efforts, including advocacy or conceptual debates, to mobilize the international community in adopting measures to improve the protection of IHL in specific situations or topics.
Christie Edwards, Head of Policy, Programmes, and Legal, Geneva Call.
Ezequiel Heffes, Director, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, New York.
Jamie Williamson, Executive Director, The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers’ Association (ICoCA), Geneva.
Robert Goldman, Professor of Law and Louis C. James Scholar WCL.
Simultaneous interpretation available (English to Spanish).