Emerging Issues in International Humanitarian Law: Santa Clara Law

By Greg McNeal On February 2, 2012

On Friday February 3 and Saturday February 4th the Santa Clara Law school will host a symposium on International Humanitarian Law. I will be serving as a moderator for Panel 3. The full schedule appears below, and more information about the symposium can be found here.

The 2012 Santa Clara Journal of International Law Symposium- Emerging Issues in International Humanitarian Law

Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4, 2012

HOSTED BY:
Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara Journal of International Law
Center for Global Law & Policy

Symposium Schedule

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012 – Venue: Mission Room, Bensen Center

10:30 to 11:00 AM: Registration, Coffee and Snacks

11:00 to 11:15 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks

David Sloss, Professor of Law; Director of the Center for Global Law and Policy
Nina Decker, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Law
Natalie Nguyen, Senior Symposium Editor of the Journal of International Law

11:15 – 12:45 PM: Panel One

Presenter: Richard Wilson
Paper topic: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Collision: A Study of the Case of Omar Khadr, a Child Soldier Detained at Guantanamo
Commentator: Mariano Baños
Commentator: Kate Jastram
Moderator: David Glazier

12:45 to 2:30 PM: Lunch and Lunch-Time Speaker

Speaker: Mark A. Drumbl
Paper topic: Child Soldiers and the Architecture of Post Bellum Settlements

2:30 PM to 4:00 PM: Panel Two

Presenter: Geoffrey Corn
Paper topic: Emerging Issues in International Humanitarian Law:
The Right to CounselCommentator: Kristine Huskey
Commentator: Deborah Pearlstein
Moderator: Kyle Graham

4:00 to 4:15 PM: Break

4:15 – 5:15 PM: Keynote Address

Louise Doswald-Beck

5:30 to 6:30 PM: Reception at Arts & Sciences Building

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012 – Venue: Mission Room, Bensen Center

9:00 – 9:15 AM: Breakfast and Welcome Back Remarks

9:15 to 10:45 AM: Panel Three

Presenter: Oren Gross
Paper topic: Future Weapons, Past Laws
Commentator: Kenneth Anderson
Commentator: Ashley Deeks
Moderator: Gregory McNeal

10:45 to 11:00 PM: Break

11:00 AM to 12:30 PM: Panel Four

Presenter: Dina Francesca Haynes
Paper topic: Women in the Post Conflict Process: A Review of the Impact of UN Resolution 1325 and UN Women in Achieving Gender Gains from Conflict
Commentator: Abraham D. Sofaer
Commentator: Johanna Bond
Moderator: Beth Van Schaack

12:30 to 12:45 PM: Closing Remarks