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CICL and Law Journal Symposium: The Legitimacy and Legality of War: From Philosophical Foundations to Emerging Problems

Friday, 14 April, 2023

Join the Saint Louis University Law Journal and the Center for International and Comparative Law for a symposium entitled: The Legitimacy and Legality of War: From Philosophical Foundations to Emerging Problems.

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Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Steven Hill: executive secretary, The International Institute for Justice and Rule of Law; former chief legal advisor, NATO

Kevin J. Heller: professor,  University of Copenhagen - Centre for Military Studies 

Schedule: 

9:00 AM: Welcome by Dr. Monica Eppinger, Associate Professor; Co-Director, Center for International and Comparative Law, Saint Louis University School of Law 

9:15 AM: Welcome Remarks on The Legitimacy and Legality of War: From Philosophical Foundations to Emerging Problems by Fr. Afonso Seixas Nunes, S.J., Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University School of Law 

10:00 AM: Keynote: Russian Aggression: Jus ad Bellum and the silence/ing of the Global South by Kevin J. Keller, Professor, University of Copenhagen - Centre for Military Studies 

11:00 AM: Roundtable Discussion and Q&A Session

Including: 

-Kevin J. Keller, Professor, University of Copenhagen, Centre for Military Studies

-Dr. Steven Hill, executive secretary, The International Institute for Justice and Rule of Law; former chief legal advisor, NATO

-Nick Tsagourias, Professor, University of Sheffield, UK

-Gina Heathcote, Professor, SOAS, University of London, UK

-Daragh Murray, Lecturer, University of Queen Mary, London, UK 

-Dr. Rebecca Mignot -Mahdavi, Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK

-Afonso Seixas-Nunes, Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University School of Law

12:00 PM Break 

1:30PM Keynote: International Efforts to Collect Evidence Related to Russia's Aggression Against Ukraine by Dr. Steven Hill, Executive Secretary, The International Institute for Justice and Rule of Law; former chief legal advisor, NATO 

2:30PM: Roundtable Discussion and Q&A Session 

Including: 

-Kevin J. Keller, Professor, University of Copenhagen, Centre for Military Studies

-Dr. Steven Hill, executive secretary, The International Institute for Justice and Rule of Law; former chief legal advisor, NATO

-Jean d’Aspremont, Professor, University of Manchester, UK; Sciences Po School of Law, France

-Marco Roscini, Professor, University of Westminster, UK; Swiss IHL Chair - Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

-Tom Dannenbaum, Associate Professor, Fletcher School of Law, Tufts University

-Katie Johnston, Lecturer, University of Liverpool School of Law, UK

-Dr. Russell Buchan, Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK

-Nori Katagiri, Associate Professor, Saint Louis University, Department of Political Science

3:30PM: Concluding Speech by Dr. Russell Buchan, Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK

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