Launch of ICRC's Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law (Washington, DC, September 28)



The Reaffirmation of Custom as an Important Source of
International Humanitarian Law

A Conference to Mark the Publication of the ICRC Study on
"Customary International Humanitarian Law"
by Cambridge University Press

Sponsored by:
American University Washington College of Law (WCL) &
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

September 28, 2005, 9am  2pm
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20008

To register for this event, please go to www.wcl.american.edu/secle
Registration fee: $50 (includes luncheon)

9:00 am		 Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Dean Claudio Grossman, Raymond Geraldson Scholar for International
and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law
Geoff Loane, Head of Delegation, ICRC, Regional Delegation for North
America, Washington, D.C.

9:10 am  10:30am	 Presentation, Questions and Answers

Chair: Dean Claudio Grossman, Raymond Geraldson Scholar for
International and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington
College of Law

Speaker: Dr. Jean-Marie Henckaerts, Legal Adviser, ICRC
”The Contribution of the ICRC Study to the Clarification of Customary
International Humanitarian Law”

10:30 am 10:45 am	 Coffee Break

10:45 am  12:30 pm	 Roundtable Discussion: The Relevance of the
Customary Law of Armed Conflict in Contemporary Armed Conflicts
Chair: Professor Robert K. Goldman, Louis C. James Scholar and
Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
Panelists:
·	Professor Louise Doswald-Beck, Graduate Institute of International
Studies & University Centre for International Humanitarian Law,
Geneva, Co-Author of the ICRC Study
·	Col. W. Hays Parks USMCR (Ret.), Adjunct Professor, Washington
College of Law; International Affairs Division, Office of General
Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense
·	Edward R. Cummings, Assistant Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State
·	Michael J. Matheson, Professor, George Washington University Law
School; Member, U.N. International Law Commission
·	Lt. Col. Burrus N. Carnahan USAF (Ret.), J.D. & LL.M; Principal
Contributor to the Report to the ICRC on US Practice in the Field of
Customary International Humanitarian Law
·	Jordan J. Paust, Law Foundation Professor, University of Houston
Law Center

12:30 pm  3:00 pm Luncheon

Keynote Speaker: Judge Theodor Meron, President, International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
"The Revival of Customary International Humanitarian Law"



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