Blurring Boundaries: Human Rights in Armed Conflicts
Friday, March 4, 2011
11:45am – 4:30pm
WCC 2009
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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