The IX -th International Conference for Young Researchers on International Humanitarian Law
The Russian–Armenian University and the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Armenia are inviting all interested persons to attend the IX International Conference for Young Researchers on International Humanitarian Law “Facing Challenges of Modern Armed Conflicts Through the Lens of IHL: New Actors, New Tasks, New Solutions”. The Conference will take place on November 10-12 at the Russian-Armenian University(Hovsep Emin str. 123, Yerevan).
The Conference will create a unique platform for discussion of contemporary issues and perspectives related to IHL development. Every year the Conference hosts prominent experts in the field of IHL. Thus, attending the Conference will give a chance to gain knowledge and experience from advanced professors in the field of IHL. At the same time it is an opportunity to meet young researchers from different countries and create a valuable professional network. This year the Conference will attend participants from Belarus, Brazil, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Artsakh, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland and Armenia. Among the special guests of the Conference are Mr. Nobuo Hayashi, Ph.D.– Senior Legal Advisor at International Law and Policy Institute (Norway), Visiting Lecturer at UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Mr.Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov - professor of International Law at Diplomatic Academy ofthe Russian Federation and Vice-President of the Russian Association of International Law,retired Judge of UN ICTR and ICTR/ICTY Appeals Chamber, Mr. Michael J. Strauss - Professor of International Relations at the Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques in Paris, Ph.D. in international relations and diplomacy at the Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies.
The main topics of the IX edition of the Conference are: IHL and Terrorism, Humanitarian Access, Humanitarian Impact of New Weapons Technologies, Memory in War, Non-State Actors and International Humanitarian Law, as well as issues of Environmental Protection in the Context of IHL.
The working language of the Conference is English. For attending the Conference You should register by sending an e-mail to ihlconference.rau@gmail.com indicating your full name and current position.
The registration for the attendance will take place from November 1 until November 8, 11:00 am. The registered attendees will receive a certificate of attendence.
IX International Conference for Young Researchers on International Humanitarian Law “Facing Challenges of Modern Armed Conflicts Through the Lens of IHL: New Actors, New Tasks, New Solutions” will be held on November 10-12, 2016 in the Blue Hall of Russian – Armenian University, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.
The Opening Ceremony will take place in the Grand Hall of the Russian-Armenian University on November 10, 2016 at 11:00 am.
Facing Challenges of Modern Armed Conflicts Through the Lens of IHL: New Actors, New Tasks, New Solutions
Conference Program
10 - 12 November 2016,Yerevan
Venue: Russian-Armenian University
Address: Hovsep Emin str. 123, Yerevan
Wednesday, November 09, 2016
ARRIVAL DAY
Meeting the participants at Yerevan “Zvartnots” International Airport (according to itinerary) and accommodation in the “Aviatrans” Hotel
18:15 - Departure from the “Aviatrans” Hotel
18:45 to 19:30 - Visit to the Russian-Armenian University. Meeting with Dr Armen DARBINYAN, Rector of the Russian-Armenian University
19:30 to 20:30 - Dinner
20:30 - Departure to the Hotel “Aviatrans”
21:00 - City tour (optional)
Thursday, November 10, 2016
10:00 - Departure from the “Aviatrans” Hotel
10:30 to 11:00 - REgistration of participants
11:00 to 11:30 Official Opening Ceremony of the IX International Conference on International Humanitarian Law
MODERATOR: Lilit YEREMYAN, Head of the Chair of International Law and European Law, Russian-Armenian University, Consultant to the Minister-Chief of Staff of the Government of the Republic of Armenia
Dr Armen DARBINYAN, Rector of the Russian-Armenian University
Anastasia KUSHLEYKO, ICRC Regional Legal Adviser for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Moscow Regional Delegation
Lukas GASSER, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland in the Republic of Armenia
Larisa ALАVERDYAN, Director of the Institute of Law and Politics of the Russian-Armenian University
11:40 to 12:00 Coffee break
PANEL 1. IHL and Terrorism
MODERATORS: Nobuo HAYASHI, Senior Legal Advisor, International Law and Policy Institute, Norway, Oslo
