Distinguished Speakers Program 2009: Professor Yuval Shany, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
15 April 2009
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Israel's War in Gaza and International Law
Professor Yuval Shany
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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The recent conflict in Gaza has raised difficult questions relating to the application of jus ad bellum and jus in bello (in particular, with relation to the principle of proportionality). The lecture will address some of these issues in light of the limits of the international law discourse (tendentious interpretations, detachment from politics, ambiguity and lack of accepted baselines).
Prof. Yuval Shany is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law at the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also serves currently as the academic director of the Minerva Center for Human Rights, a director in the Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT) and as a senior research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. Shany has degrees in law from the Hebrew University (LL.B, 1995 cum laude), New York University (LL.M., 1997) and the University of London (Ph.D., 2001) and he has published a number of books and articles on international courts and arbitration tribunals and other international law issues such as international human rights and international humanitarian law.
This event is part of the Sydney Law School Distinguished Speakers Program 2009. Click here for more details.
Time: 6.00-7.30pm
Location: Sydney Law School, Building F10, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney
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Phone: (02) 9351 0248
