Blurring Boundaries: Human Rights in Armed Conflicts

Friday, March 4, 2011

11:45am – 4:30pm
WCC 2009


11:45-1:15: Opening Remarks and Lunchtime Discussion: The Interaction Between International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law Under the Legal Framework

  • Philip Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
  • Gary Solis, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Naz Modirzadeh, Senior Fellow, Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement Project, HLS-Brookings Project on Law & Security

1:30-2:30: Keynote Address by Jeh Johnson

  • Former General Counsel, U.S. Defense Department

2:40-4:30: The Interaction Between International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law In Practice

  • Gen. Richard Gross, Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • The Honorable Scott Stucky, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
  • Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law, U.S. Naval War College
  • Jonathan Horowitz, Open Society Justice Initiative
  • Charlie Clements, Moderator, Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Sponsored by the Harvard National Security Journal and the Harvard National Security & Law Association, with generous support from the Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Fund