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On the Threshold of Armed Conflict: Violence, Protection, and the Law

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Date/Time:
January 28, 2010 - 9:30am - 11:00am
Location:
Online
Website:

https://hsphevents.webex.com/hsphevents/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=1947312&...


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This live seminar looked into humanitarian protection issues arising in situations of violence at or below the threshold of armed conflict as defined in international law. After framing the discussion with a look at applicable normative frameworks underlying armed conflict and other situations of violence, the seminar addressed the following questions:

* What factors do political authorities weigh in deciding whether to designate a situation as an armed conflict or as an internal disturbance?

* Which criteria determine whether a situation constitutes an armed conflict within the meaning of international humanitarian law, and what implications does such a determination have for humanitarian protection?

* What policy tools are most useful in promoting principled approaches to humanitarian protection in situations of violence falling short of armed conflict?

These questions were assessed by examining recent and contemporary instances of violence. Naz Modirzadeh, Senior Associate at the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University, and Claude Bruderlein, Director of the Program, hosted the discussion.

Panelists:
Diane E. Davis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David J. Luban, Georgetown University Law Center
Laura M. Olson, The Constitution Project

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Additional materials pertaining to this Live Seminar are available on the International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative Portal


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