Tuesday 17 March Public Conference
Non-International Armed Conflicts (NIAC): Developments and Challenges Public Conference 17 March 2015 Melbourne Law School Tuesday 17 March 0800-0900 Registration 0900-0910 Welcome Professor Carolyn Evans, Dean, Melbourne Law School 0910-1930 Introduction Associate Professor Bruce Oswald, University of Melbourne 0930-1030 Conference Keynote 1 Chair: AIRCDRE Chris Hanna, Director General ADF Legal Service Defence Legal Professor Sean Murphy, George Washington University New Mechanisms for Punishing Atrocities Committed in NIACs 1030-1100 Morning tea 1100-1245 Conference Panel 1 Chair: Associate Professor Alison Duxbury, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Professor Jan Kleffner, Swedish Defence College Infinite Variety meets uniform law: Do we need a more differentiated regime for organized armed groups under the international law of NIAC conflict? Associate Professor Gus Waschefort, University of South Africa Mobile Non-State Armed Group and Porous Borders in Contemporary NIACs in Africa Elisabeth Decrey Warner, Geneva Call Armed non-State actors: challenges in engagement and compliance of humanitarian norms – the experience of the Geneva Call Non-International Armed Conflicts (NIAC): Developments and Challenges Public Conference 17 March 2015 Melbourne Law School Tuesday 17 March 1245-1400 Lunch 1400-1540 Conference Panel 2, Reflections on the work of Colonel Dr Paul Muggleton Chair: COL Penny Cumming, Defence Legal Associate Professor Rob McLaughlin, ANU Belligerency and Use of Force in NIAC contexts Dr Rain Liivoja, University of Melbourne The Relationship Between IHL and IHRL Associate Professor Bruce Oswald, University of Melbourne Detention in NIAC 1540-1615 Afternoon tea 1615-1645 Book Launch by Professor John Tobin International Law and Child Soldiers by Associate Professor Gus Waschefort 1700-1800 Conference Keynote Chair: Bren Carlill Col (ret.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch Senior Research Associate The Institute for National Security Studies 1800-1900 Drinks Host: CAPT Fiona Sneath (RAN) Defence Legal The National Australia Bank Yachad Scholarship Fund ‘Nu Grant’ is a one-off, $30,000 grant for a Yachad Alumnus to advance a new project or research initiative that is directly or indirectly inspired by their Yachad Scholarship, and which will offer the greatest potential for real and lasting benefit to a local community, a research community or collaboration between Australia and Israel in a particular field. Mr Bren Carlill was awarded the ‘Nu Grant’ in 2014.
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