Taking Law Seriously
Moderating a panel at ABILA (American Branch – International Law Association) annual conference on the President as a Threat to National Security, a discussion of Harold Koh’s new book The National Security Constitution in the 21st Century, with Harold Koh, Rebecca Ingber, and Karen Greenberg, at Fordham Law School, New York, Oct. 25, 2024.
It was a real pleasure to return to College Militaire Royal de St. Jean, to present my paper Geoengineering Wars and Atmospheric Governance to the faculty, officers and cadets of the College over lunch, Oct. 7, 2024
Case Western University School of Law’s annual international law symposium this year focused on the question of whether the Geneva Conventions, enjoying their 75th Anniversary, need to be updated to deal with new challenges, including the application of IHL to space, expanding transnational conflicts with non-state actors, cyber-war, and the development and deployment of fully autonomous weapons systems. The conference began with a closed experts group meeting to discuss the development of a white paper on the issues, followed by an open conference with panels on each of the major topics.
My panel, with Laurie Blank of Emory Univ. Law, Milena Sterio of Cleveland Univ. Law, and Romina Morello of the ICRC, fielded questions from Paul Williams of American Univ. Law, on whether, and how, the Geneva Conventions might need to be updated in some form to better regulate the use of autonomous weapons systems. My article on the subject will be published next year in the Case Western Journal of International Law. Great conference.
It was a pleasure to be a guest on Asymmetrical Haircuts: The International Justice Podcast, to discuss the legal issues implicated by the Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region of Russia in August of 2024, in the episode “Justice Update – Ukraine (Almost) Joins the ICC, and Invades Russia,” Sept. 6, 2024.