Ara KHZMALYAN, Lecturer at the Chair of International Law and European Law of the Russian-Armenian University, Partner of Legal Practice ADWISE Business and Legal Consulting
12:00 to 13:15
Kalika MEHTA - “Accountability Mechanism for Children Associated with Armed Groups and Armed Forces” Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Lilit MARTIROSYAN -“Problems of Correlation Between IHL and IHRL in the Context of, the So-Called, War Against Terrorism”
Russian- Armenian University
Arthur GHULYAN - “The Status of Foreign Fighters under IHL” Russian- Armenian University
Tomasz LEWANDOWSKI - “Responsibility for Allowing Torture in its Own Territory. Few Remarks on Al Nashiri v Poland and Husayn v Poland” Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
13:15 to 14:00 Lunch
PANEL 2. Humanitarian Access
MODERATORS: Anastasia KUSHLEYKO, ICRC Regional Legal Adviser for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Moscow Regional Delegation
NataliaVOUTOVA, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan, Lecturer at the Chair of International Law and European Law of the Russian-Armenian University
14:00 to 15:30
Anubhav DUTT TIWARI - “Protection of IDPs in Camps in the Form of Access to Humanitarian Aid and Medical Care” O.P. Jindal Global University (India)
Bojan PEROVIC -“The Right to Health of Vulnerable Groups During Armed Conflicts” University of Hamburg
Marija MIRCHEVSKA - “Conflict Between Military Strategy and the Legal Regime Protecting Civilians in Wartime: The Case of Sieges, Starvation and Humanitarian Access” University of Edinburgh
Ilya SOBOL -“Setting the Boundaries of Impartiality and Neutrality: the Case of the UN Humanitarian Operations in Syria”
The Danish Institute for Human Rights
PANEL 3. Humanitarian Impact of New Weapons technologies
MODERATORS: Bakhtiyar TUZMUKHAMEDOV, Professor, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian-Federation, Vice-President of the Russian Association of International Law
Lilit YEREMYAN, Head of the Chair of International and European Law, Russian-Armenian University,Consultant to the Minister-Chief of Staff of the Government of the Republic of Armenia
15:30 to 17:00
Katerina PITSOLI - “Cyber Warfare Operations: Applicability” of I Swansea University & Université Grenoble-Alpes
Pavel PEREPELITSA - “Law and Policy Questions Raised with Regard to the use of Directed Energy Weapons” St. Petersburg State University
Tamta ZAALISHVILI -“Humanitarian Impact of New Weapons Technologies” Tbilisi State University
Sergei GARKUSHA-BOZHKO-“Cyber Operations in the Aspect of Rules of International Humanitarian Law” St. Petersburg State University
Mariam ANTONYAN - “Cyber-Attack in the Context of International Humanitarian Law” Russian-ArmenianUniversity
17:00 to 17:40
Presentation of the Publication of the Materials of the VIII International Conference on IHL for Young Researchers
17:45 Departure to the Restaurant
18:15 to 21:00 Dinner at the Restaurant
21:00 Departure to the Hotel
21:00 to 22:30 City tour (optional)
Friday, November 11, 2016
09:30 Departure to the Genocide Museum from the “Aviatrans” Hotel
PANEL 4. Memory In War
MODERATORS: Vladimir VARDANYAN, Advisor of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia
Ara KHZMALYAN, Lecturer at the Chair of International Law and European Law of the Russian-Armenian University, Partner of Legal Practice ADWISE Business and Legal Consulting
10:00 to 11:30
Aleksandr POPOV -“Adjudication as Memory: How Judicial Decisions Help Us to Remember” Tallinn University of Technology
Nita SHALA -“The Right to Guarantees of Non-Repetition, as a Victims’ Right, Through International Human Rights Law, Jurisprudence and Standards”
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva)
Alina GEGAMOVA - “Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflicts: Case of Syria” National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Yana AVANESIAN - “International Legal Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict”Yerevan State University
Deborah CASALIN - “Innovation or Disruption? The Role of Human Rights Treaty Mechanisms in Ensuring Reparations for International Humanitarian Law Violations”
University of Antverp
11:30 to 12:30 Guided tour at the Genocide Museum
12:30 Departure to the University
13:00 to 14:00 Lunch at the University
PANEL 5. Non-State Actors and International Humanitarian Law
MODERATORS: Saitumbar RAJABOV, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Academic Law Journal, Tajik Academy of Sciences
Levon GEVORGYAN, Lecturer at the Chair of International Law and European Law of the Russian-Armenian University, Managing Partner, LEGELATA Law Firm
14:00 to 15:00
