WORKSHOP: 'International Humanitarian Law: Expanding its History(ies), Prospects and Challenges' (Zurich: University of Zurich, 28-29 NOV 2024) [HYBRID]

 

With the generous support of UZH GRC Grants

International Humanitarian Law:

Expanding its History (ies), Prospects and Challenges

 

November 28-29

University of Zurich, KO2-F-152 EV, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4

 

The Workshop Program:

Thursday November 28:

10.00-10.15	Welcome & Registration
10.15-10.30   10.30-11.00	Welcome by Prof. Elisabetta Fiocchi Malaspina   Opening Note by Bruno Demeyere Chief Editor of the International Review of the Red Cross
11.00- 12.30	Panel 1: From the Origins to Reinterpretations of International Humanitarian Law   Raphael Schäfer, Max-Planck-Institut, Heidelberg "Humanity as a Vehicle - A New History for the Laws of War"   Alexa Stiller, Zürich University “Between Decolonization and the End of the Cold War: Reinterpretations and Applications of International Humanitarian Law, 1970s to 1990s”   Moderator: Prof. Benjamin Straumann, Zurich University
12.45-14.00	Lunch UZH Mensa
14.00- 15.00	Panel 2: The archives, and the case of the ICRC in Northern Ireland   Hellen Kinsella, University of Minnesota Giovanni Mantilla, Cambridge University "Politics, Law, and Power in Detention Visits: the Case of the ICRC in Northern Ireland’s 'Troubles'”   Moderator: Prof. Elisabetta Fioochi Malaspina
Thursday November 28:
15.00-16.15	Panel 3: Art & Emotions in the History of International Humanitarian Law
	Giacomo Pace Gravina, University of Messina “Colonialist Emotions. The 'Nobility of Defeat' in Late 19th-Century Paintings”   Tania Atilano, Zurich University, “The exchange of Belgian prisoners” in the painting of Francisco de Paula Mendoza Escobedo, Mexico, 1881   Moderator: Prof. Bardo Fassbender University of St. Gallen
18.00-19.30	Guided Walking Tour: Colonial Legacy in Zurich
20.00	Dinner Restaurant Zum Grünen Glas
Friday November 29:
09.00-10.30	Panel 4: Latin American Engagements with the Laws of War   Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg, LSE, London “Recentering Quechua and Aymara Revolution in the History of Latin American International Law” Liliana Obregón “Racial Hierarchies in Early Latin American Military Codes” Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia   Moderator: Tania Ixchel Atilano
10.30-10.45	Coffee Break
Friday November 29:
10.45- 12.15	Panel 5: New Insights on Non-State Actors   Samuel White, Adelaide University, Australia “War Without Limits - A Historical Critique of Sharp War Theory through Forgotten Histories”   Roberta Arnold, Zurich University, “Terrorism and War: A New «Partnership»?”   Moderator: Prof. Daniel Marc Segesser University of Bern
12.30- 14.00	Lunch at the ETH Dozentenfoyer
14.00 - 15.30	Roundtable How to expand the history (ies) of IHL? Challenges and Future Perspectives Next steps and publication of special issue in the IRRC
15.30	Farewell

 

 

Location:

University of Zurich, KO2-F-152 EV, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4

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Contact details

Elisabetta Fiocchi:  Elisabetta.fiocchi@ius.uzh.ch

Tania Atilano: tania.atilanocamacho@uzh.ch