Live Seminar 43: Understanding Armed Groups and the Applicable Law




HPCR Podcasts show

Summary: In this week's live seminar, co-hosted with the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) and the International Review of the Red Cross (IRRC), senior humanitarian professionals from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) as well as leading legal experts explored some of the most salient dilemmas and practical implications surrounding humanitarian engagement with armed groups. The discussion was moderated by Claude Bruderlein (Director, HPCR) and Vincent Bernard (Editor-in-Chief, International Review of the Red Cross). Guest panelists included: Marco Sassòli (University of Geneva), Aristoteles Constantinides (University of Cyprus, Department of Law), Christophe Gillioz (International Committee of the Red Cross), Zama Coursen-Neff (Human Rights Watch) and Cedric Ryngaert (Universities of Utrecht and Leuven)