Law and War: An International Humanitarian Law Workshop 2011

Saturday October 1, 2011 – Room 266, Faculty Center

 8:30 – 9:00 AM            Check-in/ Registration/breakfast

 9:00 – 9:15 AM            Opening Remarks
Daniel Rothenberg, Professor of Practice and Executive Director, Center for Law and Global Affairs, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, ASU

9:15 – 10:00 AM           International Humanitarian Law: Setting the Context
Lucy Brown, Senior Advisor, International Humanitarian Law & Policy, American Red Cross

 
 10:00 – 10:45 AM        Conflict Classification – When Does IHL Apply?
Chris Jenks, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Chief, International Law Branch, Office of The Judge Advocate General, Department of Defense

 
10:45 – 11:00 AM         Break  

 
11:00 – 12:00 PM         Overview of key IHL principles 
 
Aaron Fellmeth, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, ASU

 
12:00 – 12:15 PM         Break

12:15 – 1:00 PM           Working Lunch: Means and Methods of Warfare
Chris Jenks, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Chief, International Law Branch, Office of The Judge Advocate General, Department of Defense
 
1:00 – 1:15 PM            Break

1:15 – 1:45 PM            Protecting the Vulnerable: Geneva Law
Lucy Brown, Senior Advisor, International Humanitarian Law & Policy, American Red Cross

 
1:45 – 2:15 PM            Careers in IHL                             
John E. Frajman, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, Office of The Judge Advocate General

 
2:15 – 2:30 PM            Break

2:30 – 4:30 PM            IHL Group Exercises – See group exercise rooms (Rm. 109, 110 and 111)

 

Sunday October 2, 2011 – Room 116

8:30 – 9:15 AM            Breakfast

9:15 –10:15 AM           Relationship between IHL and Human Rights Law
Daniel Rothenberg, Professor of Practice and Executive Director, Center for Law and Global Affairs, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, ASU

10:15 – 10:30 AM        Break

10:30 – 11:30 AM        Panel Discussion: Current issues in IHL                                               
Lucy Brown, Senior Advisor, International Humanitarian Law & Policy, American Red Cross
Chris Jenks, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Chief, International Law Branch, Office of The Judge Advocate General, Department of Defense
Daniel Rothenberg, Professor of Practice and Executive Director, Center for Law and Global Affairs, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, ASU

11:30 – 12:00 PM        Farewell and Certificate Ceremony