16 October 2009 / 17:42

Conference on International Humanitarian Law for students

...the Third International Academic Student Conference "International Humanitarian Law: Problems and Perspectives of Development", which is organized on 26-27 November 2009 in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, with the assistance of the Department of International Humanitarian Law of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine and the International Law Research Center.

This event held in the field of law of armed conflict or international humanitarian law (IHL) is a unique forum in which young researchers from leading universities will participate.

The Conference will cover the following topic - "Responsibility for International Humanitarian Law Violations: Current Challenges and Possible Solutions". Issues concerning the individual and state responsibility for violations of International Humanitarian Law, as well as instruments of their repression and punishment will be discussed during the Conference. The very aim of the topic in question is to show how persons and entities that have committed international humanitarian law violations can be punished in the framework of current Public International Law. Participants will be requested to prepare themselves on this broad issue for Conference discussions as well as on the following topics of their choice:

- The Essence of IHL Serious Violations;
- War Crimes and Their Contemporary Interpretation;
- Individual Criminal Responsibility for IHL Violations in the Framework of National and International Courts;
- Current Issues of State Responsibility for IHL Violations: Experience of International Court of Justice and Other International Institutions;
- Modern System of International Criminal Justice: International Criminal Court, International Ad Hoc tribunals, Hybrid Tribunals and Courts.

Master´s degree and postgraduate law studentsof your higher educational institution are invited to take part in the pre-selection process of the Conference. In order to apply for participation the students must prepare a paper on a narrow topic within the general one announced. The format and requirements for the paper can be found in Annex 1 of this letter.

The application file should comprise a summary of the paper (maximum one page in typescript) and the duly completed application form presented in Annex 2. The application should be sent by e-mail before October 30, 2009 to the jury comprising specialists from the RAU Law Department and the Department of International Humanitarian Law of the Regional ICRC Delegation for the Russian Federation, Belarus, Moldovaand Ukraine. The selection will be based on the quality of the summaries of the papers. The selection results will be announced onNovember 6, 2009. The invitation letter including all logistical and organisational details (welcoming, accommodation etc.) will be sent to the selected participants.

The papers will be selected on a competitive basis. The working languages of the Conference will be Russian and English (with simultaneous translation at all times).

Limited number of scholarships to cover round-trip travel expenses or accommodation and meals or both will be granted by the organizers on a competitive basis.

Please contact the organizers for the preliminary program. Please refer any questions you may have to:

Organising committee:

Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University
0052, Yerevan, Republicof Armenia
123 Hovsep Emin str.
Phone: (+37410) 27 20 94
Fax: (+37410) 26 97 01
E-mail: ihlconference@rau.am

Source - unistudy.org.ua