On the Blog 

International Humanitarian Law Workshop with Seattle University School of Law 

An Engaging Humanitarian Education Tool    

May the Law be Ever in Your Favor: The Hunger Games and IHL  

The Road to Peace   

When Does War End? 

International Humanitarian Law For Students and Professionals

An instructor-led course designed to train field and headquarters personnel, students, lawyers, and other interested professionals to recognize and understand situations where international humanitarian law might be applicable.

2016 DATES 

American Red Cross

Washington, DC

 January 14, February 11, March 3, April 14, May 12, June 9 

Seattle University of Law

Seattle, WA 

January 30

UCLA-USC

Los Angeles, CA 

February 20

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

February 27 

To register for any of the dates above contact:

ihlaw@redcross.org 

*CLE Credits May Be Available 

The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is announcing the early opening of its application to the 2016 Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and will be accepting submissions to the Human Rights Essay Award, which is the only full scholarship available to the Program.

For further details and information please visit the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law or humanityinwarblog.com

Humanity in War Live-Stream Series: A Conversation on the International Conference 

We had a wonderful conversation with Jane Zimmerman and Brad Gutierrez covering the outcomes of the International Conference (IC) and what it means for humanitarians and the movement worldwide.

The IC brings together representatives from 200 governments along with members of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement to discuss pressing humanitarian issues such as migration, sexual and gender-based violence, healthcare in danger, and compliance with the rules of war.

Watch on humanityinwarblog.com

Prosecuting Serious International Crimes:

 Exploring the Intersections between International Justice and Domestic Rule of Law Efforts

Save the Date: March 29-30, 2016

In celebration of the  

20th Anniversary of the War Crimes Research Office 

American University Washington College of Law  

Claudio Grossman Hall, Terrace Level

This academic year marks the 20th anniversary of the War Crimes Research Office (WCRO), founded to promote accountability for serious international crimes. In celebration, the WCRO will host a conference, the principal goal of which is to broaden the conversation about effective accountability mechanisms by bringing together practitioners, experts, and academics from two different communities: the international justice and rule of law fields. Despite a shared interest in increased accountability for serious crimes, these communities have had little opportunity to exchange, debate, or collaborate on practical strategies designed to strengthen domestic systems’ ability to investigate and prosecute serious crimes.

The event is cosponsored by PluriCourts of the University of Oslo, the American Bar Association, the American Society for International Law and the American Red Cross.

Agenda and speakers will be available at http://www.wcl.american.edu/warcrimes shortly.

Please register at

https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm

Reminder for Francis Lieber Prize 2016 

Don’t forget that Emory University School of Law will be accepting submissions for The American Society of International Law’s Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict, awarding the Francis Lieber Prize to the authors of publications that the judges consider to be outstanding in the field of law and armed conflict. Both monographs and articles (including chapters in books of essays) are eligible for consideration – the prize is awarded to the best submission in each of these two categories.   

Information regarding criteria and submission deadline, can be found here. For more information contact Laura Blank at Lblank@emory.edu.   

2015 Winners

Book prize:

Gilles Giacca, “Economic, social, and cultural rights in armed conflict” (OUP:2014)

Essay prize:

Tom Ruys, “The meaning of ‘force’ and the boundaries of the jus ad bellum: are ‘minimal’ uses of force excluded from UN Charter Article 2(4)?’, 108 AJIL 159 (2014).

If you have any questions regarding the Humanity in War Update or any other correspondence from the American Red Cross IHL team, please contact karen.melara@redcross.org.