Michael Kurt RIEPL - “Obligations of Armed Non-State Actors Under Non-Customary Weapons Treaties, Such as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention and the Convention on Cluster Munitions”
Associate in the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Geneva), Candidate for the bar exam in the court district Nuremberg, Germany
Chiara GABRIELE - “Non International Armed Conflicts: Time to Discuss the IHL Obligation to Have Fighters Distinguishing Themselves“
TRIAL International/ Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights
Chiara REDAELLI - “Criminal Organisations Parties to Non-International Armed Conflicts”
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva)
15:00 to 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 to 17:00 ICRC Side Event Expert Panel
“Nuclear Weapons: Humanitarian and Legal Aspects”
MODERATOR: Vladimir VARDANYAN, Advisor of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia
Timeframe: 10 minutes presentation of participants and topic, presentations 20 minutes each, 35 minutes discussion
Bakhtiyar TUZMUKHAMEDOV, Professor, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Vice-President of the Russian Association of International Law
"Nuclear Weapons: Permissions, Restrictions, and Prohibitions"
Nobuo HAYASHI, Senior Legal Advisor, International Law and Policy Institute, Norway, Oslo "Consequentialism, Deontology, and Political Courage: The Moral Grounding of a Nuclear Weapons Ban"
Anastasia KUSHLEYKO, ICRC Regional Legal Adviser for Eastern Europe and Central Asia “A Price Too High: Rethinking Nuclear Weapons in Light of Their Human Cost”
17:15 to 18:00 Dinner
18:15 Departure to the Hotel
20:45 to 23:30 Entertainment program “KARAOKE”
Saturday, November 12, 2016
09:30 Departure to the University
PANEL 6.Environmental Protection and IHL
MODERATORS: Michael J. STRAUSS, Professor of International Relations at the Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques in Paris, Ph.D. in International Relations and Diplomacy at the Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies
Aida ISKOYAN, Professor of Ecological Law, Yerevan State University, Head of the Environmental Law Resource Centre
10:00 to 11:00
Diego VALADARES VASCONCELOS NETO - “Principles and Rules of International Humanitarian Law Protecting Water, Sanitation and Energy During the Conduct of Hostilities” Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Edgar MEYROYAN - “Climate Change and the Law of Armed Conflict” Russian-Armenian University
Lily BELFER - “International Law Protecting the Environment During Armed Conflict: Gaps and Opportunities” National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Sofia ZAKHARYAN - “Protecting Natural Environment During Armed Conflicts: Gaps of International Legal Regulations and Possible Solutions” Russian-Armenian University
PANEL 7. Thinking Out of The Box: IHL After Conflict
MODERATORS: Tigran NAHAPETYAN, Lecturer at the Chair of International Law and European Law of the Russian-Armenian University, Managing Attorney at Guardian Park Law Firm
Anna MELIKYAN, Lecturer at the Chair of International Law and European Law of the Russian-Armenian University, Director of the Civil Society Institute
11:00 to 11:30
Lusine Barkhudaryan - “Problems of Qualification Acts Committed During the AprilWar in Nagorno-Karabakh from the Perspective of International Humanitarian Law”
Ministry of Justice of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Mariya MILASHEVSKAYA - “Defrosting of Frozen Conflicts: Applicable Law in IHL Perspective” International University "MITSO"
11:30 to 12:15 Open Lecture - Michael J. Strauss, Professor of International Relations at the Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques in Paris, Ph.D. in International Relations
12:15 to 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 to 13:30 General conclusion of the Conference and adoption of the Conference Resolution
13:30 to 14:15 Open Lecture - Diego ValadaresVasconcelosNeto, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)
14:15 to 15:00 Official Closing Ceremony of the IX International Conference onInternational Humanitarian Law
MODERATOR: Lilit YEREMYAN, Head of the Chair of International Law and European Law, Russian-Armenian University, Consultant to the Minister-Chief of Government Staff of the Republic of Armenia
Dr Armen DARBINYAN, Rector of the Russian-Armenian University
Caroline DOUILLIEZ, Head of the ICRC Delegation in Armenia
15:15 to 16:00 Lunch
16:05 Departure to Ararat Brandy Company Museum
16:30 to 17:30 Guided tour at the Ararat Brandy Company Museum
17:00 Departure to the Hotel
19:00 Banquet on the event of closing of the IX International Conference on IHL for Young Researchers at the “Kilikia” Restaurant
Sunday, November 13, 2016
DEPARTURE DAY