Professor Marten Zwanenburg has been appointed professor of Military Law, in particular Law During Military Operations at the Faculty of Law at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The chair was established in collaboration with, and with the support of, the Dutch Ministry of Defence. In his research, Zwanenburg focuses on […]
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UvA / Asser Institute / ACIL / LACMO members Berenice Boutin, Terry Gill and Tom van Engers have been awarded an NWO grant for their four-year research project ‘Agency and Compliance by Design in Military AI Technologies.’ Focussing on a human-centred approach to military AI technologies, the project seeks to […]
The South African Research Chair in International Law at the University of Johannesburg, the Centre for International and Operational Law of the Swedish Defence University, and the Essex Armed Conflict and Crisis Hub of the School of Law, University of Essex will host a Conference on the ‘Dynamics and Legal […]
Terry Gill, UvA professor of military law and until 1 July 2019 also professor of military law at the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) was awarded the royal decoration of “Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau” on the occasion of his farewell lecture from the NLDA on 19 September in […]
24-26 March 2020 in Copenhagen The event will be hosted by the Swedish Defence University and the Nordic Center for Cultural Heritage and Armed Conflict – CHAC (University of Copenhagen & University of Southern of Denmark). Further details will be announced nearer the event. For inquires please contact the organising […]
On Thursday, 24 October 2019, ACIL / LACMO PhD researcher Bart van den Bosch will defend his PhD thesis entitled ‘Fighting a War without using Violence: A study of the rules of International Humanitarian Law regulating military cyber operations below the threshold of attack’. Abstract In International Humanitarian Law (IHL), […]
On Wednesday, 2 October 2019 ACIL / LACMO PhD Researcher Jeroen van den Boogaard will defend his PhD thesis entitled ‘Proportionality in International Humanitarian Law – Principle, Rule and Practice.’ Abstract In his PhD thesis Jeroen van den Boogaard examines the principle of proportionality as it applies in international humanitarian […]
“Ours is the age of the network.”(Antoine Bousquet) On 5 July 2019, LACMO researcher Jelle van Haaster obtained a PhD at the Amsterdam Center for International Law for his research on the utility of military cyber operations during armed conflict. Notwithstanding benign use, the Internet is also used for harmful […]
LACMOnet member Cardozo Law School, New York City, invites interested public international law scholars and practitioners to submit papers in preparation of the forthcoming 4th Annual “Revisiting the Role of International Law in National Security” workshop, which will take place at Cardozo Law School on 12 July 2019. Deadline for […]