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The 15th Annual Minerva Conference on International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
Indirect Victims of Conflict:
IHL Protections of the Rights and Interests of Relatives
Day 1 / Monday, November 9
15:15-15:30
Opening
Remarks:
Prof. Yuval Shany / Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Conference Committee Chair; Vice-Chair, UN Human Rights Committee
Dr. Einat Albin / Academic Director, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
15:30-16:45
Session 1 / Indirect Victims under IHL/IHRL
Speakers:
Dr. Grażyna Baranowska / Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
“Families of Missing Persons under IHL and IHRL”
Mr. Patryk Gacka / Ph.D. Candidate, University of Warsaw
“The Concept of Indirect Victimhood from the Perspective of Punitive and Reparative International Justice”
Commentator:
Prof. Gloria Gaggioli / Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
17:15-18:30
Session 2 / Missing Persons
Speakers:
Dr. Nasia Hadjigeorgiou / University of Central Lancashire (Cyprus campus)
“Truth and Closure in a Frozen Conflict: An Assessment of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus”
Ms. Vishakha Wijenayake / Ph.D. Candidate, McGill University
“Protecting Rights of Missing Persons and their Relatives through IHL and IHRL: A Case Study of Sri Lanka”
Commentator:
Ms. Ximena Londoño / ICRC Regional Adviser on Missing Persons for the Near and Middle East, Amman
19:00-20:00
Session 3 / Keynote Lecture: David Kretzmer
Speaker:
Prof. David Kretzmer / Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Former Member, UN Human Rights Committee; Former Founding Academic Director, Minerva Center for Human Rights
“Family Members in the Israel Supreme Court’s Decisions Relating to the Occupied Territories”
Commentator:
Prof. Eyal Benvenisti / University of Cambridge and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Day 2 / Tuesday, November 10
15:30-16:45
Session 4 / Handling Human Remains
Speakers:
Mr. Juan Francisco Padin / LLM Graduate, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
“Don’t Forget Me: The Joint Humanitarian Plan of Malvinas and the Identification of the Deceased”
Dr. Hilly Moodrick – Even Khen / Ariel University
“”Bury me not, I Pray Thee, in Egypt: But I Will Lie with My Fathers”: The Right of Soldiers to Be Buried in their Homeland”
Commentator:
Dr. Jeremie Bracka / Former Transitional Justice Post-Doctoral Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
17:15-18:30
Session 5 / Practitioners Panel
Panelists:
Adv. Noam Neuman / Senior Director, Law of Armed Conflict Division, Office of the Deputy Attorney General (International Law), Israel Ministry of Justice
Adv. Sawsan Zaher / Deputy General Director and senior lawyer, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Adv. Miya Keren-Abraham / Legal Adviser, ICRC Delegation to Israel and the Occupied Territories
Moderator:
Prof. Yuval Shany / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
19:00-20:00
Session 6 / Keynote Lecture: Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Speaker:
Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin / University of Minnesota and Queen’s University Belfast; U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism
“Mapping the Terrain and Assessing the Challenges for Victims of Conflict”
Introduction:
Prof. Tomer Broude / Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Day 3 / Wednesday, November 11
14:00-15:00
Session 7 / The Principle of Proportionality
Participants:
Representative, IDF Military Advocate General (subject to approval by the IDF Spokesperson’s Office)
Prof. Amichai Cohen / Ono Academic College; Israel Democracy Institute
15:30-16:45
Session 8 / The Right to Compensation for Indirect Victims: General Issues
Speakers:
Dr. Luke Moffett / Senior Law Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast
“Compensation for Victims of War – What Place for International Humanitarian Law?”
Dr. Cesar Rojas / Legal Advisor, Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Colombia
“Comprehensive Reparation to Indirect Victims of Armed Conflict: Insights from the Colombian Case”
Commentator:
Prof. Brian Cox / Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School; Visiting Scholar, Queen’s Law, Ontario; Judge Advocate (ret.), U.S. Army
“Belligerent Liability: Legal Frameworks for Compensating Victims of Armed Conflict”
17:15-18:30
Session 9 / The Right to Compensation: Thinking Outside the Box
Speakers:
Dr. Or Avi-Guy / Post-Doctoral Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Victims in their Own Right: A Transitional Justice Approach to Reparations for Families of Victims of IHL Violations”
Ms. Emily Camins / Ph.D. Candidate, University of Western Australia Law School
“Moving Beyond the Accountability Paradigm: A Human Security Approach to Assisting Families in the Aftermath of Armed Conflict”
Commentator:
Dr. Yahli Shereshevsky / Post-Doctoral Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
19:00-20:00
Session 10 / Communication Rights in Conflict Situations
Participants:
Adv. Stéphane Ojeda / Head of Legal Department, ICRC Delegation to Israel and the Occupied Territories
Prof. Yaël Ronen / Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Academic Editor, Israel Law Review
The conference will be held via Zoom.
Registration is required. The number of places is limited.
Please register here: LINK
Registrants will receive a participation link by e-mail no later than the morning of the event.
For additional information: mchr@savion.huji.ac.il
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