Opening Lecture: LL.M. in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Opening Lecture: LL.M. in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Thursday, 20 October

Professor Daniel Thürer
Daniel Thürer has been the Chair of International Humanitarian Law at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in 2010-2011.

The Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons: The ICJ Advisory Opinion Reconsidered

Fifteen years ago, the International Court of Justice rendered an Advisory Opinion concerning the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. The findings of the Court were full of ambiguities and highly contested. In the Opening Lecture, Professor Thurer will formulate seven critiques of the Opinion based on fundamental principles, concepts and ideas of international law. The main question addressed in the Lecture is whether or not the Court would or should decide differently if it had to deal with the General Assembly’s request today.
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