From the War Room to the Court Room:
Asymmetrical Warfare and International Law in the 21st Century


Recent conflicts have pitted sovereign states and their militaries against non-state terrorist groups and militias.  This policy conference will feature panels of internationally renowned legal experts and practitioners with battlefield experience who will examine existing international human rights law governing the conduct of war under these often nebulous circumstances and their application to subsequent investigations and proceedings concerning charges of alleged human rights violations and war crimes.


Monday, October 18, 2010

9:30a.m. -- 5:35p.m.

Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, Illinois


CONFERENCE FEE:  $50.00/person includes conference program and keynote luncheon



TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:

• The Law of War and International Human Rights Law: Compatible or Conflicting?
• Case Studies of Military Operations, Decision-Making, and Real-Time Application of Laws (Iraq, Afghanistan, Gaza/Lebanon)
• International Maritime and Humanitarian Law

Click HERE to view/print the draft agenda for the conference and review the list of panelists

KEYNOTE LUNCHEON:  "Justice for All"

Speaker:  General Paul J. Kern, Senior Counselor, Cohen Group


General Paul J. Kern retired after almost 38 years with the US Army as the Commanding General of the Army Materiel Command. The command of more than 50,000 personnel has worldwide responsibility for supply and maintenance support to the Department of Defense, manages the Army depot system, and conducts research for all the ground and rotary wing equipment. In June 2004, the Secretary of Defense tapped GEN Kern to lead the military’s internal investigation into the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a compelling assignment that he handled with integrity and resolve. Previously he served four years as the Department of the Army Military Deputy for Research, Development and Acquisition. In 1996-97 he was the Commanding General of the 4th Infantry Division, Mechanized, where they developed the organization, tactics, techniques, and equipment implemented in today’s networked force. From 1993 to 1996 he was the Senior Military Assistant for Secretary of Defense Bill Perry and played a key role in International deliberations in South America, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, and the Balkans. In 1991 he led the 2d Brigade of the 24th Infantry Division in the attack into Iraq. He began his career commanding operational units as a platoon leader and troop commander in the Blackhorse Regiment in Vietnam.


Conference fee of $50.00/person includes the keynote luncheon.